Tony, I forgot to address some of your questions.
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Most of my blocks are train length.? Some are not; a couple of? turnouts and the yard ladders, for example. Blocks where a train might stop are programmed with their length in inches.
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Blocks are physically isolated, with BDL168 occupancy detection.
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I have? not created a simple loop panel with no turnouts.? I was workking on SML? and placing masts when I ran into the software setting up masts on the frog end of a turnout, but not offering a mast on the points end.? This is, however the same turnout I couldn't get a Transit to cross from Block Apex Gate to Ramp 1.
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I stopped at this ooint, fearing I was chasing down the wrong path to getting my trains to stage properly/
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I saw a YouTube video of a Brit having his trains stop before a train alredy in staging track and moe forwatd automatically when the train ahead departs.? Trouble is, he showed the rains stopping aand moving, but no display of the JMRI setup.
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Bill
