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• If end blocks shall be used as destination blocks, too, then the software tries to find
a path to the next destination block or end block. In this case it does not matter,
whether a block is a destination block or an end block.
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Passage through each Block
The direction, in which blocks are passed by trains running from a start to a destination
block of the schedule is marked with grey and highlighted colour at the exits of each
block. Trains on this schedule pass each block from the grey to the highlighted exit. A
train running the schedule in Diagram 99 from “Hidden Yard 3” to “Southtown 1” will
pass “Main Line East”, for example, from the grey exit at the top to the highlighted exit
at the bottom. Blocks, that are passed in both directions in the same schedule, are displayed
with both exits highlighted. Blocks, that are not included into the schedule or
that cannot be reached by a train executing this schedule, are drawn with two grey exits.
If a block, that is included into your schedule, is drawn with two grey exits, then no
path exists from a starting block to a destination block, that touches this block.
Note that schedules can also be started to the opposite direction, i.e. from a destination
block to a starting block. In such case each block is passed from the highlighted to the
grey exit.
Alternative Paths
One of the most outstanding features of the Visual Dispatcher is the ease to specify alternatives
for the path a train has to take when executing a certain schedule.