What determines the red vs. blue ends of trains?

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What determines the red vs. blue ends of trains?

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Double-ended trains seem to have a red light on one end and a blue light on the other. What determines which end is red vs. blue?

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Re: What determines the red vs. blue ends of trains?

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If I'm not wrong, red is what was the back of the train on its last move

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Astree wrote:
Sat Mar 07, 2020 9:23 pm
If I'm not wrong, red is what was the back of the train on its last move
Hmm; all those trains effectively have the same route though (as far as turnarounds and travel direction go -- each of those trains will leave the pictured stations and arrive back at one of those stations in the reverse orientation, after one stop) and those tracks are one-way, they came in to the screen from the right.
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Re: What determines the red vs. blue ends of trains?

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I believe "front" and "back" may be determined by the order you build it in - not entirely certain, though.
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