Staffordshire FAQ

Presumably it's waiting for the Single line between there and Barthomley Junction to become free.

I've taken a quick look at this, the signal clears immediately after issuing the warning in this case. Weirdly, the train is configured at that point to not warn on red signals, but still does...

Edgemaster in post 119807 said:

I've taken a quick look at this, the signal clears immediately after issuing the warning in this case. Weirdly, the train is configured at that point to not warn on red signals, but still does...

So is this an error on my behalf with my timetable? or a sim issue as such?

Already on Mantis 23863 - seen on Peak and Talbot as well.

https://www.SimSig.co.uk/Forum/ThreadView/49776?postId=117868

9pN1SEAp in post 119860 said:

Already on Mantis 23863 - seen on Peak and Talbot as well.

https://www.SimSig.co.uk/Forum/ThreadView/49776?postId=117868

And on Sheffield as well. Its something core code rather than sim related.

I have a Tamper/Ballast Regulator that's to arrive at Penkridge, upon validating timetable I get 'Entering trip must specify one key location', so I ticked Berth Here and the message still pops up.

Also I noticed Stafford Arrival Sdgs 1/2 don't have an entry in the entry lists? do I need to seed a train there to get a train to run later?

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/B33230/2019/08/10/advanced

Although the train said it was cancelled it actually ran under that above cancelled path., I think the machines arrived earlier that week but I can't seem to find anything. My main issue is the entry at Bushbury to arrival at Penkridge.

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/B33230/2019/08/10/advanced

Although the train said it was cancelled it actually ran under that above cancelled path., I think the machines arrived earlier that week but I can't seem to find anything. My main issue is the entry at Bushbury to arrival at Penkridge.

HST125Scorton in post 120069 said:

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/B33230/2019/08/10/advanced

Although the train said it was cancelled it actually ran under that above cancelled path., I think the machines arrived earlier that week but I can't seem to find anything. My main issue is the entry at Bushbury to arrival at Penkridge.

Ok according to this http://www.charlwoodhouse.co.uk/rail/liverail/train/16626356/10/08/19 it didnt run - no live data and looking back 6U43s last running on the network was this http://www.charlwoodhouse.co.uk/rail/liverail/train/16804151/06/08/19

Up to recently I've been watching the Stafford Diagrams on RailCam/OTT Maps.
It would seem at Searchlight Lane Jn if a train is routed on the DS to DNB to Stone, Signal 5611 on the DS reverts to a Red Aspect. I have noticed this quite a lot. If a route is set from DS to DS to Madeley then Signal 5611 will show a Green Aspect as it should.

This seems to be missing on the Staffordshire sim oddly. I wouldn't of thought the signaller would manually put 5611 to Red while the route is set DS to DNB. It would seem a bit tedious in my eyes.

It's plausible that's the case; however I'd expect the controls to be symmetrical - on one line the signal is held at danger while the other is off and vice versa.

It's also possible that the translation of the data is incorrect - the format the signal data is output in doesn't make it obvious what exactly is being broadcast. Railcam and OTT etc may be incorrect in their interpretation of what that bit of data actually represents.

Raised as a suggestion with the developer on mantis; ticket number 26975.

It's plausible that's the case; however I'd expect the controls to be symmetrical - on one line the signal is held at danger while the other is off and vice versa.

JamesN in post 120227 said:

It's plausible that's the case; however I'd expect the controls to be symmetrical - on one line the signal is held at danger while the other is off and vice versa.

Why would it have to be symmetrical? Surely the control is only needed where a read-through risk exists?

The inference from the sim was that the two signals were parallel on adjacent lines - in such cases the read through controls are symmetrical in my experience; as the risk is broadly equal for both routes. From your video evidently the signals are not parallel on adjacent lines so asymmetrical controls would be adequate.