Signals

Speed boards

The Speed Board limits trains passing its piece of track as Lf 7, Lf 2 or Lf 3; the Lf signs Lf 1 and Lf 6 announce it.

The Speed Board is the one sign that really acts on trains: it limits the speed of every train that runs over its piece of track and for which it stands on the right. It comes in the three kinds of the signal book that give a speed:

Kind	Look	Meaning
Lf 7: permanent limit	white board, black border, black digit	From here the permanent line speed is digit × 10 km/h.
Lf 2: start of restriction	yellow disc with black A	Start of a temporary speed restriction.
Lf 3: end, full speed	white disc with black E	End of the restriction; full speed again.

In CMR the digit means digit × 10 % of the train's top speed, just like Zs 3 on a light signal. Lf 3 lifts the limit again.

Placing it

The board belongs to a piece of track, so it is placed like a Create signal or station:

Click the track

With the Speed Board in your hand, right click the track it should watch. Track blocks only, not freely curved track.

Place the board beside it

Place the board next to the track, at most 16 blocks away, on the right side as seen by the trains it is meant for.

Set it up

Right click it with Create's wrench (management right needed): choose the Kind, the Digit and whether it is Switched on.

Sneak and right click into the air to discard a track selection you do not want.

A switched-off board shows a blank grey face and does nothing. The signal box can switch boards on and off and change the digit from a distance, in the Signals tab.

Announcing a limit

The signal book announces every speed limit in advance. CMR's Lf Sign (a sign board without effect on trains) has the matching boards:

Sign	Announces	Put it
Lf 6: Speed Announcement (yellow triangle with digit)	an Lf 7	in braking distance before the Lf 7
Lf 1: Temporary Speed Warning (yellow disc with digit)	a temporary restriction (Lf 2)	in braking distance before the Lf 2
Lf 1/2: Temporary Speed Start	start of a restriction directly	where announcement and start fall together
Lf 4: Speed Board, Lf 5: Start Board	older permanent limit and its start	as on older lines

So a typical temporary restriction is: Lf 1 with the digit, then the Speed Board as Lf 2 with the same digit, and at the end a Speed Board as Lf 3.

Light signals limit at the signal, speed boards anywhere on the track. Both set the same value in the train (its throttle); whatever was set last applies. A train therefore keeps the last limit until the next signal or board says otherwise.

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