Delano - Dante via Caney. There is a dispatcher error, the oncoming train from Dante should have been looped a mile or so ahead to allow me to pass but instead the train approaches the Caney storage siding where my Caboose is blocking the main line while I shunt thus the run cannot be completed. Kind of ruins the end of the otherwise excellent First Greenbriar turn run (pt7)
Nope, the bug is that AI trains "run" at speeds above the speed limit when you don't see them (it's a calculation error of the game to put that train somewhere on the track). The oncoming train would have never been there if it had been driven by the player. All those similar problems on this route when you're supposed to have the right of way but another train gets in the way are for the same reason, but you'd have to rebuild the whole timetable from scratch to fix this .... not likely to happen.
Dispatcher/AI/signaller, you know what I mean, whoever is in charge of telling that AI train to stop or go. Surely for such a new route, one that is usually charged out at £24.99 this error could be sorted as it should not have been there in the 1st place.
Of course I know what you mean When spawning on foot we could perhaps sabotage that other train (by driving it into a dead end and/or uncoupling all cars), so the line would be free for "our" train. This must be done so early that we can run to our train and take over the service before the AI does. But then we can't complete the journey chapter. I haven't done this service yet, but I'll try it next weekend.
This service is possible to be done without being held up by the oncoming train, the key is to get up to mainline speed ASAP and hold it around there till you need to stop. You should also use the 3rd person free cam to do uncoupling, and not on foot by hand.
It's a shame this has to be rushed, if it were not for the Caboose sitting on the main line you could just sit in the siding enjoying the scenery, go for a walk or enjoy the sounds of the F7 while the passing train clears out the way.
As Blacknred81 said, I needed to be more on time! I beat the oncoming train tonight into the section, I think if you leave the storage siding by 15:50 you should be ok!
