horacefithers
New member
In 105 miles there are quite a few stations and sidings on the BC&SJ.
I've been adding track markers to the east, west, and within these places.
_______________B___________________
______________A__/_________________C_________________\__D________________
Assuming this siding (or loop) is called Alma),
A = Alma, West Switch
B = Alma, Siding
C = Alma, Main
D = Alma, East Switch
Lets assume the follwing track configuration
Portal West _________ Alma ________ Beta ______ Portal East
I give background traffic trains originating at Portal West the following instruction:
For train "eastward 1":
Drive Via Alma, West Swith
Drive Via Alma, East Switch
Drive Via Beta, West Switch
Drive Via Beta, East Switch
Navigate to Portal East
My goal is to avoid having an opposing train lock the track at Alma and Beta, potentially long before Eastward 1 gets even close to the siding. Thus keeping Eastward 1 sitting around for a long time until the westward train reaches it.
Now on the BS&SJ route the places to do this (from east to west) are:
Pocatelo (Portal)
Deschutes Jct
Sherman Butte
Roberts Creek
Summit
Oakhill
Salt Creek
Magnuson
Hampton
Bear Creek
Junction City
Browning
Jefferson
Lincoln
East Breton
Breton
Ross Junction
Armstrong
Salem
Portland (Portal)
That's a LOT of instructions.
I'd like to have multiple consists of background traffic heading each way.
That's an awful lot of point and clicking with a rather sorry interface (the one in the Portal - is there a better way to do this?)
I'd really like to be able to cut and paste instruction sequences from one train to another and avoid all those mouse moves and button clicks.
I looked in the config text for the session and the route but didn't see a place where these litanys of Drive Via commands appeared.
Someone please tell me there's a way to cut and paste drive commands?
Or show me a better way to organize background traffic drive commands
Hope, hope....
Horace Fithers
I've been adding track markers to the east, west, and within these places.
_______________B___________________
______________A__/_________________C_________________\__D________________
Assuming this siding (or loop) is called Alma),
A = Alma, West Switch
B = Alma, Siding
C = Alma, Main
D = Alma, East Switch
Lets assume the follwing track configuration
Portal West _________ Alma ________ Beta ______ Portal East
I give background traffic trains originating at Portal West the following instruction:
For train "eastward 1":
Drive Via Alma, West Swith
Drive Via Alma, East Switch
Drive Via Beta, West Switch
Drive Via Beta, East Switch
Navigate to Portal East
My goal is to avoid having an opposing train lock the track at Alma and Beta, potentially long before Eastward 1 gets even close to the siding. Thus keeping Eastward 1 sitting around for a long time until the westward train reaches it.
Now on the BS&SJ route the places to do this (from east to west) are:
Pocatelo (Portal)
Deschutes Jct
Sherman Butte
Roberts Creek
Summit
Oakhill
Salt Creek
Magnuson
Hampton
Bear Creek
Junction City
Browning
Jefferson
Lincoln
East Breton
Breton
Ross Junction
Armstrong
Salem
Portland (Portal)
That's a LOT of instructions.
I'd like to have multiple consists of background traffic heading each way.
That's an awful lot of point and clicking with a rather sorry interface (the one in the Portal - is there a better way to do this?)
I'd really like to be able to cut and paste instruction sequences from one train to another and avoid all those mouse moves and button clicks.
I looked in the config text for the session and the route but didn't see a place where these litanys of Drive Via commands appeared.
Someone please tell me there's a way to cut and paste drive commands?
Or show me a better way to organize background traffic drive commands
Hope, hope....
Horace Fithers