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Guideline For Construction And Operation
Operation: In general
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Release
2.0
2006-09-20
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We conceive "operation" as a copy, as close as possible, of the prototype operation on a given net. Including:
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Information about the economic structure of the chosen (or made up) prototype,
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Usage of the regulations of operation of the prototype,
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Usage of a timetable,
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Use of a common (model-)time,
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Control of freight flows with appropriate tools,
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and some additional issues.
Operating procedures of the original are used in an adapted way in model operation too. In the DB that are:
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Train reporting procedures with occupied stations,
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Train direct procedures with more or less unoccupied stations.
For the operation the following roles must be filled:
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Several train conductors and train drivers, possibly each as one person,
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Station inspector in occupied stations,
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Train director (for train direct procedures); that role can take a station inspector,
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Chief operating officer and dispatcher respectively for larger layouts for the central control of the operation and the freight's traffic.
The model time runs faster than the real time; approved is from 2 to 6 times faster.