TrainController Gold and Silver - Freiwald Software

Usually each track in a station or hidden yard, each siding and appropriate sections of
the connections between two yards will form a block.
Blocks are arranged graphically and connected by routes to specify on which path a
train will travel from certain starting blocks to destination blocks. Schedules describe
train movements, i.e. how trains travel. This includes scheduled waits, speed limits, etc.
Trains can run under full manual control, in which case the operator will be responsible
for obeying the block signals set by the Dispatcher; under full control of the computer;
or even with an intermediate level of automation.
For shunting special types of schedules are provided.
Schedules and timetables can be arranged with a broad range of flexibility. Since a
timetable can be created for each day of the year, up to 365 timetables can be used.
Random functions increase the diversity of your model railroad traffic.
Creating a model railroad operation system with the Dispatcher is done by performing
the following steps:
• Divide the model railroad layout into blocks and enter these blocks into TrainController
• Arrange blocks and routes between them in the main block diagram. This diagram
will represent the track layout of your entire model railroad in rough outline.
• Arrange schedules and optionally create timetables
These steps will be outlined in more detail in the following sections. We will do this by
looking at the following sample layout:
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