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| Hint - Sticky marks signal with long approach locking time 08/03/2014 at 04:29 #56702 | |
maxand
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Use a sticky note to mark signals with unusually long approach locking time. In this example taken from Westbury, signal #147 is set to 180 seconds. Note that white text on red background really stands out.
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| Hint - Sticky marks signal with long approach locking time 08/03/2014 at 10:38 #56712 | |
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Firefly
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Why would you want to replace a signal to danger? The idea is not to clear the signal until you need it. Log in to reply |
| Hint - Sticky marks signal with long approach locking time 08/03/2014 at 10:43 #56713 | |
Splodge
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On Motherwell some of the timed release signals are semi-automatic so unless you have a train passing which can release the route, there is no way of avoiding the time penalty.
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| Hint - Sticky marks signal with long approach locking time 08/03/2014 at 14:07 #56724 | |
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maxand
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Once I discover a running signal with approach locking greater than the customary 2 minutes, I flag it to remind me to avoid invoking approach locking from it at all costs.
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| Hint - Sticky marks signal with long approach locking time 08/03/2014 at 15:36 #56728 | |
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Stephen Fulcher
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An equally, if not more, useful thing to note (although I personally would not bother for reasons Kevin has suggested above) is what type of approach locking is applicable at that signal. If it is comprehensive then the time is largely irrelevant because unless you pull the signal in the face of a driver then it will not time out at all, and the chances of someone cancelling a route in front of a train because they may have set it too soon (which I think is what you are getting at Max?) is low. Where comprehensive approach locking is not fitted and the signal would time out irrespective of whether or not a train is approaching it, this will be far more disruptive if the signal is cleared in error with no trains around. Log in to reply |