Single track, two-way, two trains. Is it possible?

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Single track, two-way, two trains. Is it possible?

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With sidings, obviously. I've been struggling with the signal layout at the sidings and stations; getting a lot of blinking.

Or is it just a better idea to run two tracks side by side?
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Re: Single track, two-way, two trains. Is it possible?

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when entering the 2-way track there should be a chain signal. when leaving it should be a normal one.

every signal should be a set of 2 way chains.

make the sidings large enough to hold your second largest train (or the largest if you have 2 copies of it) that will use that track
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Re: Single track, two-way, two trains. Is it possible?

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So basically like the bottom diagram here? I would have thought it required more signals...

E: Oh wait, I think I see. Only one direction of travel should use the sidings, that makes sense. Thanks for the tip!
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Re: Single track, two-way, two trains. Is it possible?

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One thing one should keep in mind is to make roundabouts at the stations and/or put engines on both sides of the train so it can go back and forth. Kinda obvious, but leaving no stone unturned and all that...

Also, are you on the KSP forums? Because we have a user by the same name over there :p
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Re: Single track, two-way, two trains. Is it possible?

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AmpsterMan wrote:One thing one should keep in mind is to make roundabouts at the stations and/or put engines on both sides of the train so it can go back and forth. Kinda obvious, but leaving no stone unturned and all that...
Way ahead of you, thanks.
AmpsterMan wrote:Also, are you on the KSP forums? Because we have a user by the same name over there :p
That's me. :) Nice to see other recognizable faces.
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Re: Single track, two-way, two trains. Is it possible?

Post by Gus_Smedstad »

You might find my earlier thread discussing signal-block options for two-way track of interest. For a single two-way track, it's pretty straightforward, and I have an example passing block in the first post. It gets more interesting if you want to mess around with two-way double track, instead of the one-way double track that most people use, but it can be done.
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