TrainController Gold and Silver - Freiwald Software

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• trains will be always able to stop in the middle of a block (e.g. a platform) even if
they pull trains of varying length
• the tonnage of trains will be simulated realistically according to the current weight
of the cars contained in the train
Cars are mainly needed to accomplish the purposes outlined above and in general advanced
operation of your model railroad. For reasons of simplicity novice users should
postpone the usage of cars until they are familiar with the program.
Even though it is possible to create a car record in TrainController Gold for
each particular car of your model railroad it is recommend to go with as few cars
as possible.
If a certain train does not change its formation during operation, then it is sufficient
to create a simple engine record for such train. Engines also have a length
and a weight and if these attributes do not change during operation you can specify
the length or weight of the complete train pulled by this engine in the properties
of the engine, too.
If a certain set of cars is always coupled together but pulled by different engines,
then one should create only one single car object in TrainController for this set
and assign an appropriate name, image, length and weight to it, which represent
the according attributes of the complete set of cars.
Train Sets
A train set is composed of a couple of engines or cars. Train sets can be created, arranged
and dissolved at any time during operation of the layout.
Train sets are not only used to operate cars together with engines to accomplish the
purposes outlined in the previous section. Train sets are also used to accomplish realistic
multiple unit operation, i.e. operation of trains, that contain more than one engine.
Similar to real railroads each single engine, which is operated separately, or each car,
which is located isolated on your layout, can also be seen as a train. For this reason the
term train is usually used in TrainController Gold as a generic term for each engine,
isolated car or complete train set.
Train sets can be arranged via the Train List by dragging the symbols of engines and
cars with the mouse while pressing the Alt-key on your computer keyboard. They can
also be arranged with the Train Set dialog box displayed below:
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