TrainController Gold and Silver - Freiwald Software

• Add a further stop marker to the configuration described in the previous section.
• Apply Head of train to this additional marker.
• Select this stop marker and call the Properties command in the toolbar located in
the upper right corner of the block editor.
• Select the (freight) trains, to which the additional stop marker will apply.
• Repeat the last two steps for the stop marker created in the previous section, which
is responsible for stopping trains in the middle of the platform, and specify the (passenger)
trains, to which this marker will apply.
If this has been done correctly all passenger trains will automatically stop centered with
regard to the location determined by the first stop marker, while freight trains will advance
and stop at the position defined by the second block marker.
It is not only possible to specify, that a certain marker is only valid for specific trains, it
is also possible to specify, that a certain marker is only triggered in conjunction with
certain schedules. These schedules are specified in a similar way like the associated
trains. Limiting markers to specific schedules is useful, for example, if the same train
will stop at different locations depending on the currently executed schedule. It can be
also useful in cases, where it is simpler to select a few schedules rather than a plurality
of trains in order to specify different stop points for different trains.
If a certain marker is limited to specific trains and to specific schedules, then the marker
is only triggered, if one of these trains passes this marker under control of one of these
schedules. The marker remains turned off, if the train does not match or if the schedule
does not match or both.
It is possible to define an arbitrary number of stop, brake and speed markers in a block.
It is also possible to specify, that a certain marker takes effect only under certain conditions.
In this way it is for example possible to define different stop points for different
operational situations.
The features described above and their combinations provide virtually unlimited possibilities
to determine, where trains will stop, slow down or change their speed in the particular
blocks.
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Markers for scheduled Stops vs. Markers for unscheduled Stops
It is possible to specify differing brake and stop markers for scheduled stops and unscheduled
stops in the same block.