Trains in auto run backwards?

[teddyyyyy]

Is it possible to make trains in auto just move backwards, or do I need to build a contiguous route?

[Lady Naween]

can put another train at the other end pointing backwards. its the only way if you dont want a contiguous route

[The_Pastmaster]

Yep. Put another locomotive at the other end of the train facing the other direction.

[Denadan]

and consider that another locomotion add weight to train and dont add force. normal rate for two headed trains 1-2-1 with slightl speed penalty

also make track two-way by placing signals on both sides if have more then 1 train

[Zaflis]

2-way rails for multiple trains is something for "train experts" sort of thing. If you know how to use chain and regular signals properly with those, you can do almost anything. It's far easier at least for beginners to make trains work by having every rail going 1 direction.

[Denadan]

in most cases two way rail used only for station, cose it take much less space then loops and make pathfinding simpler and more predictable(loops can cause traffic jam or big delay when train rerouted in strange way even in good planned network) in other case it is a source of troubles

[Zaflis]

This is a common 1-way station: http://imgur.com/6kJiGhf You will only ever want to assign at most 2-3 trains to it, a station for mining or for small traffics. There is enough of track behind the station to let assigned trains wait there and not block the main track.

For high traffic stations (for both 1 way or 2 way tracks) like for main base or mega smelting station, you will in every case need a "stacker", like so: http://imgur.com/Dgv1cVW (Except outgoing signal should be chain signal and no station in it)

[Maelstrom]

The 'normal' setup is to have two lanes of one-way track side-by-side (seperated a little bit so you can signal junctions so a train on one track doesn't block the other track unless it's actually turning). This sort of a setup can handle single- and double-headed trains and is really easy to modify and extend.

Here's a more advanced station that can handle a lot of traffic without locking up. Trains can come in from either lane, they go to a stacker (where all the stops have the same name and departure is controlled by a chain signal so no train will leave until its destination stop is unoccupied), then to a siding that's signaled so only one train can be in it at a time and lost trains can also exit directly from the siding, to the final stations, and then back out (again on to either lane)

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1091610534