Crewe FAQ

Looking at the track diagram at Weaver Junction there seems to be an extra crossover / passing loop just before turning left towards Runcorn and right towards Warrington after signal WD169 that's not in the sim era 2016 - 2023. Does anybody know when this was put in IRL and if it's a missing feature?

Without having the information in front of me, I believe that the crossovers went around or sometime just after 2007

Yes, sorry. It's not the failure rate which I'm finding to be the issue. On medium, scale of problems, setting the number of trains entering the area with a large delay seems a little excessive but dropping down to low means you lose out on having to manually enter headcodes (only a minor issue).

I've noticed that routes from Gresty Lane to Up Arrival No.2 aren't show however the shunt light is given, is this intentional?


EDIT: I've also noticed that I can't seem to accept a slot for trains from CSSN to Crewe PSB since the update

Splodge in post 152255 said:

6F31 in the supplied TT ignores the Potteries Loop timing point despite being held at CE119, the TT simply updates to Crewe as it waits so I don't get the chance to tell the train to wait time.

In a similar vein the same seems to happen with services booked to wait in the Up Manchester Loop, the TT steps right to Crewe as the train waits at CE152

Still happening in the latest update at the Potteries, haven't had any UML services to check that.

Using HST125Scorton's Pre-Covid TT in the 2016-2023 era. Trying to get a train out of the Crewe DED at GL9042 but setting a route from GL9042 to 9032 results in the train sitting at GL37 (with no moves possible), which isn't visible on the panel and I suspect doesn't exist in the era as it's in the same location as GL9042 in the earlier eras.

Found a typo:

When asking Crewe Carriage Shed to send a train, in his response it is spelt 'Permission granted for ... (Crewe Cariage Shed 1 or 2)'

And another thing: When requesting the permission and later due to a failure 'cancelling all acceptances' and after that later requesting permission again, I get the response 'That train has already been accepted! Permission is for Crewe Cariage Shed (1 or 2)'

Stephan