First and last vehicle

Verwendung

Execution of a locomotive function

Question

How are "First vehicle" and "Last vehicle" defined in TrainController?

Fig.: Locomotives and trains

First and last vehicle

Mr. Freiwald answered the question in the forum as follows:

• The first vehicle in a train consist is always the one shown furthest to the right in the Locomotives & Trains window.
• The last vehicle is always the one shown furthest to the left in the Locomotives & Trains window.

Forwards and Backwards

• A train is moving forward when it moves to the right relative to the Locomotives & Trains window (first vehicle is leading).
• A train is moving backward when it moves to the left relative to the Locomotives & Trains window (last vehicle is leading).

Standing train formation

• A stationary train has no direction of travel.
• The direction of travel set on the individual vehicles of a stationary train can be in opposite directions.

Weblinks

• Quelle: Forum
• TC-wiki: Wo ist das vordere Ende bei einem Zugverband?
• TC-wiki: Zugbeschreibungen
• TC-wiki: Fahrtrichtung und Lokrichtung Unterschied

--Wohlmannstetter 18:44, 1. Mär. 2018‎

bearbeitet: Uslex (Diskussion) 08:47, 12. Apr. 2022 (CEST), Uslex (Diskussion) 09:03, 14. Jan. 2024 (UTC)