TrainController Gold and Silver - Freiwald Software

Assume that in the above example the desired stop point C is located in a distance of 50
inches from the left border of the occupancy section B. If it is desired, that trains decelerate
and stop within 50 inches after entrance into B, then contact B is marked with a
(shifted) stop marker with a distance of 50 inches. Additionally a brake marker should
be added to B with a braking ramp of just under 50 inches to accomplish smooth deceleration.
If a train, that has to stop in this block, enters the occupancy section B from the left, it
will be decelerated to threshold speed within 50 inches of the left border of B. When it
arrives at the point C, which is 50 inches away from the entrance to B, the train will be
stopped automatically.
In other words: the shifted stop marker associated with B works exactly like an additional
sensor marked with a stop marker located 50 inches behind the entrance into section
B.
This principle can also be applied to the opposite direction. In this way one single occupancy
sensor (sensor B in this example) can be marked with brake markers and
shifted stop markers for both directions. For reasons of simplicity the markers for the
opposite direction have been omitted in Diagram 110.
In Diagram 110 each train, that has to stop in this block, will begin to slow down just as
it enters the track section B. As mentioned earlier, this can cause trains to slow down
temporarily, if a subsequent route is to be activated. To avoid this, it is possible to specify
a distance for the brake marker, too, which leads to a shifted brake marker. The
principle is shown in the diagram below:
Diagram 111: Shifted Brake and Stop Markers
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