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| Marylebone 19/04/2014 at 09:14 #59099 | |
njimiller
141 posts |
Proving that some of the issues we experience in SimSig land really do occur in real life I observed an 8 carriage empty stock working arrive at Marylebone platform 2 yesterday which also ready had a 2 carriage unit berthed there. It only just fitted behind the platform signal but with various detachments required the driver had to call the signaller to set a shunt signal from the platform in case detaching the front unit caused it to run into the track circuit beyond the end of the platform which of course would have been a SPAD. With detachment complete the driver who was taking out the front unit on the 1839 to High Wycombe had to call the signaller to cancel the shunt signal and set the full road out of the platform. All very interesting to watch and we still managed to make an on-time departure. Nick Log in to reply |
| Marylebone 19/04/2014 at 09:23 #59101 | |
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Underwood
746 posts |
Very interesting! I like viewing these sorts of things and seeing how it works in real life from SimSig. A couple of Saturday's ago I was in Cardiff and the Coryton service had the road but there was a load of crew talking about something, then the signal was pulled back. Soon after the Merthyr train came in to share the platform. Obviously the starter was cancelled to allow a call-on into the station. I could almost picture the starter signal flashing at red on the panel (In SimSig IECC format I mean), a lock out time, then a phone call saying the driver will contact control due to change of aspect 
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| Marylebone 19/04/2014 at 13:19 #59111 | |
Gwasanaethau
509 posts |
I remember once waiting on Platform 1 at Norwood Junction for a train towards Crystal Palace. Normally the train in question is overtaken by an FCC service that passes on Platform 3, which also heads towards Crystal Palace on its way to Tulse Hill. On this particular occasion, the signaller mistakenly routed the FCC train straight up the fast line towards London Bridge. It was interesting to watch the driver stop the train at the platform and call the signaller, see the signal change from green to red, and then subsequently a couple of minutes later change to double yellow with a feather. I knew exactly what was going on (and indeed was even expecting it) from the number of times this has happened to me whilst playing a simulation. :blush:
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| Marylebone 20/04/2014 at 22:50 #59176 | |
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Muzer
718 posts |
I was in a train the other day that had a mysterious delay at a junction (it was quite late at night, and no trains passed before setting off so it wasn't a conflicting move). However, we arrived at our next stop very early. I asked the guard, turned out that there was a route learning diversion timetabled for that train (my phone was out of batteries so I hadn't noticed this on RTT), but the driver didn't sign the route so they had to send it the normal way! So the delay was obviously the approach locking and the driver phoning the signaller asking for a reroute. Log in to reply |