Vlog 64Xtra - Open and closed block ABS - Rocrail

[@ScottDowneywoundedbear]

In the future I was thinking of adding a signaling system but I am not sure if I will do it now after watching a few videos. It takes so much time and work to make the system work. The information was helpful.Scott

[@JohnPW22]

Very interesting videos! JMRI have just introduced block allocation in dispatcher (have you tried that? I am struggling with getting auto trains to work!) - seems yohu have options for specifying a number of blocks to allocate, 'safe' number of blocks - not sure how that works yt - or as many as possible - but this seems to preclude having one block and two block options for fast or slow trains as Rocrail allows. I would be interested in your comments, and whether you can point me to any further examples in these areas. Thanks.

[@rvooyen]

JohnPW22 Thanks for the comment. Re JMRI, I havent looked at it further, so am not able to answer anything much about JMRI. Robert.

[@dacuzzz]

hi Robert.. very interesting tutorial.. are you going to implement this system on your layout?? thanks for sharing.. vinny

[@rvooyen]

Yes Vinny. Already partly in place. The ABS automates the dispatcher job. You (trains) simply request a destination (on throttle) and then you follow the signals you see. Turnouts are set by the ABS. This is for the main and branch lines. Yards and industry sidings/spurs are manually operated. Robert