Train queuing...

joseailton · Post by **joseailton** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 12:51 am

Attached is my current train queue layout

I have chain signals in the exiting side of the queue area, and in the entry side of the stations area.

Hannu · Post by **Hannu** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 4:53 am

vanatteveldt wrote:Is there a benefit to adding stations on the waiting bays instead of just placing a bunch of parallel tracks behind chain signals?

I am not sure is it better in current version. I learned it when I played 0.12 but they may have changed something in train control algorithms after that. Then it reduced the probability that the game routes a train in a wrong track significantly. I use this way because stations and waiting tracks do not cost practically anything (at settings I use) and it works flawlessly hundreds of hours with large network and tens of trains. As an aesthetic bonus I get nice realistic looking railyards without strange curves or insane combinations of switches. Now someone makes one check station which collects all trains and put waiting tracks after that, it may work too, but have not tested.

impetus maximus · Post by **impetus maximus** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 7:52 am

there are known issues with chain signals & stackers.
trains will exit a blue chain signal, pass an open lane in the stacker and stop at a red signal blocking the entrance.

as others have said, put a station in each of the lanes. they should all have the same name.
put a 0 second station before the stacker. off the main line of course.

i believe train logic is going to be reworked in 0.15.*

joseailton · Post by **joseailton** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 4:02 pm

impetus maximus wrote:there are known issues with chain signals & stackers.
trains will exit a blue chain signal, pass an open lane in the stacker and stop at a red signal blocking the entrance.

In my layout, trains passing blue signals does occur indeed, but this is totally expected since I have chain signals in the exiting side of the queue part, and in the entry side of the stations part. So, when you have for instance a copper train unloading, the entire chain section is partially blocked because of it, meaning all the chain signals in the queue part will be blue. But as long as a train arrive there and its not a copper train, it aims for a different station, and therefore will be allowed to pass, unless there's another train passing at the same time from the queue area to the station's area. (if that does any sense at all, I can do a video explaining if needed)

So I'm not facin problems at all with this layout, it works perfectly. You guys should try this ideia and concept, which I "stole" from other multiplyer games

vanatteveldt · Post by **vanatteveldt** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 8:33 pm

Hannu wrote:
vanatteveldt wrote:Is there a benefit to adding stations on the waiting bays instead of just placing a bunch of parallel tracks behind chain signals?
I am not sure is it better in current version. I learned it when I played 0.12 but they may have changed something in train control algorithms after that. Then it reduced the probability that the game routes a train in a wrong track significantly. I use this way because stations and waiting tracks do not cost practically anything (at settings I use) and it works flawlessly hundreds of hours with large network and tens of trains. As an aesthetic bonus I get nice realistic looking railyards without strange curves or insane combinations of switches. Now someone makes one check station which collects all trains and put waiting tracks after that, it may work too, but have not tested.

I thought of one advantage of using intermediate stations: I currently waste a lot of loading bay space since I want the stations to be 2xtrain length so a train is always queuing up right behind the currently (un)loading train. However, I keep each waiting lane a single block to avoid e.g. a copper train being stuck behind an iron train. I could use intermediate stations to reserve waiting lanes for one train type and allowing them to queue up behind each other. That would also give me more options for increasing waiting space since I can make it longer as well as wider...

joseailton · Post by **joseailton** » Sat Oct 15, 2016 4:40 am

usefull bluprints are here:

oil loading

ore loading

ore unloading

queue area

rail extension

storage section

T junction

unloading oil

X junction

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