Train Stops at Red Siganl then Proceeds

[dricketts]

I'm fairly familiar with signaling and how it works in Trainz but I'm having a problem that has me stumped.

I have a single stretch of track with double track at both ends where I'm having trouble with cornfield meets. My trains at both ends stop at the red signal (emergency braking) then restart and proceed through the the red signal. Resulting in a cornfield meet.

I thought maybe I'm overlooking something. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

 

[pware]

... My trains at both ends stop at the red signal (emergency braking) then restart and proceed through the the red signal

If a train under AI control passes a stop signal (a "SPAD") and uses the emergency brakes then it will, after a short delay, proceed onwards. This is normal Trainz AI behaviour and there is nothing you can do to stop this after it has happened. The trick is to make sure that it does not happen.

Try adding restricted speed signs to reduce the train speed well before the signal. It usually takes some experimentation to get the settings right.

 

[fran1]

If you can go into the config file of the locos and increase the max decel, this will cause them to stop better. It's what I do to my locos when I spot constant overruns.

 

[whyfly2]

Some time ago, Chuck Brite wrote and posted a terrific tutorial that included exactly what dricketts is looking for. It was a 6- or 7-part tutorial that covered everything from laying track, switching, signaling, configuring crossovers, etc. I don't remember the name of the document, but I think his railroad was Midwest Central or something like that.

Can anyone recall that publication?

Art

 

[Accipiter777]

I make HEAVY use of "Control Trackmark" and "Free Trackmark" to eliminate cornfield meets.

<West East>
___________________________<TM2>_______(sig)___<TM3___A___
__B___TM1>______(sig)____/ ............. \____________________

Train "A" traveling East to west commands would be:

Drive Via Trackmark "TM3"
Control Trackmark "TM2"
Drive Via Trackmark "TM2"
Release Trackamrk "TM2"
Drive to (or Via) . . . Wherever . . .

Train "B" Traveling West to east commands would be:

Drive Via Trackmark "TM1"
Control Trackmark "TM2"
Drive Via Trackmark "TM2"
Release Trackmark "TM2"
Drive to (or Via) . . . Wherever . . .

that way no train may pass "TM2" unless that trackmark is NOT controlled OR
a train is not occupying the track between the junctions that the trackmark is in. I use this system and have NEVER has a cornfield meet.

 

[chefbyte]

Some time ago, Chuck Brite wrote and posted a terrific tutorial that included exactly what dricketts is looking for. It was a 6- or 7-part tutorial that covered everything from laying track, switching, signaling, configuring crossovers, etc. I don't remember the name of the document, but I think his railroad was Midwest Central or something like that.

Can anyone recall that publication?

Art

You mean this one?

http://trains.0catch.com/tutorial.html

 

[whyfly2]

YES!!!

Dricketts, the link Chefbyte posted is the one I was talking about. It's worth saving and using as a reference.

Art

 

[sterrett]

Thank you chefbyte for locating a most useful tutorial!

My route has a number of areas where the train stops at a Red Signal, then when the signal clears it gets thrown back to red again in the driver's face.

Hopefully, once I have had a chance to look through this document, I will be able to figure out why!

I

 

[dricketts]

pware was on the right track to my problem.

When I was testing my signals I had no speed sign between the loco and the signal so the default speed limit was 40 mph. This was the case at both ends of the stretch of track. The solution was to simply place the loco down line a little further so it would catch a speed sign before the signal.

With that in mind the locos and signals seem to be working properly. Sometimes it's the simple things!