I have had a private message detailing a mistake I've made but also will explain my thoughts a little clearer. If only everyone was willing to post publicly - we'd probably get a whole lot more answers.
I made the mistake of including MAY-FA in the last post as I thought the linespeed is 120km/h but it's actually 140km/h so would probably just be MAR.
The other comment was in respect to the standage. My thoughts to achieve maximum standage was to have only a IPL on the exit of the branch rather than a main signal to eliminate the overlap. This leaves two options to getting a freight train into the down valley branch - 1. have a shunt route over the viaduct up to the IPL, or, 2 - a main route up to the station then a repelling move back.
As PJW mentioned above....it's not black and white. Just my opinion that's all!
I made the mistake of including MAY-FA in the last post as I thought the linespeed is 120km/h but it's actually 140km/h so would probably just be MAR.
The other comment was in respect to the standage. My thoughts to achieve maximum standage was to have only a IPL on the exit of the branch rather than a main signal to eliminate the overlap. This leaves two options to getting a freight train into the down valley branch - 1. have a shunt route over the viaduct up to the IPL, or, 2 - a main route up to the station then a repelling move back.
As PJW mentioned above....it's not black and white. Just my opinion that's all!