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Diagram 156: Blocks with enforced change of Direction
This arrangement allows also for train movements from “Main Line West” via “Southtown
1” to “Main Line East”. But after arriving in “Southtown 1” a train has to stop and
to reverse its direction in order to proceed to “Main Line East”, because it enters and
leaves the block on the same side.
Even though you are not forced to do so it is recommended that you draw the block diagram
according to the actual conditions of your layout. If you follow the layout of
your model railroad you will probably not encounter any problems.
Nevertheless you should always check whether the routes between your blocks
touch the blocks at the correct side.
Please note also that a train cannot run from one block to another under control of
the Dispatcher if there is no route between the blocks.
It is not necessary to draw routes always as straight lines. If desired for display purposes
these lines can also contain corners. Such corners are only used for clearer visualization
of the diagram, they do not have any impact to the operation of trains.
Guidelines for routes:
• Routes must touch the blocks at the correct entries/exits, because this affects the direction
of travel through the related blocks assumed by the Dispatcher.
• Each pair of blocks can be connected by an arbitrary number of routes.
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