Simulation Proposal - Crewe

kbarber in post 140171 said:

So will you be modifying the SimSig Absolute Block to Permissive Block? (And what will the indications look like then, given there's provision for 9 in section on the tell-tale instruments?) That will be, er, fun!

I don't know how it gets used in reality, however, due to how short the section is, I see very few use cases for it travelling away from Basford Hall, however, heading the other way, where the signal at the end of the section protects the entrance to the yard, yes, I could see more uses here. For reference, I want to say that the section is somewhere around 500 meters (Not currently at my laptop to look)

The indications will look the same as any other sim with AB, just you'll have a calling on or shunt route also into the section that can be cleared at TOL. I'm thinking in my head that one indication could be to have extra TDs showing that there's more than one in section, however, the track layout doesn't really work for this.

James

I was a bit of an arrogant young brat in those days, eager to use everything the box had to offer, while the regular men were more used to giving themselves an easy life.

kbarber in post 140192 said:

I was a bit of an arrogant young brat in those days, eager to use everything the box had to offer, while the regular men were more used to giving themselves an easy life.

You're not alone.

I think it was Adrian Vaughan who, offered a train while learning a box, realized he had an opportunity and replied 3-5-5. There was a pregnant pause, probably while the other box wracked his memory, followed by 3-5-5 coming back in a disbelieving tone.

I like these kind of discussions, you learn something new every day. I just had to search what 3-5-5 meant. The first google result was an obscure site in a corner of the internet: https://www.davros.org/rail/signalling/bellcodes.html#bc355 Thanks again Clive ;).

kbarber in post 140192 said:

I was a bit of an arrogant young brat in those days, eager to use everything the box had to offer, while the regular men were more used to giving themselves an easy life.

You're not alone.

I think it was Adrian Vaughan who, offered a train while learning a box, realized he had an opportunity and replied 3-5-5. There was a pregnant pause, probably while the other box wracked his memory, followed by 3-5-5 coming back in a disbelieving tone.