Interlocking Tower Guru STILL Needed.
Recently upgraded to TRS2019 from TRS2010. My large route based on a prototype uses a lot of single track mainline on which I operate 27 AI consists on near prototype schedules. Much of the single main line control was achieved with the old third party single track static block rule. That rule was easy to trick with the old PATH command for spurs and crossings along the single track blocks. In going to TRS2019, I have lost the command and also the path command. Most of the single track was easy to fix using the Interlocking Towers, but I have one situation that I cannot figure out, here it is: From the passing siding at Talcott Meadows (TLQ) to the passing siding at South Olympia (OLS) is a single track mainline. The problem is that there is a crossing with another railroad that is less than a mile from the Talcott Meadows sidings. No problem to set up paths for either the crossing OR for the single track section. The issue is to setup for both! Once a westbound train clears the crossing, it still has 30 minutes of single track along the path to OLS, but I want to release the crossing. For eastbounds, when they obtain the path for OLS to TLQ, they tie up the crossing. I need a way to release the crossing while retaining the single track committed path.
Is there a way to do this without maintaining a variable for "Block Busy" and setting up two separate Tower paths for the single track block? There is not distance enough from the TLQ junction to the crossing to permit signals along that part of the main line.
Recently upgraded to TRS2019 from TRS2010. My large route based on a prototype uses a lot of single track mainline on which I operate 27 AI consists on near prototype schedules. Much of the single main line control was achieved with the old third party single track static block rule. That rule was easy to trick with the old PATH command for spurs and crossings along the single track blocks. In going to TRS2019, I have lost the command and also the path command. Most of the single track was easy to fix using the Interlocking Towers, but I have one situation that I cannot figure out, here it is: From the passing siding at Talcott Meadows (TLQ) to the passing siding at South Olympia (OLS) is a single track mainline. The problem is that there is a crossing with another railroad that is less than a mile from the Talcott Meadows sidings. No problem to set up paths for either the crossing OR for the single track section. The issue is to setup for both! Once a westbound train clears the crossing, it still has 30 minutes of single track along the path to OLS, but I want to release the crossing. For eastbounds, when they obtain the path for OLS to TLQ, they tie up the crossing. I need a way to release the crossing while retaining the single track committed path.
Is there a way to do this without maintaining a variable for "Block Busy" and setting up two separate Tower paths for the single track block? There is not distance enough from the TLQ junction to the crossing to permit signals along that part of the main line.
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