Hello;
Just wanted to say what a great route this is. Been following the progress since it was announced here many years ago and great to see it finally released. Some of the touches that make this a standout route in particular are the correctly numbered individual signal number plates, the wildlife, (I've seen a Bear and and mountain lion so far), photo textured distant mountains and the scale rail track.
A couple of questions:
The two westbound signals on the gantry at the Carter Street Control point coming out of the new yard seem to continuously show restricting (flashing red) aspects. Is this correct or, being absolute signals should they show stop (red) as their most restrictive aspect?
There are no speed reduction warning signs (the ones with the angled numbers) in the westward direction for the speed restrictions at MP36.5-41.4 (45mph) and MP41.4-44.6 (35mph). There are warning signs in the eastward direction and the start of the restrictions are marked as normal in both directions, all other restrictions have warning signs. Is this prototypical?
There are no 'yard limits', begin/end ctc/abs etc signs on the route is this intentional?
Some findings regarding saving/re-loading:
Earlier in this thread there were a couple of posts about loading re-saved activities causing signalling issues. I have found that when re-loading, the simulation ends up in 'Node' mode with 'MXD' displayed under authority in the F5 display; so OR 'thinks' there are no signals - suspect this is an OR bug and not a problem with the route. This seems to only happen in automatic signal territory (between sidings). If you save when you're in a siding approaching an absolute signal things seem to save and re-load correctly. Going to and from manual mode works otherwise but can cause an opposing AI train to get a clear signal if there is one waiting to enter the single track you're on the instant you press Ctrl+M. (I had a head-on with an empty grainer on the Horsepower Hour activity after doing this!) Hope this helps anyone having issues.
Congrats to the TS team on a great product, I hope it brings more interest to the OR platform as intended. Already got ideas for activities, freight car repaints (repaint kits would definitely spur creativity in the community) or maybe even an OR timetable... who knows.
All the best and stay safe.
-Paul