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+ | ====== Direzioni negli itinerari Blockside ====== | ||
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+ | * [[direction-it|Direzione Locomotiva]] | ||
+ | * **Direzioni negli itinerari block side** | ||
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+ | // \\ // \\ | ||
+ | **Explanation of the direction of travel using block side routes in automatic mode** | ||
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+ | Other important pages on the topic: | ||
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+ | ===== Introduction ===== | ||
+ | The words driving direction, forwards and reverse are very blurred and therefore sometimes lead to confusion. They are only precise if it is clear whether they refer to a train or to the locomotive only. | ||
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+ | For this the easiest way of understanding is to consider a freight train with many cars for example, pulled by an electric engine with the two cabs of the locomotive marked with 1 and 2. | ||
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+ | The modeler is aware that such a locomotive moves forwards when its cab 1 is at the front end seen in driving direction (with three-rail engines | ||
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+ | The consideration here is a long freight train will never go reverse but always forwards with the locomotive pulling at the front end. Therefore, the direction of movement with block side routes is strictly forwards: If a route is defined from A to B, then this is " | ||
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+ | The directions of railway lines are sometimes addressed by the terms " | ||
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+ | With block side routes the moving direction of the train (up / down) is set by the block enter side: Depending on at which side the train enters a block it either moves up or down through the block and possibly the following route. The arrow shown in the block symbol is indicating the direction of movement of the train by pointing to the exit side of the block. | ||
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+ | The __orientation__ of the locomotive, i.e. whether cab 1 or 2 is in front, is represented by the __placing__ in Rocrail: On model railroad layouts it is important in which orientation the locomotive was __placed__ on the tracks, e.g., by hand. Technically speaking, the placing indicates in which way a speed command is to be interpreted: | ||
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+ | In order to understand the meaning of the __swapped placing__ regarding commuter trains one could consider, for example, a push-pull train with the locomotive at one end and a control car at the other end. If an engineer is on the locomotive driving the train (forwards as the train is behind him) to a terminal station where the train has to stop, then the engineer needs to change (swap) his __place__ in order to drive the train in opposite direction: He has to leave the locomotive and to go all the way to the other end of the train and take his seat on the control car. Now he can take the train back the other way, of course in forwards direction because the train is yet again behind him. | ||
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+ | ===== Direction Changes on Block Side Routes ===== | ||
+ | ==== Automatic Direction Changes ==== | ||
+ | ^ Type of train ^ Block type ^^^ | ||
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+ | | normal | {{arrow-right.png}} | ||
+ | | commuter | {{arrow-right.png}} | ||
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+ | Notes: | ||
+ | * Commuter block = A block allowed for commuter trains. | ||
+ | * Terminus = A block with the property terminal station set; automatic swap after the **in**-event | ||
+ | * Commuter = Push-pull train, generally trains not requiring locomotive shunting in order to perform a change of direction | ||
+ | * {{arrow-right.png}}: | ||
+ | * {{arrow-left.png}}: | ||
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+ | **< | ||
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+ | An action "loc swap" (1000ms timer) can be assigned to any block (with wait) and (under conditions, such as " | ||
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+ | ==== Manual Direction Changes ==== | ||
+ | The direction can be changed manually by selecting **Swap placing** from the context menu of the loco or of the block the loco currently occupies. Swapping the placing also changes the block enter side, but not vice versa. | ||
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+ | If the direction is set to ' | ||
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+ | ===== Display of Directions in Rocview ===== | ||
+ | ==== Direction Indicator ==== | ||
+ | The direction indicator (arrow head) in the velocity column of the loco corresponds to the direction of movement selected from a throttle. On blockside routes the direction of movement, as discussed above, must not be " | ||
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+ | | Direction of movement ' | ||
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+ | ==== Direction ' | ||
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+ | The front side of the loco (side with the chimney) is pointing towards block 3. \\ | ||
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+ | With the settings shown in the above picture the loco will drive from block 2 to block 3.\\ | ||
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+ | The front side of the loco is pointing towards block 1. \\ | ||
+ | '' | ||
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+ | With the settings shown in the above picture the loco will drive from block 2 to block 1.\\ | ||
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+ | ==== Direction ' | ||
+ | > **Note:** ' | ||
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+ | The front side of the loco is pointing towards block 1. \\ | ||
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+ | With the settings shown in the above picture the loco will drive from block 2 to block 3.\\ | ||
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+ | The chimney of the steamer is pointing towards block 3. \\ | ||
+ | '' | ||
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+ | With the settings shown in the above picture the loco will drive from block 2 to block 1.\\ | ||