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aware, that trains can travel from one switchboard to the other by passing these connectors
and the hidden route in between.
If you like you can also use connector symbols to connect one part of your track diagram
with another in the same switchboard. In this case TrainController Gold will
also create a hidden route, if both connectors are contained in the same switchboard diagram.
This is sometimes useful for large, complex track diagrams, where omitting certain
track connections improves the clarity of the display.
It is also possible to insert connector symbols into custom diagrams to connect such diagrams
with switchboards or again other custom diagrams.
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5.3 Direction of Travel vs. Engine Orientation
It is important to understand the difference between direction of travel and the orientation
of an engine.
Direction of Travel
Direction of travel is seen from the passenger's point of view. For the passenger sitting
in a train it is important to know, whether the train runs from the east to the west, from
the city to the country, or from the sea to the mountains. The direction of travel has a
“geographical” meaning. Each block can be passed in one of two directions at a time.
For each train controlled by the Dispatcher the Dispatcher must know the train's intended
direction of travel. This information is derived by the Dispatcher from the arrangement
of the blocks in the related diagrams and the routes that connect these
blocks.
TrainController draws each block to represent one pair of corresponding directions.
Each block can be either passed horizontally (from the left to the right or back) or vertically
(from the top to the bottom or back).