Getting following AI to pass player in siding.

[xcrosswitch]

Using the Sherman Hill route I am routing my player train onto Granite siding and have placed an AI 2 minutes behind and hoping to get it to pass my player train.
I'm not having any luck as the AI pulls up and waits for me to depart. I tried Standard and Free roam and not having any luck I'm afraid. Is it possible to do this?

Cheers,
Rob

[Chacal]

Give higher priority to the AI train.
For example,make it a fast freight or a special.

[GreatNortherner]

This situation usually works quite well. In addition to the priority setting that Chacal mentioned, it also helps if you assign "go via" or "stop at" instructions at the tracks of the overtaking location for both player and AI train, so that the game's dispatcher really knows what to do.

[OldProf]

This might help:

http://forums.uktrainsim.com/viewtopic. ... 6&t=123042

[harryadkins]

Good advice! Thanks guys.

Harry

[xcrosswitch]

Thanks everyone for your advice. I was able to get a successful pass using 'Standard Freight' with a ten minute 'Stop at' time on the player.I tried 2, 4 & 8 minute stop times that gave me a green signal which halted the passing train(red). The 10 minute stop gave me a Red and the passing a Green.
It will make scenario creation a little more interesting.

Rob

[OldProf]

Thanks everyone for your advice. I was able to get a successful pass using 'Standard Freight' with a ten minute 'Stop at' time on the player.I tried 2, 4 & 8 minute stop times that gave me a green signal which halted the passing train(red). The 10 minute stop gave me a Red and the passing a Green.
It will make scenario creation a little more interesting.

Rob

But will sitting around for ten minutes waiting for another train to pass make scenario playing more interesting? I recently stuck with a scenario that required several waits of multiple minutes, only to discover that, less than a mile from the final destination all of the passing AI trains had stacked up in the same area, making it impossible to complete the run. A definitive to whichever scenario writer decided that would be "prototypical", much less interesting.