TrainController Gold and Silver - Freiwald Software

• If a list of enabled trains will only apply to passenger trains pulled by steam engines
on a branch line, then create a train group for the branch line passenger cars and a
group for the branch line steam engines and assign both groups to the list.
• If you are in possession of only a few electrical engines but many steam and diesel
engines and a list of enabled trains will only apply to all non electrical locomotives,
then create a list of the few electrical engines and specify the option, that all list entries
will be excluded from this group.
• If a list of enabled trains will apply to engines only, that do not pull any cars, then a
specific case applies. Create a train group, that contains the desired engines and
another train group, that excludes all cars. Then enter both groups to the list of
trains. The group of desired engines can be omitted, if the list will apply to all engines.
A special case applies to lists, that contain train objects inherited from TrainController
Silver or TrainController 5. In order to ensure compatibility to the rules of
TrainController Silver, a list, that contains train objects, applies to an engine or car
only, if the vehicle is directly or indirectly contained in the list. The rule, that a list,
which does not contain any engines, applies to all engines, is not valid in this case. The
same is true for cars. In favor of a clear structure it is recommended to remove all train
objects from data files imported from TrainController Silver or TrainController
5 and to accomplish the same functionality by using train sets.
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11.4 Acceleration and Train Tonnage
An additional feature of TrainController is the realistic simulation of momentum,
i.e. acceleration and deceleration of engines and train sets.
For each engine you can specify the power (see also Diagram 74). The power affects
the acceleration of the engine. An engine with more power is able to accelerate faster.
The acceleration is also affected by the type of the engine. Usually an electric engine is
able to accelerate faster than a steam engine with identical power. This fact is also taken
into account when the acceleration is calculated.
Cars and train sets provide even more realistic simulation of momentum. It is namely
possible to specify the weight of each car. The higher the total weight of all vehicles in
a train set, the longer is the time needed to accelerate the train to a certain speed or to
decelerate the train. The maximum speed of a train is also limited by the total weight of
the train.