Routes and route levers

A route is a named group of signal settings that you switch together: locked signals and shunting signals (Sh) held at Sh 1. Routes live in the Routes tab and can also be thrown with a mechanical Route Lever.

Saving a route

The list shows for each route whether it is active and how many signals it locks. Delete needs a second click.

Entry-exit route

Instead of setting every signal by hand, let the mod work it out:

The mod looks for the shortest chain of signal sections between the two signals and locks every other signal that leads into these sections. Shunting signals along the way are set to Sh 1.

Shunting signals in a route

A shunting signal (Sh 0 / Sh 1) that belongs to an active route is held at Sh 1 as long as the route is active. The route takes precedence over a setting by hand. On the map such a signal says "held at Sh 1 by a route". How shunting signals work at the track is described under Signals.

Route Lever

The Route Lever is a mechanical lever as in an old signal box: a point lever with a rope pulley between two bearing blocks, a red lever body, a bright steel handle and a catch. Each lever switches one route.

• A thrown lever emits a redstone signal, for a lamp or a bell next to it.
• The lever follows the route: if someone switches the route in the window or at another lever, the lever throws itself within a second.
• Linking and throwing need the permission to operate the signal box.

Routes and control areas

A desk with a control area may only switch routes whose signals all lie inside its area. For an entry-exit route, the entry and exit signal must lie in the area.