[3DTT] Signalling and slowing down and stuff

[Stevie D]

A little while ago we were talking about how ridiculous it is that
trains can go from 400mph to a standstill instantly. Is this going to be
improved upon in 3DTT?

What I would like to see (although you may well disagree (and in doing
so, you would be wrong, because it IS what I would like to see )) is
that trains would take a little while to slow down. Obviously, better
and lighter trains could stop much more quickly.
They would slow down in time for a red signal, the end of the line or a
station stop. They would slow down if you told them to "Stop!". This
would involve re-thinking the signalling aspect.

ATM, (in the UK, anyway), is that beyond the signals is a "safe zone",
so that approaching junctions, if a train does stray a little beyond the
red signal, it won't get in the way of any other train. You would need
this in case a signal suddenly turned red when the train was very close
to it. You would probably need a message to pop-up as well, like "Signal
Passed At Danger near Wossnameville", and the train would stop until
released (but other trains in the vicinity would not necessarily stop
unless you told them to).

I don't know if that would work or not, but it's an idea.

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[Peter J. Dobrovka]

Stevie D schrieb in Nachricht <38850DF3.8420C...@york.ac.oook>...

A little while ago we were talking about how ridiculous it is that
trains can go from 400mph to a standstill instantly. Is this going to be
improved upon in 3DTT?

Yes.

What I would like to see (although you may well disagree (and in doing
so, you would be wrong, because it IS what I would like to see )) is
that trains would take a little while to slow down. Obviously, better
and lighter trains could stop much more quickly.
They would slow down in time for a red signal, the end of the line or a
station stop. They would slow down if you told them to "Stop!". This
would involve re-thinking the signalling aspect.

I hope there is not so much need for a stop-command, but trains will
accelerate and stop according to technology and function.
A train will always stop in time for station halts and maneuvering. This
will be our problem to calculate when it is time to reduce speed.

ATM, (in the UK, anyway), is that beyond the signals is a "safe zone",
so that approaching junctions, if a train does stray a little beyond the
red signal, it won't get in the way of any other train. You would need
this in case a signal suddenly turned red when the train was very close
to it. You would probably need a message to pop-up as well, like "Signal
Passed At Danger near Wossnameville", and the train would stop until
released (but other trains in the vicinity would not necessarily stop
unless you told them to).

I don't know if that would work or not, but it's an idea.

The trains look a bit ahead what is going on, but to slow down willl take a
while. I think a disaster tearing off a valley/river bridge could cause the
train running into the void/water. But this will not happen with bulldozed
structures.

There will be also presignalling, so a signal before a red is yellow (slow
down!)

Peter