Assets/Signals/Signals for North American Routes
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A description of the signals available for North American (US, CA, MX) Routes. Based on TANE SP4 (version 4.5).
Intro
North American railroads do not have a uniform signaling system. The type, aspect and indication vary between railroads, and even within railroads.
Signal types include:
- Single-lens multi-color, aka Searchlight
- Multi-lens single-color, aka Safetran, vertical position; the modern version has a single shield, older signals have a shield for each lense.
- Position
- etc.
There are plenty of resources on the Internet to describe the North American signaling systems.
- PDF charts for most of the railroads, [jovet]
- Explanation of the logic behind the signal indications, [The Krug, from the WayBackMachine archive]
Important: The following sections use Auran / Trainz terminology, to make it easier to understand the config and scripting.
Auran Built-In Signals
These signals are included with TANE, or the routes that come with TANE.
Searchlight Signal
| Signal USA1 04 | Absolute signal with a single head. Generally used on the frog (tailing, converging) side of junctions.
Aspects: Red, Yellow, Flashing Yellow, Green. Indications: Stop (0), Caution (4), Advance Caution (7); Proceed (8). Signal USA1 04-3A is similar, but without the flashing yellow / Advance Caution. |
... to be continued ...
