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Locked Re: Accepted and excluded car/load combos on spurs and C/I tracks #operationspro


 

On Sun, Dec 1, 2024 at 12:53 PM, Tom Myrick wrote:
I as well find having to include/exclude loads as well as using schedules cumbersome.? I use custom loads and schedules for everything.? I have always assumed that when setting up a C/I track with a specific destination and only allowing cars with a final destination, that only cars that match the schedule for the destination should ever go to the C/I track.? However, when I press the "check destinations" button for the C/I track, I frequently get lots of errors regarding the destination track not allowing specific car types, loads, and roads, so I have to add all of these inclusions/exclusions to get rid of the errors.? Do these errors really matter if only cars that match the schedule for the destination can go to the C/I track?
Tom,
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From the Help files...

After you've selected the destinations that you want the track to service, you can use the "Check Destinations" button to verify that all of the destinations you've selected can also service the same car types, roads, and loads as the track. The program will report each problem it encounters, you can continue checking by pressing the "OK" button, or "Cancel" if you want to abort the checking. The "Check Destinations" can take awhile to complete as it will test all combinations of car types, roads, and loads that the track can service. The program also checks to see if there's a train that can carry the car from the track to the selected destinations.

You might find that the "Check Destinations" will report bogus issues when you've configured your C/I track to service several car types, roads, and loads, but have destinations that can only service a subset of these. In this case, it is best to break the C/I track into several tracks each servicing the same car types, roads, and loads that the destinations can service, and then??the C/I tracks together if you want to use the same track space.

My best practice has been to not worry about the "Check Destinations" feature since it appears to consider all car types in the loop and I don't want to spend time making the "cars serviced" match up across the multiple usage areas in question.? I do my due diligence to make sure I am confident of my setup (pencil-to-paper), using as few filters as I can and refine through rigorous testing...?

Happy to help, hope it helps,

<Pete Johnson>

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