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I think I dug out my copy of the Grove, Deepdene and Deeplus instructions when the scenario was being talked about; but cannot remember what...

Possibly - and I say that guardedly (rather than reopening the Rule 39A question as a feeding frenzy) I'd need to recheck the aspect sequences...

Matlock on the Down?

The situation you describe is not really covered by Rule 39A as issued, but it is covered in part by Rules C4.6/C5.9 which were specifically...

Did I? That was absolutely not the intent, but if that's your understanding (if you've now started playing TSW, based on prior posts) why don't...

I think the first part is best explained when or if you get the editor. The second part would be best explained by you getting your own copy of...

There are many factors to consider - the time of the route and location. Plus, the class of train has to be considered: there were classes of...

Yes - if we're talking in terms of the Preston - Blackpool route, Rule 39A did not exist, so I will confess to having a wry chuckle to myself....

Yet, that is the origin of the term - back in the bad old days, the signal to start would be given by the station master - for some railways (as...

Where or how did you form that impression; please? Do you really mean "section" signal or do you mean signals in general? For further...

Having co-authored a publication on this, and thoroughly researched the signalling /drawn the signalling diagrams, I have scale diagrams for...

I will admit to having a long-term hankering to do a vintage Italian polyphase route. Part of the Ferrovia della Valtellina would be ideal.

I'm waiting (with sweet AND savoury) nibbles for when the signalling is discussed. Cerebellar air conditioning will probably be required.

....and start on your buffet car when you return? ;);):love:

I will gladly look when I have chance, but please don't expect anything for quite a while - as there is a lot of stuff in my own pending queue...

I may still have my notes from the TS1 version to hand somewhere in my library (either actual or digital): whenever, as I am sure such things will...

Not that I wish to start a flame war - and I will reiterate that I was not involved with the TSW version, but I was with the TS1 version, and with...

In what way is the pathing wrong on the loops? Admittedly I wasn't involved in the TSW version, but I'm interested to hear why you'd think that...

After a lifetime researching railway operations in all sorts of countries, I've come to the conclusion that the crews didn't always follow the...

Post 1962: C = 55mph = Class 4 D = 50mph = Class 5 E = 45mph = Class 6 F = 40mph = Class 7 H = 35mph = Class 8 J&K, booked to run at 30 now not...

These hold good for 1960 - I've the post-1962 revised headcodes on this machine somewhere.

Can you remember what time of day you took this picture? About 4pm? If so, it appears to be 8H34 which was the local pick up starting at 1.10pm...

As promised upthread, I have gone digging through my archive (albeit only part-way), with respect to Distant Signals: so herewith a transcript of...

To be fair, that's absolutely no skin off my nose whatsoever - happy days all round, I feel. However - how would you, yourself describe...

For clarity - what do you mean by "colour light signals" - do you just mean "colour light signals" or "Multiple Aspect Signals" or mechanical...

Bingo! The penny has finally dropped - although it isn't exclusively for a diverging route - it is for any route from that distant until the next...

At the risk of sounding petulant; but it is a risk I'm quite happy to take: ask yourself who is the signalling historian and the signalling...

There seems to be some significant revision of history going on here. The runaway at Armagh happened on the 12th of June 1889; the Regulation of...

In the case of a single yellow MAS signal that yellow applies to the next signal only. A single yellow on a UK semaphore distant does not apply...

A UK semaphore distant. I rather thought that was the heart of this discussion: if block and aspect controls were germane to this discussion I...

I'm not talking about approach control, or berth locking/limiting of aspects. If you want specific evidence, look at the IRSE papers.

I have been very careful to make it quite clear that a distant "on" does not intimate a specific speed; it does however intimate a need for...

That's not how a UK semaphore distant works - the meaning can quite legitimately include a route for which all stop signals are "off" through...

The distinction is in the intent of providing information to the driver - and there are crossovers between pure route and pure speed; hence the...

I strongly suggest you read various IRSE papers on the subject, particularly those concerning the introduction of the fourth aspect into UK...

I think it would be quite difficult to do that - if I've understood your post, you're wanting to squeeze the indications of the semaphores into a...

Yes; yes you do: all British distants are a speed-based signal. Agreed with you completely, that you should remember a signal you have passed...

The more I think about this, the more I'm leaning towards the distant information - if it can be reflected in the HUD - (and that's an interesting...

I will break what I said about leaving this thread, for just this one reply. Just being a forum username? Well, isn't that the same for anyone...

Cardinal error: at no point have I ever offered this as a defence - I have attempted to give an explanation as to what has happened with the...

That isn't what I've said, though. If that's how you've understood what I've said, then that's certainly not how I intended it to be understood.

I'm sorry that you think it's unconvincing, having spent many years researching train operations [1], that is the way it is: all you can say is...

Which, in fairness, I did explain in my previous reply to you immediately above. PTTs/Block Registers/Control sheets et al.

That's still moving the goalposts somewhat - verisimilitude and high degrees of verisimilitude have been consistently requested: now you've been...

You can't tell from a PTT what the booked motive power would have been; and even with a WTT without recourse to the Daily Running sheets or...

If you want to go for 1950 then a lot of the signal modelling is incorrect. 1963 was deliberately chosen as being the year that most signalling...

Marvellous, thank you.

Would you be prepared to scan/take mobile phone pics of the ?Summer WTT [1] so I can compare them to the freight WTTs, please? Happy to share to...

...but it's never enough, or at least that shines through as the implicit reasoning behind a lot of comments on these forums. Now, I'd not...

Genuine question - do you have any idea of the totality of dev time for a route? Some days on this route were 13/14 hour days to keep the signal...