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| Hope Valley FAQ 06/03/2025 at 18:19 #160359 | |
GeoffM
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Hope Valley Frequently Asked Questions Do you think you've found a bug? Or do you have a problem running the simulation, check through this thread first. Remember timetables are dealt with in the relevant timetable thread. Please read the following information:- If you own Peak District(Limited time offer): Enter the code HIGHHOPES at checkout to receive a discount. SimSig Boss Log in to reply The following users said thank you: tjfrancis, HST125Scorton, MrSuttonmann |
| Hope Valley FAQ 06/03/2025 at 19:11 #160365 | |
Splodge
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Why is the product page photo an image of what looks like an Amtrak dining car?
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| Hope Valley FAQ 06/03/2025 at 19:15 #160366 | |
Hap
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Splodge in post 160365 said:Why is the product page photo an image of what looks like an Amtrak dining car?Just wetting peoples appetite of course ;-) How to report an issue: www.SimSig.co.uk/Wiki/Show?page=usertrack:reportanissue Log in to reply The following user said thank you: Splodge |
| Hope Valley FAQ 06/03/2025 at 19:17 #160367 | |
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GeoffM
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Splodge in post 160365 said:Why is the product page photo an image of what looks like an Amtrak dining car?Clearly it's the Fernlee reservoir and not the Pacific Ocean (cough) 
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| Hope Valley FAQ 06/03/2025 at 20:17 #160370 | |
HST125Scorton
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Peak Forest Down Sidings Lever Frame seems to throw up a 'Unable to load picture' when you click 'Ok' it does bring up the lever frame. Apart from that I'm very much enjoying this so far already in pickle with delay/failures on all while holding my little one!.  Post has attachments. Log in to view them. Aaron (AJRO) | Timetable Writer Log in to reply |
| Hope Valley FAQ 06/03/2025 at 20:48 #160372 | |
pedroathome
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It looks like the ground frame diagram somehow got missed with the sim earlier. This should now be available James Log in to reply The following user said thank you: HST125Scorton |
| Hope Valley FAQ 07/03/2025 at 12:15 #160389 | |
MrSuttonmann
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I'm so happy  I had a few years of living in Bamford and I've waited years to finally see it on SimSig.The railways around this part of the country have an interesting history. Also interesting to see a new type of signal 
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| Hope Valley FAQ 07/03/2025 at 14:18 #160393 | |
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Splodge
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Fairly sure Crewe has a few of those? New way of indicating a distant
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| Hope Valley FAQ 07/03/2025 at 14:56 #160394 | |
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MrSuttonmann
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Splodge in post 160393 said:Fairly sure Crewe has a few of those? New way of indicating a distantI don't think I've played Crewe - interesting though. On that note, in Hope Valley, are HG30 and NS143 missing their auto markings? 
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| Hope Valley FAQ 07/03/2025 at 15:27 #160396 | |
jc92
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MrSuttonmann in post 160394 said:Splodge in post 160393 said:I suspect they aren't auto plated as they protect a tunnel? 143 is plated controlled. I've just checked on a cabride video - although it is in advance of Newtown Viaduct not in rear as shown on the sim. not sure what the box diagram shows.Fairly sure Crewe has a few of those? New way of indicating a distantI don't think I've played Crewe - interesting though. "We don't stop camborne wednesdays" Last edited: 07/03/2025 at 15:28 by jc92 Reason: None given Log in to reply The following user said thank you: MrSuttonmann |
| Hope Valley FAQ 07/03/2025 at 17:47 #160401 | |
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pedroathome
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jc92 in post 160396 said:MrSuttonmann in post 160394 said:The box diagram is the opposite of how they're plated on the ground. Both Hazel Grove and New Mills South have the auto plate on their diagram, but I believe that the auto plate was removed from the signal at some pointSplodge in post 160393 said:I suspect they aren't auto plated as they protect a tunnel? 143 is plated controlled. I've just checked on a cabride video - although it is in advance of Newtown Viaduct not in rear as shown on the sim. not sure what the box diagram shows.Fairly sure Crewe has a few of those? New way of indicating a distantI don't think I've played Crewe - interesting though. https://flic.kr/p/2nmHcni https://flic.kr/p/2p3kk3i James Log in to reply The following user said thank you: MrSuttonmann |
| Hope Valley FAQ 08/03/2025 at 20:38 #160429 | |
Edgemaster
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Automatic signals are no longer plated for new installations, since the rule allowing drivers to pass them under their own authority if unable to contact the signaller was withdrawn. NR are slowly removing them from the network when renewals occur, and they're now often not shown on new panel/control system screens, even if they're still plated as such on the signal.
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| Hope Valley FAQ 09/03/2025 at 19:50 #160439 | |
peterb
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I think 'Edgley' is a typo? Post has attachments. Log in to view them. Log in to reply |
| Hope Valley FAQ 09/03/2025 at 20:36 #160440 | |
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pedroathome
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peterb in post 160439 said:I think 'Edgley' is a typo?Agreed, logged as Mantis 41963 James Log in to reply The following user said thank you: peterb |
| Hope Valley FAQ 11/03/2025 at 11:14 #160470 | |
Mattyq
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Able to clear signals BN47 & BN44 onto Briggs line without token. Mantis 41968 (ref to 10420).
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| Hope Valley FAQ 12/03/2025 at 05:22 #160490 | |
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TylerE
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Why can't I route BL01 into the Cement Works? It says "Route Not Available". I did have to delay BL01 entering the sim for a while due to a TCF. I wonder if it a subsequent BL01 entered before the previous BL01 or something? Post has attachments. Log in to view them. Log in to reply |
| Hope Valley FAQ 12/03/2025 at 05:54 #160491 | |
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TylerE
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I don't understand what I did wrong here. Permission received and slot granted about 3 minutes before I routed into Quarry Rec.
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| Hope Valley FAQ 12/03/2025 at 06:26 #160492 | |
Steamer
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TylerE in post 160491 said:I don't understand what I did wrong here. Permission received and slot granted about 3 minutes before I routed into Quarry Rec. The permission was for the Loading Line (the lower of the two), not the Rec. The shunter will ask for a line at random. "Don't stress/ relax/ let life roll off your backs./ Except for death and paying taxes/ everything in life.../ is only for now." (Avenue Q) Log in to reply |
| Hope Valley FAQ 13/03/2025 at 10:34 #160503 | |
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MrSuttonmann
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 The Briggs Sidings token replaced message appears twice for a single train. Ex-volunteer signaller; Senior .NET & Angular developer - SimSigger since 2009 Log in to reply |
| Hope Valley FAQ 13/03/2025 at 15:05 #160505 | |
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peterb
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pedroathome in post 160440 said:peterb in post 160439 said:Thank you, this was also present in the Line Up and WTT editor.I think 'Edgley' is a typo?Agreed, logged as Mantis 41963 I don't think it's in the manual - for clarity, what era does the sim represent? Log in to reply |
| Hope Valley FAQ 13/03/2025 at 17:18 #160512 | |
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Steamer
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peterb in post 160505 said:A definite 'end date' is March 2024, when Grindleford and Totley Tunnel East closed and an Up goods loop was put in in the Grindleford area. Changes have also been made to the sidings at Buxton from what's simulated, but I don't think that's a showstopper. Start date I'm not too sure about. The obsolete Peak District simulation had a 1987 timetable and modelled the same track layout. "Don't stress/ relax/ let life roll off your backs./ Except for death and paying taxes/ everything in life.../ is only for now." (Avenue Q) Log in to reply The following user said thank you: peterb |
| Hope Valley FAQ 13/03/2025 at 17:32 #160513 | |
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jc92
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Steamer in post 160512 said:peterb in post 160505 said:Realistically anything from 1986 - 2024. Chinley was Rationalised and remodelled in 1981, Hazel Groves Chord opened 1986. The only missing infrastructure are the sidings at Grindleford which were used for wagon overflow storage for Earles and Peak Forest although that had ended by 1986.A definite 'end date' is March 2024, when Grindleford and Totley Tunnel East closed and an Up goods loop was put in in the Grindleford area. Changes have also been made to the sidings at Buxton from what's simulated, but I don't think that's a showstopper. "We don't stop camborne wednesdays" Log in to reply The following users said thank you: peterb, Steamer |
| Hope Valley FAQ 14/03/2025 at 12:42 #160523 | |
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MrSuttonmann
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Steamer in post 160512 said:peterb in post 160505 said:Regarding the layout at Buxton, we can use it to determine an approximate era for the sim.  This image shows the (approximate) layout in 1999: - Orange signifies the breakdown/snowplough siding. - Green is the holding siding, complete with unknown wagon. - Red is the run-around lines and neck.  The same view in 2005 clearly shows the two sidings have been removed. The relief sidings were extended in 2018/2019, pretty much doubling their length, and there is no addition of extra sidings as part of that work, so that rules out 2018 onwards. Unfortunately, Google Earth has no coverage between 1999 and 2005, so its up to anyone with local knowledge to pin down a date these were removed, but I think we can safely say the era of Hope Valley depicted in the sim is between 1986 and 2005. Ex-volunteer signaller; Senior .NET & Angular developer - SimSigger since 2009 Last edited: 14/03/2025 at 12:45 by MrSuttonmann Reason: None given Log in to reply |
| Hope Valley FAQ 14/03/2025 at 18:28 #160527 | |
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jc92
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Hope valley was designed to have a single broad encompassing era rather than multiple specific eras, which is why things exist like Edales DGL and single slip which are both long gone, and the additional sidings at buxton as well.
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| Hope Valley FAQ 14/03/2025 at 19:11 #160529 | |
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trolleybus
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Very pleased to see this sim and looking forward to many hours on it. But I'm stumped quite early. How do I release Peak Forest Down sidings GF (PF25)? I've a train in siding 1 and a loco wanting to run round but I get Cannot release frame. Edit: realised the problem. The wiki says that trains leaving Long Sidings at the B end need to use the GF. I interpreted leaving the sidings to include using the headshunt. Last edited: 14/03/2025 at 19:29 by trolleybus Reason: None given Log in to reply |