It would be helpful if you could give a graphical representation of what you are trying to do and also link to the rocrail thread you are referring to. You can as mentioned by Peter define the first block as a crossing block for a particular route (that would only be applicable to long trains) and then stop in the second block, in essence a long train taking up two blocks. You can only ever have one train in one block. You cannot have a train take up two blocks. You can have one block with 3 sensors, whereby you have shorter trains stop at the middle sensor (short2in) and not the end sensor (in), in effect stopping in the middle of a platform.
I do not have any exit sensors on my layout, just Enter, In and in short blocks EntertoIn. Not a big deal but if you want a loco to stop in B it wouldn't.ģ. You would then also need to identify under Permissions as to what trains or train types would use this route otherwise any train going from A to C would use that Route instead of the normal A to B and B to C routes. In Tables you would click on Routes, create a new route from A to C and list B as a crossing block. The train is shorter than blocks A and C but longer than B. For example you have 3 blocks A, B, and C. In order for a long train to cross a block that is shorter than the train you need to go into Routes and create a new route with the short block being identified as a "crossing block". In my case it is configured like any other block.Ģ.
The short block symbol is just a shorter graphic representation that you sometimes need in your graphic plan in order to fit properly without having to rearrange the entire plan. To answer your questions, here is what I understand/implemented:ġ. I have sections on my layout that I didn't think I could put a block in because it would be shorter than my longest train, but does this mean I can put a bloc there anyway?Īlso, can I run super-long trains and it can occupy double-blocks?ģ) The wiki mentions using exit sensors as emergency stop, which I hadn't been planning, but is this a good idea? Is it recommended? I wouldn't ever leave my layout running un-attended. train length determines if they can go there or not?Ģ) I saw a discussion on the forum about trains too long for some blocks, and they were saying if a train goes past a shorter block and stops, you can bridge the two blocks to fit the (very) long train.
Are they just a track planner feature for not having the space to fit a long block or are they physically representing short and long blocks on the layout, i.e. I'm wiring up, designing and reading the RocRail wiki, but a few questions still:ġ) The track planner has "short blocks" but I can't find these described anywhere on the Wiki.
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