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So I am confused with these signals on the Wabash District, they are constantly red. Any tips? there is no train in this block, anywhere.

Berkshirefan765 wrote:So I am confused with these signals on the Wabash District, they are constantly red. Any tips? there is no train in this block, anywhere.

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Run a train by the signals to see if the aspects change. If not then the only other thing I noted was the the other links (For your 1H1T signals) might be actually placed on that wye section rather then the main. If the switch is not lined for that piece of track it will show red.

Howdy,

Another possibility is you are using 'Restricting' signals. They will never show anything but all red. They are useful in situations where you don't want AI trains going past a certain point or in some real world situations where you might have a Restricting Proceed Signal. You can usually tell if this is the case from the ingame signal name. It might have an 'R' in the name indicating that aleast 1 of the aspects capable of being displayed from that signal will be restricting in nature. In the case of a controlled interlocking, like you have there your signals should be absolute. Although it varies from railroad to railroad you'll see the indication will likely be a 'Restricting' not 'Restricting Proceed'; as in a "Lunar" indication or flashing red. If you want the interlocking to be all red then you'll have to get "talked by the signal", as in the Train Dispatcher or Interlocking Operator with have to give you verbal authority to pass the all red absolute, aka. press the 'Tab' key

Again, I should mention all of this varies from railroad to railroad, region to region, and time frame to time frame. But in a nut shell I suspect your signal is all red because your using restrictive signals. Try using one without the letter 'R' in it.

Take care.

P.S. Another possibility (however unlikely) is you have the link order mixed up.

P.P.S. Try exiting out of the editor and reloading as well. Sometimes doing so affects signal operation for the better.

Looks like they are using the SRDefault signals. I don't know what those are but in your pictures, most of the joints have a red triangle over them. It has been so long that I have used the editor but doesn't that mean the joints are broken or there is some kind of issue with the track joints?

The small red triangles indicate that the track connections are made. The third image shows the error hoops on the track crossing track section, so I would have to say, all is well with the connections. The taller hoops usually show that the track is connected, but have a problem with the ribbon.

Ok, then. My second idea is because it is a Diamond, it won't signal correctly without trains being around so it can initialize. You could try to signal both tracks and place trains outside of the area and run a freeroam to see what happens.