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2O17 at red signal 26/02/2022 at 15:01 #145413
bugsy
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In the attached screenshot you can see 2O17 waiting at a red signal.
It’s my fault because I let 0M22 leave the line from Upper Holloway too early.

IRL, if a signaller was stupid enough to do what I have done, then talk 2O17 past the red signal and draw up to the next red to save a bit of time, would he be invited for a cup of tea accompanied by a stern talking to and perhaps given a warning?
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2O17 at red signal 26/02/2022 at 15:20 #145415
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100% tea and no biscuits. The interlocking is there for a reason and shouldn't be bypassed.
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2O17 at red signal 26/02/2022 at 16:49 #145418
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jc92 in post 145415 said:
100% tea and no biscuits. The interlocking is there for a reason and shouldn't be bypassed.
Just as I thought. Thanks

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2O17 at red signal 27/02/2022 at 03:42 #145433
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That's definitely not a reason to instruct a driver to pass a signal at danger my friend!

Drivers are only given permission to pass signals at danger for the following reasons: train failures, track circuit failures, level crossing failures, points failures when secured by a points operator on the ground, etc, etc!
As you may have gathered by now, this is not used for saving time due to a train regulating error!!

Keith Palmer, retired Preston PSB signaller.

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2O17 at red signal 27/02/2022 at 08:16 #145435
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bugsy in post 145413 said:
In the attached screenshot you can see 2O17 waiting at a red signal.
It’s my fault because I let 0M22 leave the line from Upper Holloway too early.

IRL, if a signaller was stupid enough to do what I have done, then talk 2O17 past the red signal and draw up to the next red to save a bit of time, would he be invited for a cup of tea accompanied by a stern talking to and perhaps given a warning?
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The warning would probably be to go home and await a letter from the Pay Office headed P45 as that is undoubtedly deliberately breaking the rules.

Remember in Simsig the train will never* pass the signal at danger, but in real life it is a possibility, however remote. The overlap is there for a reason.

* there are ways to make one but in normal play they won’t.

Last edited: 27/02/2022 at 08:17 by Stephen Fulcher
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2O17 at red signal 27/02/2022 at 13:55 #145440
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Thanks for your replies. I thought that it would be a definite no-no and you have now clearly explained why.

By the way. I waited for the signal to clear.

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