SimSig:Sessions/Archive/1
| SimSig Sessions | |
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| On Our Lines plays SimSig | |
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| 1 - West Midlands | |
| Date | 6 February 2021 |
| Start time | 1900 |
| Host(s) | Jarley, TC60054 |
| Simulation Information | |
| Simulations in use | Aston, Birmingham New Street* and Saltley |
| Sim time | 0830 |
On Our Lines' first SimSig Session is taking place on Saturday 6th February 2021. The Session will consist of a chain between Aston, Birmingham New Street* and Saltley power signal boxes, with Derby also available if necessary. Aston, Derby and Saltley are all free simulations, whilst Birmingham New Street is payware. There are panels to suit all abilities available, and newcomers are welcome. The Session will be available to join from around 1845 for a 1900 start. You can join @#on-our-simsig-lobby at any time for the pre-session chat. We anticipate finishing the session at around 0100; please let us know if you need to leave before then.
To sign up please edit the page and in the Participants section at the bottom enter your user name, your availability, experience level and which paid simulations you have, if any; if you have a preferred panel you can also list it here although this cannot be guaranteed.
Overview
Good morning West Midlands signallers, this is your update from Network Rail regional control at 0830 hours. We currently have a Code Red declared across all West Midlands routes due to a number of incidents in the Birmingham area. Delays and disruption are expected to continue for up to a further 60 minutes.
Aston
Birmingham New Street
Severe congestion is being experienced to the south of New Street station, due to an earlier track circuit failure in the Proof House Junction area. This was affecting all operators with limited options to depart from New Street. In consequence, the Birmingham International shuttle has been cancelled at Birmingham International until 1005, when it will start up 2Y04 to London Euston. Passengers are advised to travel on the 0939 from Birmingham New Street and change at Birmingham International.
1J07, the delayed 0809 Arriva Trains Wales service to Aberystwyth, will be started from and call additionally at Marston Green today. Passengers should board 2C04, the 0829 service from Birmingham International to Birmingham New Street, to connect onto this train. This is due to a wrong-routing by the signaller earlier. This plan is subject to change and will be looked at by the early turn Route Controller.
Cross City services are experiencing delays of up to 30 minutes to all destinations due to an earlier train fault at Aston, and an earlier points failure in the Aston area. There are a number of cancellations and reformations taking place to recover the service; rail replacement buses are operating.
- 2N19 is 34 minutes late and will be terminated at Birmingham New Street. This service will be reformed to make 2N26, the 0855 service to Lichfield City.
- 2N23 has been restarted on time from Birmingham New Street, stopping at all stations to Longbridge.
- Further service recovery on the Cross City services is expected to ensure the resilience of the off peak services.
Services towards Wolverhampton and Walsall are delayed due to a points failure at Soho South Junction. The failure has only just occurred with the Mobile Operations Manager (MOM) currently on route. 2K13, the delayed 0807 service to Rugeley Trent Valley diverted via Soho due to the earlier track circuit failure at Proof House Junction, is delayed by the failure and is currently 12 minutes late. 2A07 will also be delayed; this train is also due to be diverted via Soho due to an earlier failure.
The CrossCountry 'hot spare' class 170 and class 220 are both available for service if required. The Virgin Trains 'hot spare' class 221 is approaching New Street and is available for service if required.
Saltley
Panel allocations
| Power Signal Box | Controller on duty | Panel | Signaller on duty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saltley (SY) | South Bottom | MichaelDono (talk) | |
| South Top | TheTramwayGay648 (talk) | ||
| Stratford | Jack (talk) until 21:00, then goldenarrow (talk) | ||
| Centre | deadly (talk) | ||
| North | Mrdannyp (talk) | ||
| Birmingham New Street (NS) Paid simulation |
TC60054 (talk) host | North | Laurencec123 (talk) |
| Centre | |||
| South 1 | MinionJosh (talk) | ||
| South 2 | Littlereddragon (talk) | ||
| Aston (AN) | Alrewas | Lcawte (talk) | |
| Lichfield Trent Valley | |||
| Aston | |||
| Derby (DY) Reserve simulation |
West | ||
| Centre | |||
| North | |||
| Moira West |
Participants
- Jarley (talk) host - Around all day, expert level, have Birmingham
- TheTramwayGay648 (talk) - Around after 4pm, beginner level, have Saltley, Derby and Aston, would prefer Saltley (anything but South Bottom panel) or Aston (have played alone - some guidance may be necessary)
- Laurencec123 (talk) - Around all day. Expert level, would prefer south 1 NS or anything X City.
- MinionJosh (talk) - Around all day, Beginnerish, No real preference on panel, Dont mind picking up Birmingham if required to assist with numbers, Will need to go AFK at 8pm for 20-30 mins or so however
- MichaelDono (talk) - All Saturday evening till after midnight if needed, decently experienced now but still cocks thing up from time to time of course.
- littlereddragon (talk) - Available all day on Saturday, Medium Experience Level, has worked Satley SB, C & N, Birmingham S 1 & 2 and Aston, able to run any other than BNS C preference for BNS S 1 or 2 or Saltley SB
- mrdannyp (talk) - Availability from 19:00 approx, maybe earlier. Been on nights, so till late. Takes me a long time to work an area out, already fathomed Saltley North to a reasonable level of competence. Otherwise fairly inexperienced.
- Goldenarrow (talk) - Available from 13:00 - 18:00 and 21:00 till after midnight. Worked most Saltley areas with a reasonable amount of experience.
- IgnoredAmbience (talk) - Exact availability times uncertain, moving into new flat. Experienced with all panels. Licences for all sims.
- deadly (talk) - Available all evening, intermediate level but not played any of these sims, no preference on which though don't have NS.
- Lcawte (talk) - Available all day (just let me know), played a fair few games. Beginner/intermediate-ish, prefer Derby. Free-sims only.
- TC60054 (talk) host
- Jack (talk) - fair amount of mostly single-player experience. No relevant payware sims