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form a random selection. In the same way an appropriate block in “Hidden Yard” is selected,
when the train approaches the destination.
Further, each schedule can be started in either direction. If the schedule is started in the
opposite direction, then the specified destination blocks of the schedule are used as
starting blocks and the starting blocks become destination blocks. The schedule of Diagram
118 can also be started in the counter-clockwise direction.
Since the start and destination blocks are identical in this example the trains will start
and end in “Hidden Yard”. In Diagram 116, though, a train will start in “Hidden Yard
3” and end in “Southtown 1”, if the schedule is started in the normal direction. Starting
the same schedule in the opposite direction will cause these two blocks to swap their
meaning. “Southtown 1” will become the starting block and the train will end in “Hidden
Yard 3”.
The terms start and destination are mainly used to describe, from where to where the
trains travel on this schedule and where trains end. The actual starting block of a train
can also be located in the inside of the schedule. In Diagram 118 the Dispatcher will
first try to find an available train in “Hidden Yard”. If there is no appropriate train in
“Hidden Yard” the Dispatcher can be instructed to start a waiting train in “Southtown”,
if desired. If you select a waiting train in “Southtown” and start a schedule with that
train, the Dispatcher will use this train, even though it is not located in the starting
block of the schedule.
The destination blocks are always used as the end point of each schedule. In other
words: a train can be started in any block of the schedule and it will always make its
way to an appropriate destination block, that can be reached from where it is started.
Looking at Diagram 118 we realize, that with one single schedule diagram and by
picking a few blocks and routes from the main block diagram, we can describe all
possible train movements in both directions on the main line of this layout.
• The start and destination blocks of each schedule are to be specified manually.
• It would for example be possible to explicitly specify “Southtown 1” as an additional
destination block in Diagram 118. If Southtown 1 is available, then each train
coming from “Main Line East” will select “Southtown 1” as its destination. If
“Southtown 1” is not available, the train will automatically proceed via “Southtown
2” to “Hidden Yard”.
• It is not possible to reverse a train within a schedule. If, for example, a train enters
“Southtown 1” from “Main Line West” it is not possible to leave “Southtown 1 to
“Main Line West” without first terminating the current schedule and starting another
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