TrainController Gold and Silver - Freiwald Software

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If the train does not have to stop in this block, then it passes all indicators and markers
without any speed change.
If the stop marker B3 is missing, then the train will run with normal speed to B2 and
stop there. If no stop marker is assigned to a block, then the first appropriate brake
marker is used as stop marker. If B1 is the only indicator and there are no markers in
the block, then the train will be stopped immediately at B1. If no marker is assigned to a
block, then the first triggered indicator implicitly defines a stop marker. If necessary, a
train is stopped in a block anyway, even if only indicators and no brake and stop markers
are assigned.
This examples also illustrates that proper operation of brake markers requires
correct adjustment of threshold speed of each affected train! If this is not the case,
the train will be decelerated to an undefined threshold speed. Normally this speed
will be too low to run the train properly and the train will stop before reaching the
stop marker.
A stop, brake or speed marker is always associated with an indicator. Usually this is a
contact indicator, that represents an occupancy section or momentary contact installed
on your layout. A stop, brake or speed marker is valid for a particular direction of travel.
The marker usually takes effect, when a train running in this direction enters the associated
occupancy section or touches the associated momentary contact. It is also possible
to specify a distance for each stop, brake or speed marker. In this case the marker
takes effect, when the train has passed this distance after entering the associated occupancy
section or after touching the associated momentary contact. Such markers are
called shifted stop, brake or speed markers.
While each marker is always associated with exactly one indicator, it is possible to use
the same indicator with several markers. The same occupancy section, for example, can
be used to slow down passing trains (brake marker) and to stop trains in a certain distance
behind the border of the section (shifted stop marker). This is accomplished by
adding a brake and a stop marker to the same contact indicator, which represents the
occupancy section, and by specifying an appropriate distance for the stop marker. It is
even possible to add more than one brake, stop or speed marker to the same indicator or
to the same block. The assignment of two stop markers to the same indicator, for example,
is useful, if different trains will stop at different positions (e.g. advance of freight
trains to the block signal at the end of the block while passenger trains stop at the middle
of the platform). For this purpose the validity of a stop, brake or speed marker can
be limited to certain trains.
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