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| Edit Temporary Speed Restriction Panel 19/01/2011 at 15:43 #2256 | |
grahamj42
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Next to the Freight Train and Passenger Train speeds is a box marked 'Whole Train'. What does this mean? Does this imply that different parts of a train can travel at different speeds? 
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| Edit Temporary Speed Restriction Panel 19/01/2011 at 15:43 #13235 | |
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grahamj42
130 posts |
Next to the Freight Train and Passenger Train speeds is a box marked 'Whole Train'. What does this mean? Does this imply that different parts of a train can travel at different speeds?
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| Edit Temporary Speed Restriction Panel 19/01/2011 at 16:53 #13236 | |
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UKTrainMan
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At the end of the section of line with the speed limit the driver will see a board (yellow/florescent yellow in colour) with the letter T on it. If you tick 'Whole Train' then the driver will have to either estimate when the rear of the train has passed this board or he may look out of his cab window and back down/along the line/his train to see when the rear of his train has passed this board. Alternatively it may even be the case that the driver has arranged with the guard to somehow inform him when the rear of the train has passed the sign. Once the rear of his train has passed the board he can return to the normal linespeed. If you don't tick whole train then as soon as the driver [obviously at the front of the train] has passed this board he will return back to the normal line speed. See the aforementioned sign here (fig 14.32) Hope this helps. Any views and / or opinions expressed by myself are from me personally and do not represent those of any company I either work for or am a consultant for. Log in to reply |
| Edit Temporary Speed Restriction Panel 19/01/2011 at 17:00 #13237 | |
GeoffM
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Being very pedantic, different parts of the train can travel at different speeds with the buffering on couplers. Take long freight trains in the US, for example, where the engines at the front can have rolled a few wagon lengths before the back has started to move. But anyway, as UKTM says, "whole train" means the restriction applies to the length of the train, whereas leaving it unticked would mean only the front obeys the restriction (rare, but can instead be used for other purposes such as slowing for a "token on a hoop" exchange trackside). SimSig Boss Log in to reply |
| Edit Temporary Speed Restriction Panel 19/01/2011 at 22:36 #13240 | |
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mfcooper
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In the real world, a driver cannot increase his speed at the end of a Temporary/Emergency Speed Restriction until their whole train has passed the Termination ('T'board, as UKTM describes above. As Geoff explains, not ticking this option allows for simulation of other types of speed changes.
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