Martin,
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You stated in your first post that...
I have 3 towns (1 train per town)
Drawing from info in the build report for the Golden Local, I see 4 trains listed for routing possibilities.
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? ? 2. Train (Black Hawk Ore Turn)?
? ? 3. Train (Golden Local)?
? ? 4. Train (Idaho Springs Mixed Turn)?
Since you have designated these as the only trains allowed to route movements, the program "warns" you that you have restricted your routing options...(hence the WARNING)
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But back to the goal of your post...
Should we conclude that you want the Golden Local to take cars that arrive from either Idaho Springs or Black Hawk, and spot them to the Freight Xfer or to industries (in the Industrial area)?
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Since you are using the default E and L for your cars, you can make use of the "Switcher Service (Local)" option, and create a train that only serves "MP08 NG Golden Yard".
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This will allow you to fulfill your theory...
In my theory (could be totally wrong), the other Trains would deliver to the Yard Track and then the Local would move to the Freight Xfer Track.?
Pay close attention to the paragraph labelled "Switcher Restrictions", as it details the limitations on some car movements between certain tracks.
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Now again, from your build report, I see where you currently have the Golden Local visit more than one location. ?This is how most trains are set up and differs from the concept above of the JMRI "Switcher". ?This train "moves" from MP08 to MP12 and serves the tracks at both those locations...
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Tracks at MP08 Golden Yard (perhaps these aren't all of them),
- NG Gldn Loco Shed
- NG Gldn Yard RIP
- NG Gldn MOW
- NG Gldn Yard Ash
- NG Gldn Yard Coal
- NG Gldn Freight Xfer
- NG Gldn Caboose
- NG Golden Yard
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And the apparent tracks at MP12 (again, perhaps not all),
- NG Gldn Livestock
- NG Gldn Fuel Supply Tank
- NG Gldn Gen Manufacturer
- NG Gldn Fuel Supply Coal
- NG Gldn Feed & Seed
- NG Gldn Hardware & Lumber
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I believe you could create a new train (perhaps called "Golden Switch") and have it's route consist of only "MP08 NG Golden Yard" (allow both pickups and setouts). ? ?Then, if you wanted the Freight Xfer track to have cars moved "locally" from the yard track and back, remove the direction options for that track and only the new train (Golden Switch) could work it.? ?Currently, this local move is prevented because the Golden Local isn't a JMRI "Switcher" (because it visits 2 or more locations).
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Because of the way you have things now, you could also manually give your cars final destinations for the Freight Xfer track and the program should recognize that and allow the Golden Local to move any cars so designated (this is the role of the train option you have selected, labelled "Allow local moves if car has a custom load or FD").
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So try out some of these ideas and see what transpires, and of course, let us know!
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Happy to help, hope it helps
<Pete Johnson>
