Just wondering about the process of requesting permission from the box to pass a signal at danger on leaving a station. If it’s safe enough to pass, why does the signaller not just then change it to yellow? Or is it assumed that the block still has a train on it, so you have to proceed with great caution (have never seen another train in TS, though)? Kind of analogous to a shunt signal permitting an engine onto a track with a stopped train just ahead?
You are talking about what happens in Real Life. The train Stops at a Red Signal and if it does not clear the Driver will contact the Signaller There are any number of reasons why it can not be cleared. -Signal Broke, Track Circuit Failed, Points Failed and even Train in Front In the Game there is no Signaller - just a Computer. If the Signal is showing Red have a look at the 2D Map by using the 9 key. Looking at you train you should have a Blue line from your signal and sometimes it shows the Colour of the Signal as a dot next to the train - If that dot is Yellow or Green then you should be able to go. Tab might confirm it. If it is Red then the route is not set for you to the next Signal so you have to wait until it clears. There might be something in front or something crossing your path Going back to your Editing of locos in the game When you have done an edit and you click Play - Pause the Game and Click Restart. Sometimes when you click play after an Edit the game does not always reload correctly and sometimes the signals can be all green and sometimes a signal should be Green but shows red. Peter
to add to Peter's comments, there are times you are required in the tasks you complete to request to pass. A good example of this is Sherman Hill, Granite Via Wycon. When you finish your little visit to Wycon, you are expected to head towards the exit signal while waiting for 5248 Eastbound to pass by. Once he clears, around 15:42:05 or shortly thereafter, a request to pass will be approved. Before this, it will be declined. So sometimes, you HAVE to do it, it may not be a scenario error.
