TrainController Gold and Silver - Freiwald Software

y checking the menu item Enable Join by Train Tracking in the Train menu for a
specific locomotive or car. If such locomotive is manually driven into a reserved block
with other vehicles already located there, then the locomotive and the vehicles are automatically
joined and form a new train set.
The joining process begins, when the approaching train enters the block, where another
train is already located. In this moment both trains are displayed in the block with a red
triangle between them. Actually both trains form a single train set now, which is still
separated, however. The separated train set is finally joined and the red rectangle disappears,
when the approaching train stops. From this moment all engines in the new train
set are operated together.
The maneuver outlined above even works, when the approaching train is operated with
the throttle of your digital system. After the join has been completed, all engines of the
new train set can be driven with the throttle of the digital system by operating one of the
engines with the throttle. The speed of the other engines is automatically synchronised
by the computer software. In this way multiple units can be created very conveniently
and without additional intervention by simply driving trains to positions, where other
trains are already located.
Even though the menu item Enable Join by Train Tracking can be set for locomotives
or cars only, it has also an affect for train sets. If a train set with a vehicle at the according
end with this menu item checked enters a reserved block, then the train set and the
vehicles located in this block are automatically joined and form a new train set, too.
In order to make the above maneuver to work properly it is necessary, that the train,
which enters the block, can be detected in this block. For this reason it is necessary that
the entering train can trigger an indicator in this block, even though there are already
other vehicles located there.
Arranging Train Sets by Schedules
It is also possible to start a schedule with a separated train set. Depending on the direction
of travel forced by the schedule, however, only the corresponding part of the separated
train set will start to move. When this part of the train set enters the next block,
the train set will be dissolved by leaving the non-moving vehicles in the start block of
the schedule.
The opposing feature, i.e. joining trains at the end of a schedule, is also possible. This is
accomplished with a specific schedule rule, that allows trains to enter destination blocks
of schedules, that are reserved by other trains. If the train, which executes a schedule
with this rule turned on, enters a destination block of this schedule reserved by another
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