TrainController Gold and Silver - Freiwald Software

Diagram 96: Block Diagram of a Circular Layout
In the diagram displayed above the direction of travel of each block is here indicated by
an arrow. TrainController does not display these arrows, though, but displays small
signal symbols on two sides of each block, to mark the direction of travel, that belongs
to the block.
The direction of travel will correspond to the drawing of the block in the diagram. A
block that is passed horizontally will be drawn as a horizontal rectangle while a block
that is passed vertically will be drawn as a vertical rectangle. This is shown in the diagram
displayed above.
Engine Orientation
Engine Orientation is seen from the engineer's point of view. It is not important for the
passenger. The engine orientation describes the direction of the engine's head. For an
engineer, who has to run a train in a certain direction of travel it is also important to
know the engine's orientation, i.e. the direction of the engine's head. Depending to the
intended direction of travel and the engine's orientation the engineer can decide, whether
the engine is to be run forward or backward.
When the Dispatcher runs a train, it acts like an engineer. Both items of information -
the intended direction of travel and the engine's orientation - must be known by the
Dispatcher to start the train correctly.
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