TrainController Gold and Silver - Freiwald Software

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If a train will repeat the schedule as a shuttle train, it will be started again after arriving
in a destination block and will run back in the opposite direction to an appropriate start
block. It is possible to specify a repeat count to control, how often the schedule will be
repeated.
It is also possible to repeat the schedule as a cycle based on a circular diagram. In this
case the train is started again on the same schedule after arriving at the destination
block of the schedule. The train repeats traveling on the schedule in the same direction
as before. As for shuttle trains it is possible, to specify how many times the cycle will
be repeated.
When repeating schedules as a cycle it is necessary that these schedules are circular,
i.e. destination blocks must also be start blocks.
An additional type of schedules is shunt.
Shunting
If a schedule is provided for shunting then all blocks and routes of the schedule are reserved,
when the Dispatcher starts the schedule. The blocks can be passed in an arbitrary
direction. Shunting trains are operated manually and it is also allowed to reverse a
train while shunting and to leave a block in the opposite direction. The Dispatcher does
not intervene; it takes care only, that other engines or trains under its control do not enter
the blocks reserved for the shunting train.
If a schedule is provided for shunting, then all blocks contained in schedule are reserved,
when a train is started. Since each block can be reserved for only one train, at
most one train can run simultaneously on this schedule.
Running Trains manually under Control of a Schedule
For each schedule you can specify its driving mode. If desired you can control engines
and trains on the schedule completely manually. In this case the computer reserves the
blocks, activates the routes and calculates the block signals. You are – like a real engineer
– responsible for obeying the indicated signals and following the speed conditions.
But it is also possible to transfer the control over the schedule completely to the computer.
In this case all engines and trains on this schedule are operated automatically. Finally
it is also possible to share the engineer's job with the computer. In this way it is
for example possible, that the train is running under your manual control, but that the
computer is able to intervene to stop a train in front of a red signal.
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