Rail signals, station limits, schedules and interrupts.
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Pulls a train along connected rails and needs fuel or the relevant supported supply setup.
Provides tracks for locomotives and wagons, including junctions and long-distance links.
Splits track into rail blocks and permits safe entry to an available block.
Looks at downstream signal states and helps prevent trains from stopping inside critical junctions.
Marks loading and unloading destinations for automatic train schedules.
Orders stops and waiting conditions that define automated train movement.
Version 2.x system for reusable conditional scheduling, such as refueling or dispatching shared fleets.
Restrict simultaneous train targets for a station and can help prevent queuing in approach lanes.
A shared network junction that must balance safe signaling and throughput.
Space Age: infrastructure used with elevated rails to connect track levels.
Space Age: enable raised rail networks that cross terrain or other infrastructure.
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