Even in real life it always happen to the really expensive "models"...

When watching the video a goods train entered the same track before and than the Railjet followed the line in the opposite direction, I was a bit puzzled why the loco driver didn't notice it before ? someone forgot to change the turnout.

John

John, I think you are missing my point. (no pun intended)

I know the goods train needed the turnout set that way, my point is that setting the turnouts is probably not something that some human needs to do. It has to be all automated and tied into the routing systems. If humans had to remember such things we would see this (and worse) a lot.

I suspect that the Einfahrsignal (or whatever the Austrian equivalent is called) displays Green over Yellow for both the through track and the platform track so the driver does not know which track he is routed on to until he gets there. This train clearly is booked to call at Murzzuschlag but when the driver finds he is on the through line (no platforms) he makes a rapid stop. He then backs out with local assistance (the chap with the radio waving his arms) although he does also have a clear shunting signal (2 white lights) which shows that the route is set and locked. Finally the route is reset into the platform line and the train has another go.

This is all perfectly safe and is just down to the signaller having set the wrong route. There is no question of points having been 'forgotten' - as has been said, the route setting system prevents this - but it is one of the few downsides of speed (as opposed to direction) signalling.

Edited by user 04 May 2018 18:30:08(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

If the point has failed to change to the correct position, the signal will not clear - end of story. I was not suggesting a failure of any kind, just a mis-routing.