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Diagram 128: Main Block Diagram in the Visual Dispatcher
Blocks are displayed on the computer screen by rectangular boxes. The blocks are connected
by routes or links. These routes or links are drawn as lines. Since there are turnouts
to be operated in the example displayed above in order to travel from one block to
the next each two blocks must be connected by a route instead of a plain link. These
routes must be recorded as outlined in section 2.6, “Routes”.
Please note that the block diagram represents the track layout in rough outline. The actual
track connection between “Main Line West” and “Hidden Yard 3”, for example,
contains two switches. These switches are not drawn in the block diagram in detail or as
separate objects. Instead a link between both blocks is created, that indicates, that there
is a track connection between both blocks.
In order to create the block diagram perform the following steps:
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