[Guide] Signs and Signals found in SimRail printable cheat sheets / explanations

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@Gazz292 there is now a section in the forum https://forum.simrail.eu/forum/108-community-made-content/ for wel... community made content. Maybe you would be willing to repost your work there? Majority of users provide it in english as well. Thanks!

[SuperNoob]

@Gazz292Thank you for your work on this, it is much appreciated!

[Sean the Sheep]

Thanks for this.

An idea for something to add - the correct lights for driving on the normal line and driving on the left line.

[DazT]

@Gazz292 Not strictly signs, but would it be possible to add the meaning of various train headlight configurations, for example left line running, shunting (if Poland has such a specfic headlight arrangement) etc

[DazT]

Note to self: Read the post above before posting about lights 🤣

[Jonas16396]

Maybe you could also include the German signals as an explanation, since the Dresden line is being built.

[SugaCane]

vor 15 Stunden schrieb Jonas16396:

Maybe you could also include the German signals as an explanation, since the Dresden line is being built.

But the German route is still very far in the future so such a cheat sheet is not needed at the moment.

[Friedjof]

Am 22.4.2023 um 23:36 schrieb SugaCane:

But the German route is still very far in the future so such a cheat sheet is not needed at the moment.

If the line is not here, why not start now? Better have it now and wait for the line then having the line and not have a cheat sheet.
We don´t know when it will come. But that it will come. Maybe we could use the time to refine the cheat shhet till the line is rolling out and we have a smooth start.

Edited April 23, 2023 by Friedjof

[Gazz292]

I really have to get on with updating the Polish signs and signals sheet (i got distracted messing about with drivers timetables to display on 6 inch e-ink devices for the past month or so) 

But i want to add the train headlight codes, add that a speed reduction triangle sign with no numbers in it means 20km/h and so on. 

 

For a version for the upcoming German route,  i'm not sure what time period it will be set in, so which signals will be used on the line... as they changed a lot over the recent years with reunification and all that. 

But it's something to look into.
 

[Gazz292]

i've just uploaded V2 of the guide, which now includes train headlight / tail light codes.

 

[Schyrsivochter]

On 4/25/2023 at 1:58 AM, Gazz292 said:

add that a speed reduction triangle sign with no numbers in it means 20km/h

Actually, everywhere in SimRail where there’s a triangle board without a number on it, the number 2 is there, it’s just hovering in mid-air a metre or two above the board. I’ve been meaning to file a bug report about that.

[Gazz292]

Ahh, didn't know that, 

In the 2013 onwards Ie-1 (Polish signalling instructions) it says:

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14. Signal D6 "Slow down" means that within the braking distance there is a section of the
track on which it is necessary to drive at a speed lower than the speed provided for in the timetable,
shielded by signal D6, and if this speed is not indicated on the dial, reduce speed to 20 km/h.

So i presumed the blank D6 shields in SimRail were intentional (the above is machine translated from Polish, so does not read perfectly)

 

Edited May 1, 2023 by Gazz292
Le-1 to Ie-1

[GoppelPL]

The instruction's name is (capital "i")Ie-1, as in "exploatation instruction-1". The "2" hovering above blank D6/W9 signs is a bug indeed, please file a bug report on that @Schyrsivochter.

[Gazz292]

Do'h 😣

I've always mixed up capital I and lower case l on computers,   thankyou for pointing this out. 

[J. Elkroc]

@Gazz292 I am brand new to train simulation (flightsim convert). I really appreciate your work on this handy guide, it will help me so much.

[Tipsytoo]

Thanks for the info- During the tutorial I noticed I often do not have a clue that I pass a point where I should have stopped & getting -1000 penalty points cause of it.
I guess it's a "me problem" for not knowing the signs at all-extra pop-ups might be too much hand holding-Though maybe it wouldn't hurt for the tutorial only that the signs are explained more in detailed-zoomed into them when you approach them where the game goes on pause explaining the signs,...

[Stewie Mazen]

im confused .this guide doesnt help me at all. it misses most stuff.

like this 

Edited February 13 by Stewie Mazen

[MBGT Benjamin]

vor 34 Minuten schrieb Stewie Mazen:

 

Hi, the signal from your screenshot is covered by this bit of the guide:

The top of the signal shows green and the bottom yellow (without a green or yellow line). This means that you must drive 40 km/h (or slower) passing this signal and that you are allowed to accelerate to 100 km/h (if the green is flashing) or the vmax of your train (if the green isn't flashing). It is important that you are always only allowed to drive whatever is lowest (linespeed, signal speed or train vmax). You can find the vmax of your train by looking into the timetable. The circle with the lines in the middle of the graphic means that each case of the top can be combined with a case from the lower part of the signal.

[Stewie Mazen]

ah 😄 thanks.

and how do i know at which station i stop? and in this image, for how long would i go 40kmh?

[SugaCane]

vor 4 Minuten schrieb Stewie Mazen:

and in this image, for how long would i go 40kmh?

Ich schreibe es mal hier auf Deutsch. Ist etwas einfacher. Beim Einfahrt oder Zwischensignal fährst du die Geschwindigkeit biss zum nächsten Signal und beim Ausfahrsignal, bis du aus dem Weichenbereich raus bisst.

vor 5 Minuten schrieb Stewie Mazen:

and how do i know at which station i stop?

Steht meistens im Fahrplan die Kilometrierung oder links im Hud steht, ob du an einer Station ph (Personenhalt) hast oder nicht und oben rechts und oben in der Mitte im Hud.

 

Auf dem Discord haben wir auch noch andere Hilfsheets und auch andere Personen die dir helfen können und schnell antworten [Muss aber nicht immer sein].
Der letzte Link ist der link zum Helpsheet der Signale und Schilder auf Deutsch.

https://discord.gg/YWrRGYqNC8
https://discord.com/channels/1066805820190380083/1080209608326520892/1141367177396617328

[xZise]

Hi, what about signals with 4 "bulbs"? When entering Darota for example (signal M 1/2 in my case) was showing "green, off, yellow, off". Now first of all either the upper yellow or red is missing (I'd guess its the yellow one). When I now try to apply the guide to this signal it tells me "40 km/h restricted and expect vmax", but as soon I cleared the signal SimRail is telling me the next signal is red.

Are those signals at a location where the next signal is so far away that the distant signal does not actually display the next signal and can only display "vmax" or nothing (when displaying S1) and this is the reason the yellow bulb appears to be missing?

[Ensifer]

This signal will have 4 lights:

• green
• red
• orange (there's no "yellow")
• white

In Dorota you only have one signal for each direction so there's no need to use 5 lights. The helper will show that next signal is red because it is - next station will clear it when you'll come closer.

[sf_giants15]

The next Signal has its own distant signal (Os), Thats why this signal doesnt need a extra orange bulb. Thats pretty much always like that when there arent any automatic signals between the stations.

Edited May 16 by sf_giants15