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| Reversing Trains in SIMBIDS 22/11/2023 at 19:58 #154378 | |
tomkagnew
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Hello all Have a troublesome TCF in Patcham Tunnel, currently being worked on by engineers under a block. Could I send a train down the Down, terminate at Hassocks, and start short from Hassocks, working up the Down? After changing ends would it be as simple as getting a verbal from TBASC? For those not familiar with Three Bridges, simplified bi-directional signalling is installed on this section, hence the signal layout. Thanks in advance Tom 
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| Reversing Trains in SIMBIDS 23/11/2023 at 14:58 #154402 | |
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Ron_J
335 posts |
If you're asking whether you could do that move in real life the answer is no. Having set the route in the Down direction, the return Up direction movement would be going against the Down direction arrow so the only vaguely legitimate way you could do it would be to implement Rule Book module P2 Working single and bi-directional lines by pilot as effectively you'd be working to/from a point of obstruction. But even then it's dubious at best. In Simsig, I don't see how you'd manage to stop the train at Hassocks in the Down direction for it to reverse. Last edited: 23/11/2023 at 15:00 by Ron_J Reason: None given Log in to reply The following user said thank you: TUT |
| Reversing Trains in SIMBIDS 24/11/2023 at 16:40 #154427 | |
madaboutrains
316 posts |
I know its not helpful for this scenario but just a similar situation. At Winchester Platform 2 is the normal Down Platform and Platform 1 is the normal Up Platform. Both lines are signaled SIMBIDs. You can't reverse a Down Train in Platform 1. RIP Feltham Panel 1 Log in to reply |
| Reversing Trains in SIMBIDS 24/11/2023 at 18:03 #154432 | |
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Trainman525
83 posts |
While this wouldn’t be done normally, this has been done in an emergency. There has been cases of trapped trains going back North having been travelling South. Although after the trapped trains it was a case of terminating and restarting at Haywards Heath I think. I’m not qualified to comment on how it’s done, I’ve just seen it happen in emergency situations where trains are trapped. Log in to reply |
| Reversing Trains in SIMBIDS 10/12/2023 at 19:59 #154692 | |
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Hooverman
306 posts |
You can’t do by signalling alone as the signalling won’t allow it, you would have to bring in P2 working which I have done in real life when we had flooding between Hassocks and Preston Park.
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