TRTS and the Proceed aspect

In real life, it depends on the location as to whether it's acceptable / a good idea.

headshot119 in post 118882 said:

In real life, it depends on the location as to whether it's acceptable / a good idea.

In that case, does anybody know at what locations it is acceptable and those where it is perhaps frowned upon?

I'm playing the Exeter sim atm.

headshot119 in post 118882 said:

In real life, it depends on the location as to whether it's acceptable / a good idea.

In that case, does anybody know at what locations it is acceptable and those where it is perhaps frowned upon?

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From when I visited Devon Newton abbot never seemed to wait for it. Routes were set though immediately. Same at taunton.

I wouldn't let anything out from Exeter until its received.

In real life, it depends on the location as to whether it's acceptable / a good idea.

headshot119 in post 118882 said:

In real life, it depends on the location as to whether it's acceptable / a good idea.

On WembleySub the Sectional Appendix forbids certain signals being cleared before TRTS is given. This is simulated with a penalty for doing it.

Derby (certainly prior to last year’s resignalling) had a formal policy to encourage routes out of the station to be set prior to the arrival of through trains where possible, even those with crew changes, which I understand was to let drivers approach the normal stopping point a little more confidently.

Derby (certainly prior to last year’s resignalling) had a formal policy to encourage routes out of the station to be set prior to the arrival of through trains where possible, even those with crew changes, which I understand was to let drivers approach the normal stopping point a little more confidently.

Late Turn in post 118915 said:

Derby (certainly prior to last year’s resignalling) had a formal policy to encourage routes out of the station to be set prior to the arrival of through trains where possible, even those with crew changes, which I understand was to let drivers approach the normal stopping point a little more confidently.

That must have been a more recent change then, because during my time on the back desk in Derby box (early 90's - early 2000's) the signalmen virtually never pulled off for passenger, ECS or mail trains until the TRTS was pressed, for many of the reasons stated in earlier posts in this thread.

Phil.

Late Turn in post 118915 said:

Derby (certainly prior to last year’s resignalling) had a formal policy to encourage routes out of the station to be set prior to the arrival of through trains where possible, even those with crew changes, which I understand was to let drivers approach the normal stopping point a little more confidently.

That makes sense - no overlaps, so the train would have a route instead.

When we were setting up ARS for Stoke on Trent (in real life) the signallers wanted ARS to give the driver greens into the station. SoT does have overlaps but perhaps for similar reasons - bringing a train in faster.

Every time that I give a 'proceed' aspect from a platform that has a TRTS facility, but before TRTS is activated, I get a niggling feeling that I shouldn't.

In normal circumstances is this acceptable or should I wait for the TRTS signal?
And if it isn't acceptable, I assume that penalty points are given.

(And even at that, at EDB, I don't know if they call out if they are stopped on platform for whatever reason)

Some drivers, upon communication with station DM, can call themselves out of platforms if ECS to depot. I don't see this happen with any other operator other that ASR.