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CTC Software and Data => CTC Suggestions => Topic started by: NW1776 on March 04, 2019, 07:30:36 AM

Title: Helper operations [adding/splitting]
Post by: NW1776 on March 04, 2019, 07:30:36 AM

I haven't seen this feature used yet, but I was curious if this feature is available yet, or is it in the plans, would also be used for when a train works at a yard and makes "Standing cuts". I know when done in Train Dispatcher if stopped and working a yard, when recombined the train counter would identify it as a separate train.

Title: Re: Helper operations [adding/splitting]
Post by: DPump on March 04, 2019, 08:57:15 AM

CTC currently has the merge & split feature based on schedule. The split is more or less modeled after TDP split feature (the TDP split is usually convertible to a CTC split). The helper function, on the other hand, is not based on schedule but rather on demand, and both trains would run together, controlled by the first train, as long as needed. Some pieces are implemented, however, the sequence how to get the trains together for the helper function is still open.