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| Spurious symbol? 20/11/2012 at 21:11 #37821 | |
UKTrainMan
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Is the second (smaller) arrow (the right-hand one) on the Down Main between Carlisle North Jn and Caldew Jn spurious, or does it serve some sort of actual purpose? Just, it looks a bit out of place to me, and seems to have no function but to light up, which is exactly what the bigger arrow to it's left is already doing?! Am I onto something here, and it is a wannabe Direction Of Flow arrow; or does it have a purpose that I've perhaps missed in all the excitement with the whole simulation? Post has attachments. Log in to view them. 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. Last edited: 20/11/2012 at 21:12 by UKTrainMan Log in to reply |
| Spurious symbol? 20/11/2012 at 21:34 #37825 | |
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Jan
906 posts |
Hmm, to me it simply looks like a way of indicating the preferred direction of travel over that piece of track. It would probably look a bit better if the two arrows were actually touching each other, but that's apparently not possible with the font used to display the symbols.
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| Spurious symbol? 20/11/2012 at 21:37 #37826 | |
Tempest Malice
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I believe the whole symbol is meant to be a double arrow to indicate a route has been set in the standard direction of a route over that section of track, whereas routes going the in the wrong direction over that section only get the single flow arrow pointing the other way to show their route is not in the usual direction. I'm not certain mind, but I think from other sims I've seen similar symbols on such as Edinburgh that this is likely what this symbol means. (Jan seems to have replied faster than me) Last edited: 20/11/2012 at 21:38 by Tempest Malice Reason: Jan posted while i was writing my post. Log in to reply |
| Spurious symbol? 20/11/2012 at 21:57 #37833 | |
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UKTrainMan
1803 posts |
Ahhhh, just looked at the signal map for Saltley and I note that the same exists at Snow Hill Tunnel. Guess I'll just go and get my coat and go back to signalling school for a refresher course. :blush: 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 |
| Spurious symbol? 20/11/2012 at 22:04 #37834 | |
postal
5264 posts |
Looks like you need it, the time you've been off the Forum :-)
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