TrainController Gold and Silver - Freiwald Software

train, then both trains are automatically joined to form a new train set. This is the only
exception from the basic principle, that no train may enter a block, which is reserved by
another train. This exception is also only available for destination blocks of schedules.
In order to make this maneuver to work properly it is necessary, that the train, which
runs the schedule and which will join the other train already sitting in the destination
block, can be detected in the destination block. For this reason it is necessary that the
entering train can trigger a brake and a stop marker in the destination block, even
though there is already another train located in this block.
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Arranging Train Sets By Operations
Train sets can also be joined or separated by operations, macros and engine functions.
The following actions are possible:
• join a separated train set
• separate the first locomotive located at a certain end of the train from the train set
• separate all locomotives located at a certain end of the train from the train set
• separate the vehicle (locomotive or car) located at a certain end of the train from the
train set
• separate a train set at a certain side of a vehicle
The end of the train, that will be separated from the train, is always specified based on
the direction of travel relative to the layout (left vs. right; top vs. bottom). It is for example
possible, to separate the first locomotive on the right end of the train. This is for
example useful in a scenario, where an auxiliary locomotive is temporarily added to a
train set to push a heavy train uphill. The direction of travel, which the block at the top
of the grade is passed to by trains coming from the bottom, is always the same; e.g.
from the right to the left. In such case the pushing locomotive is always located at the
right end of the train., regardless whether the heading locomotive is running forward or
backward. For this reason it is more useful to be able to separate the locomotive at the
right end of the train rather than the locomotive at the tail of the train, which may point
upwards, if the train set runs backwards.
In the above list the first four operations can be applied to train sets,
usually as operations
or macros executed at the beginning, at the end or during execution of a schedule.
The fifth operation can only be executed by vehicles (engines or cars), that are currently
part of a train set. It is usually performed by a macro, which is called as an auxiliary
function of the engine or car. This operation allows interesting maneuvers. Assume a
train, that will be separated left of the caboose, when it enters a certain block. If the operation
to separate a train set at the left side of a vehicle is added to a macro and this