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trary direction. Shunting trains are operated manually and it is also allowed to reverse a
train while shunting and to leave a block in the opposite direction. The Dispatcher does
not intervene; it takes care only, that other engines or trains under its control do not enter
the blocks reserved for the shunting train.
If a schedule is provided for shunting, then all blocks contained in schedule are reserved,
when a train is started. Since each block can be reserved for only one train, at
most one train can run simultaneously on this schedule.
Running Trains manually under Control of a Schedule
For each schedule you can specify its mode. If desired you can control engine and trains
on the schedule completely manually. In this case the Dispatcher reserves the blocks,
activates the routes and calculates the block signals. You are – like a real engineer – responsible
for obeying the indicated signals and following the speed conditions. But it is
also possible to transfer the control over the schedule completely to the Dispatcher. In
this case all engines and trains on this schedule are operated automatically. Finally it is
also possible to share the engineer's job with the Dispatcher. In this way it is for example
possible, that the train is running under your manual control, but that the Dispatcher
is able to intervene to stop a train in front of a red signal.
Mode Explanation
Trains are completely controlled by the Dispatcher
Dispatcher intervenes when restricted speed is prescribed or in
order to stop a train
Dispatcher intervenes in order to stop a train
Trains are completely controlled manually
Schedule is used for shunting
Table 2: Mode of a Schedule
It is possible to use different modes for different schedules, regardless whether these
schedules share the same blocks and routes or not. This enables full automatic operation
of one part of your layout, running trains in a second part manually under control of the
Dispatcher, operation of a third part as shunting area under control of the Dispatcher,
and finally a fourth part outside the control of the Dispatcher.
Different schedules with different modes can be arranged for the same part of your layout.
It is for example possible to create two schedules for the main track of your layout.
The first schedule is used for automatically running trains, while the second schedule
uses the same track for trains operated manually under control of the Dispatcher. In this
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