I have a track marker question.

[Ericmopar]

What are the orange sections called?
If I remember correctly, the yellow sections are track markers.
Is there a way to lengthen them or do I need to completely replace them if they need to be longer?
Will replacing them with the exact same name work, when just moving them a bit?

[ErikGorbiHamilton]

What are the orange sections called?
If I remember correctly, the yellow sections are track markers.
Is there a way to lengthen them or do I need to completely replace them if they need to be longer?
Will replacing them with the exact same name work, when just moving them a bit?

Yellow's are sidings and oranges are Stations/Destinations IIRC. You should be able to move em by clicking on the pillar looking thing. at the end of the highlighted area should be more pillar looking things that have arrows on em.

[ET44C4]

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The name will not change if you just edit the length.

[OldProf]

What are the orange sections called?
If I remember correctly, the yellow sections are track markers.
Is there a way to lengthen them or do I need to completely replace them if they need to be longer?
Will replacing them with the exact same name work, when just moving them a bit?

Yellow's are sidings and oranges are Stations/Destinations IIRC. You should be able to move em by clicking on the pillar looking thing. at the end of the highlighted area should be more pillar looking things that have arrows on em.

Not quite: there are three types of track markers: sidings, destinations, and platforms (not sure of that last term -- used for passenger stops). Each has its own color in the HUD or editor.

[Ericmopar]

Thank you so much gentlemen.

[artimrj]

What are the orange sections called?
If I remember correctly, the yellow sections are track markers.
Is there a way to lengthen them or do I need to completely replace them if they need to be longer?
Will replacing them with the exact same name work, when just moving them a bit?

Yellow's are sidings and oranges are Stations/Destinations IIRC. You should be able to move em by clicking on the pillar looking thing. at the end of the highlighted area should be more pillar looking things that have arrows on em.

Sidings yellow, destinations orange and stations are green.

[RailWanderer]

I think, or at least I find, that the Siding and Platform markers are more or less permanent with the route, where the Destination markers are used with scenarios. Think about it, sidings and platforms usually don't change in the route, where Destination markers tell the engineer where to go in a scenario. Destination markers can also be permanent, but I relate them to scenarios. So, I all reality, all the markers can be permanent, but the Destination markers are more related to scenarios than the others.

By modifying the marker's local position you change nothing but the end handles. Also, when placing the markers you can just position them where you want to start, click, hold, and slide to the end of the area of track you want to mark then release.

Just adding my two cents, I'm no expert, and will never claim to be.