Method and arrangement for automatic or semiautomatic control of model railways simulating as closely as possible actual operational conditions for real railway systems based on data stored in transponders located around track layout

摘要

Every track (1) or track section, points and significant parts of the model are fitted with transponders (2) containing location and identification data. Rolling stock (3) (locomotives) are fitted with memory readers and transmitters (5) to radio this data back to a central store. Initially a preliminary run around the whole system scans the transponders to provide the main control system with an exact electronic image of the whole system