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| Early running trains 13/01/2012 at 21:28 #27247 | |
leg_iron
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Are there any specific guidelines regarding the early running of trains either entering the sim or from sidings & yards. I know on some of the sims that i have played they can cause chaos becuase they have a stop scheduled in their timetable at a particular location & it can cause trains to back up along the line.
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| Re: Early running trains 13/01/2012 at 21:33 #27249 | |
jc92
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there is a section in the humberside manual dedicated to regulation of early/late running trains, although sim specific it might provide some insight into real life regulation policy
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| Re: Early running trains 13/01/2012 at 21:39 #27251 | |
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ledgero2
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" said:Are there any specific guidelines regarding the early running of trains either entering the sim or from sidings & yards. I know on some of the sims that i have played they can cause chaos becuase they have a stop scheduled in their timetable at a particular location & it can cause trains to back up along the line.normally involves communication between various signallers in a box, or between signal boxes to ensure that an early running freight train wont cause any delay to passenger services. obviously if youre playing a sim, and its 4am, then running a freight early is likely to have little impact on YOURSELF, but could mess things up in the rush hour further up the line! Log in to reply |
| Re: Early running trains 13/01/2012 at 23:58 #27258 | |
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officer dibble
409 posts |
leg_iron, I usually try and get the freight "off patch" ASAP, if a headway and suitable line is possible to such at the time, but thats how I roll. In real life (from my observations at work and visiting Reading Panel (RIP) during the small hours) that freight is "run" overnight as passenger traffic is virtually non-existant, but during the day, its all about the passenger stuff - as one would expect (although I have learnt that it is always good to route a class 7 in front of a class 2 :cheer: ). When in doubt - Contingency plan 2A. Someone didn't buy the milk - 2A. Someone sneezed at Swansea - 2A. A driver complains the cab is too cold - 2A. Unable to operate a HEx service 4 vice 8 - 2A. Points failure at Ipswich - 2A. Landslip at Pitlochry - 2A Log in to reply |
| Re: Early running trains 14/01/2012 at 23:59 #27334 | |
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alan_s
152 posts |
If a train arrives early, but you hold it until its booked time, does that count against you under "minutes lost by you" ? I know the reverse is true, if it arrives 10 late and leaves 8 late, that's 2 mins gained; so logically holding an early entrant until booked time would count against you! Log in to reply |
| Re: Early running trains 15/01/2012 at 00:01 #27335 | |
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jc92
3690 posts |
" said:If a train arrives early, but you hold it until its booked time, does that count against you under "minutes lost by you" ?you only loose minutes if he is late, not if he leaves on time. so holding to booked time will loose no minutes, unless of course for instance you then had a signal failure which delayed him past booked time. "We don't stop camborne wednesdays" Log in to reply The following user said thank you: alan_s |