TrainController Gold and Silver - Freiwald Software

11 Advanced Train Control
11.1 Trains in TrainController Silver
Trains are used in TrainController Silver to obtain realistic effects like multiple
unit operation or in the consideration of car tonnage for speed calculation. A train
represents a consist of one or more engines and a couple of cars. If a certain engine is
sometimes running a light and fast passenger train, and at other times a heavy and slow
freight train, then you can create different trains in order to reproduce the behavior of
the engine in either situation.
Like in real railroads an engine can only run with one train. Internally TrainController
Silver uses a smart “coupling” mechanism. When a train is started, all engines assigned
to this train are assumed to be coupled to this train. As long as the train is running
these engines cannot be operated individually or with other trains. When the train
stops, the affected engines are assumed to be uncoupled. They are then available to be
operated individually or with other trains. This internal “coupling” and “uncoupling” is
done automatically. The software requires no manual intervention. However the real
coupling and uncoupling of the engines on the model railroad is still to be done by the
operator.
Trains can only be created in TrainController Silver. In TrainController Gold,
it is not possible to create new trains. Existing trains created with TrainController
Silver can be loaded into TrainController Gold, too, for reasons of compatibility. It
is recommended, however, to delete these train objects in TrainController Gold at
your earliest convenience and to replace the concerning functionality by using train
sets.
Multiple Units
TrainController Silver supports operation of trains coupled as multiple units. To
create a multiple unit perform the following steps: first create a new train. Then mark
this train in the Train List or in a Train Window and select the Properties command of
the Edit menu. Now select the tab labeled Engines and assign the desired engines to
this train.
If some of the engines are not headed to the same direction as the first engine of the
train then select the option Reverse for the affected engines.
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