***Pro Session*** Sunday 27/08/17

An interesting - if potentially divisive - idea.

Signalmen in reality have the option to defer a regulation decision up the chain to the Train Running Controller, will this, and the consequent immunity to attributed delay be offered to players?

SimSig doesn't record how late a train was at each timing point (perhaps it should?) - only present late running. How can players be sure that they won't unfairly be attributed delay on their patch because the delay attributor has no clear record of where the delay occurred.

A lot of what many would consider to be common-sense regulation goes out the window when there is disruption. How do you intend to balance signalling for pure performance (lowest minutes-per-incident) vs signalling for least disruption to passengers/etc. Much of that is codified in commercially sensitive regulation agreements between TOCs and NR.

A very grand idea you have put together there. I will join in on this..

But I do have my own verdict to regulation when it comes to freight and passengers. So example if early running freights are early I like to keep them rolling as much as possible until I recess them for passing servcies also if any Pax are delayed on route e.g. Station or a failure and there is time to pass a freight ahead and into the next parking lot (Recess Loop). Passengers are my main focus while freight plod along..

HST125Scorton in post 101251 said:

I don't want to impact in any way on how people choose to signal their panels, however if you chose to run a freight early and it impacted on another service you would be attributed that delay and any further delays to other services as a result, whether it happens on your panel or not. You MUST request permission off the next panel to run anything early and abide by that signallers decision.

To me 'Wrong Routes' and 'Adverse Change of Aspect' are the most frustrating issues on the rare occasion I host a public session.

Outside of these issues my other frustration is users who don't make any use of Auto buttons and then have trains standing at Red signals.

It will be interesting to see how you rate the participants in your proposed session as some users seem to have difficulty in assessing their own level of competence and choose to gravitate to the most complex and/or high traffic density panels despite having little experience of the particular simulation.

I look forward to hearing how you get on.

chrisdmadd in post 101254 said:

HST125Scorton in post 101251 said:

I don't want to impact in any way on how people choose to signal their panels, however if you chose to run a freight early and it impacted on another service you would be attributed that delay and any further delays to other services as a result, whether it happens on your panel or not. You MUST request permission off the next panel to run anything early and abide by that signallers decision.

I agree with what you say totally freight can be a pain at times when trying to clear them out the way, we must signal differently in Preston land... That been said I'm happy to join and follow all instructions you set and hoping to do a grand job. May I ask which sim your planning to host?

One such sim that's quite tight is Leeds East West. Could be tempted by that.

My early thoughts are to have a table almost like a league of signallers with delay minutes vs time spent on the sim leading to a score.

Additionally I really don't know how to join a session and the etiquette necessary. Is there anywhere that explains this - perhaps in the Wiki?

HST125Scorton in post 101251 said:

A very grand idea you have put together there. I will join in on this..

But I do have my own verdict to regulation when it comes to freight and passengers. So example if early running freights are early I like to keep them rolling as much as possible until I recess them for passing servcies also if any Pax are delayed on route e.g. Station or a failure and there is time to pass a freight ahead and into the next parking lot (Recess Loop). Passengers are my main focus while freight plod along..

I don't want to impact in any way on how people choose to signal their panels, however if you chose to run a freight early and it impacted on another service you would be attributed that delay and any further delays to other services as a result, whether it happens on your panel or not. You MUST request permission off the next panel to run anything early and abide by that signallers decision.