TrainController Gold and Silver - Freiwald Software

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With schedule successors it is possible to control a hidden yard automatically. A train
arriving in a hidden yard can be enabled to select another waiting train, which will
leave the hidden yard.
If it is intended to start the successor with the same train, then it is recommended,
that the successor starts with a destination block of the previous schedule. In this
block the control of the train is transferred to the successor.
If several schedules will be executed in a sequence, e.g. schedule 2 will be executed
after schedule 1 and schedule 3 will be executed after schedule 2, then schedule 2 is
to be specified as successor of schedule 1 and schedule 3 as successor of schedule 2.
Since it is not possible to reverse a train or to change trains during the execution of a
schedule successors must be used if
• a train will be reversed
• trains will be changed
Schedule Sequences vs. Schedule Successors vs. Long Schedules
Will complex train runs be specified as schedule sequences, as a chain of schedule successors
or as one complex schedule? The answer to this question depends on the individual
case and is also a question of personal taste.
A train run, for example, that starts in the hidden yard of the block diagram displayed in
Diagram 94, passes both blocks in “Southtown” and ends again in the hidden yard can
be specified as a schedule sequence with three or four schedules, as a chain of schedule
successors or as one big schedule which alternate paths in “Southtown”.
These are the pros and cons of the particular approaches:
Schedule Sequences:
• Only available in TrainController Gold.
• No change of trains is possible between two subsequent schedules in the sequence.
• Usually used as a replacement for a single more complex schedule. Schedule sequences
can be used to create a plurality of longer, more complex schedules by using
several shorter, less complex schedules as building blocks.
• No static linkage between a schedule and the subsequent schedule in the sequence.
A schedule can precede different subsequent schedules in different schedule sequences.
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