Hi there, im signalling inspector of a 7 1/4" gauge railway here in the UK and we currently use electrionic locking rather than mechanical *something i aim to change in my charge haha*
heres the track plan of one section
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id ... 097&size=o
the problem i have is probably because our railway doesnt use typical British standards
if you look at the signal infront of point 5 you'll see that its of this formation
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44773860@N00/2187721603/
signal 3 allows the train to proceed into the top of the three lines *platform 1a and 1b*
signal 4 allows the train to travel up the middle line to signal 12 *if signal 12 is pulled off then the "distant" under signal 3 should be pulled off automatically* signal 4 also allows the train to travel up to signal 13 on the lower of the 3 lines
now how on earth can i get that problem solved i dont know haha
Also, while im here
the signal in the sidings to teh right of the diagram, *next to point 17* should be a dolly, however, this dolly has multiple routes, it allows teh train to go to all three lines depending on the points with no route indicator, so how can i show that in the locking?
any ideas??
thanks muchly
Tom
signalling a real life problem
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Hello Tom,
Could you kindly attach your ss4 file to an email to help@MODRATEC.com for more detailed consideration?
Could you kindly attach your ss4 file to an email to help@MODRATEC.com for more detailed consideration?
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This sounds like a suitable application for the slot-wit's (assuming mechanical links to the signals).
The distant would require BOTH (logic "AND") the home signal on the same post as well as the one ahead to be pulled before it will clear.
The home signal would have to clear with EITHER (logic "OR") of the levers pulled OR set to not care about the lie of the points - there's details in the advanced tutorial on how to set that up.
For the shunt signal, it's a bit trickier - you don't care about the lie of 16, but conditionally care about 11 and 15 (conditional on the lie of 16).
Signal 8 is simiar to the shunt signal - you don't care about the lie of 7, but if set toward 5, you also care about 5.
The distant would require BOTH (logic "AND") the home signal on the same post as well as the one ahead to be pulled before it will clear.
The home signal would have to clear with EITHER (logic "OR") of the levers pulled OR set to not care about the lie of the points - there's details in the advanced tutorial on how to set that up.
For the shunt signal, it's a bit trickier - you don't care about the lie of 16, but conditionally care about 11 and 15 (conditional on the lie of 16).
Signal 8 is simiar to the shunt signal - you don't care about the lie of 7, but if set toward 5, you also care about 5.