#You must have missed the part where I
wet pecan
I use 32x32 chunk grid, Here are some rail modules I have designed. I can't really see how to strip the 4 way to straight rail while leaving regular signals in place because there are none (because I use signals at the beginning of each block). When I place straight rails next to 4-way, there gets placed a regular signal at the 4way exit
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What size trains are you using?
wet pecan
4, two headed locomotives and 2 wagons
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32x32 grid is a bit small for that
One of the important rules of signaling is that the block starting with a rail signal after an intersection is large enough to fit your largest train
Otherwise you add a chance of deadlock
wet pecan
yeah, I know
it works with my book, as long as I replace regular signals with chain signals where needed
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But you wanna avoid that right? :p
wet pecan
yeah
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To avoid that you gotta elongate your 4 way intersection, get some rail signals on the exit. Long enough to fit your largest train between 2 of them
It’s the only way I know to never touch signals + good throughput + no deadlock risk + paste junctions on top of other track
It’s a long list of constraints:D.
The ‘grid pieces begin with signals’ thing is also setting you back here
Imo the connection between grid pieces should have no signals, the combination of 2 grid pieces should fit a train in one signal block
Personally I use a 32x32 grid rn, with 1-1 trains
They just barely have space to fit these constraints because the 4 way intersection I use is small
wet pecan
Good points, I will remember that for next time. I am a bit stuck with using my system, unless I decide to redo everything. I chose small grid size to have more flexibility with smaller rail setups
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Yea smaller grid size definitely gets more flexible, that’s why I have 1-1 trains on mine
Super flexible
But unfortunately the grid size does kinda want to reflect train size for max convenience
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