Click here to view the sts introductory web page which provides an overview of the application and contains a link to the software and documentation files sts is an easytoinstall freight car forwarding system that includes a readytogo web server and database server so no installation of these. We offer open source hardware and software to help you operate your railroad as prototypically as you like. Im looking for the best, straight forward operations software to use. It now supports azatrax usbconnected model railroad detectors. Decapod systems provides switchlist and car forwarding software for model railroad enthusiasts. Model railroad switching lists using railop and other software. These three programs form the base of our model railroad software suite. Car cards and waybills, which are used to tell you where cars should be picked up and dropped. It is a computer program designed to manage your car, engine, train, and track location files as well as create the paperwork needed to easily move freight and trains of all types over your railroad. Car cards enables you to utilize your computer and printer to produce some of the nicestlooking railroad paperwork around. Click here to learn about our new carforwarding software called here to there. Car cards prints out three main types of model railroad paperwork.
A complete freight car forwarding method following the mcfall system old line graphics. With our car routing system and our instruction book included, youll learn how to use your railroad models in a manner that truly reflects their realism and capabilities. Protrak prototype operation, simulation, planning, and. Essence of model train operations model railroad car cards and. Cwrr links pages model railroad manufacturers software. Enter the string model railroad car forwarding system advantages disadvantages into an internet search engine and see what shows up. Because i was having trouble balancing the carsindustry mix i moved away from shipit to physical car cards. This process of identifying where individual rail cars go and which trains they need to ride to get there is called car forwarding in the model railroad world. I dont have a lot of time so something where i enter the towns, car data, industries and trains and then it comes up with switch lists. For example, your rolling stock database is visible and is used by all three programs.
Mlo is sometimes called virtual car forwarding or vcf. Version 3 of the shipperdriven traffic simulator is now available and ready for downloading. This software package has support for a network of bruce chubb cmri usic, susic, andor smini nodes andor a network of lenzs xpressnet dcc nodes. Operate your model railroad just like the real railroads do using protrak.
Use our car routing system to operate your layout like a real railroadrealistic operation greatly increases the the overall realism of both your individual models and your model railroad as a whole. One of the advanced features of model railroad manager is multilayout. Rrtrains 2000 is a small program used to create a detailed inventory of your model railroad collection. Car tabs on the np oregon joint line the meridian speedway. Nov 19, 2014 it now supports azatrax usbconnected model railroad detectors. Sts is an easytoinstall freight car forwarding system that includes a readytogo web server and database server so no installation of these applications is required. The magic of scale model railroading gallery california state railroad museum, sacramento, ca. Model railroad system the model railroad system is a software package that can help you run your railroad.
The short version is that it was designed by a model railroad back in the 1970s to simulate the important details from a real shipping waybill, but making all the paperwork. The first movement for this car will be in the train which is in staging. The sts system is a multiuser database application that assists model railroaders in simulating railroad freight car. How to set up car cards operations on a model railroad. There is computer software on the market designed to keep all the model railroads records in order so that the operators will know exactly where every car is placed and which cars are to be spotted at which industries and when.
Some car forwarding systems have become quite elaborate. Apr 27, 2018 episode 3 this episode we will cover the micromark waybills and car cards. There is also another program called rail ops, but i have never operated with it on anyones layout. Car cards can run by itself or in conjunction with railbase professional and ship it. Car cards can help you in producing car cards, waybills, form 19s, form 31s, and switchlists for your model railroad. On my new unrr model railroad i am using the free jmri software that in many ways is similar to shipit. You and others buy a new box, which starts a chain reaction rippling across the north american rail network. One morning as you were filling your cereal bowl with rice krispies you realized the box is nearly empty. Yet, along came model railroader in their february 1960 issue on operations and the illusion went poof.
Model railroader model railroad planning 2007 good use of trainz to help plan and test operations on a large model railroad layout modeling model railroad operations in virtual scale by david petersen 3 part series in opsig dispatcher quarterly 202014 using trainz and built in. I am always captivated by any design where a port or waterrailroad interface happens. How to operate a small layout realistically model railroader, november, 1992, pp. The layout is relatively simple with 2 yards, a couple of towns and a stagingfiddle yard.
There is software to help with photographing your trains, and to compute the correct value for those pesky dropping resistors for leds andor incandescent lamps. Feb 19, 2016 a video showing the car cards i am trying out for operating on my model railway layout. Mrcs is your home for open source electronics for model railroad operations. Apr 10, 2009 software to operate using a card system. Car cards enables you to utilize your computer and printer to produce some. Decapod systems provides switchlist and carforwarding. Regardless of which system you use, every model railroad waybill is going to contain at least two basic types of information car identification.
Without getting into the complexity of computergenerated traffic, ship it. Xtrackcad is a cad program for designing model railroad layouts. Model railroad software let our software help improve your operati. Software to operate using a card system model railroader. Reviewing shipit model railroad operations software. Each freight car on a model railroad is assigned its own car card which travels everywhere on the layout that the associated freight car does. We will go over this topic briefly just to give you an overview of how to use these cards during a session on the. Ltlets fllfollow a tiltypical movement of a car, well fllfollow cgw 5356, it is a boxcar xm and is currently at the staging track in westley. Koester, tony enhanced car forwarding on the midland road. I walk through the car cards and how they are made, the inserts for the cars destinations, and show the. Railop operate your model railroad railop is the foremost model railroad operating program. The short version is that it was designed by a model railroad back in the. Koester, tony enhanced car forwarding on the midland road model railroader, march, 1993, pp. Model railroad manager tm, mrrm tm, software provides model railroad.
Protrak and its predecessors have always fully automated car movementsand the reporting of car movements. Mitrains prints the car cards, waybills prints the four cycle waybills in any size, in a variety of formats. Many historical data features on rates, commodities, etc. Download the model railroad system now and operate your layout, from running trains to working your signals and switches. Railroads are more than a collection of tracks and industries. King, steve car cards and waybills, railroad model craftsman, february 1978, p6873. Nov 06, 2012 the layout is relatively simple with 2 yards, a couple of towns and a stagingfiddle yard. The model railroad system is a software package that can help you run your railroad. There are numerous software programs that can make this effort.
Detailed, step by step explanation on how to use the doug smithsteve king car card and waybill system. Internally protrak is a numerical computer model of how a railroad works. The sts system is a multiuser database application that assists model railroaders in simulating railroad freight car traffic and employs simple web pages as its user interface. There is a virtual car forwarding internet server as well as one mrrm client for each. Scarm the leading design software for model railroad layouts. Simulating customer demand on a model railroad algoma. Ive seen a number of modelers and even software programs like shipit. It was loosely based on the rock point and coast rr that appeared in print in 1981 in track planning ideas from model railroader model railroad handbook no. Car floats and ferries present unique visual and operating interest in model railroads.
There is computer software on the market designed to keep all the model railroad s records in order so that the operators will know exactly where every car is placed and which cars are to be spotted at which industries and when. Car cards and their sisters, waybills are part of a simple system designed to enable prototypelike operations on a model railroad. There is software to help with photographing of your. Much more information on all of this can be found in the opsig book a compendium of model railroad operations. One of the advanced features of model railroad manager is multilayout operations mlo. Once the information has been entered there are many ways to view, query, report. However, the key for me is car forwarding, that is, ways to direct the movement. The hobby has a number of systems from computerized routing with jmri being the current software leader to car cards to car tags. Scarm means simple computer aided railway modeller software for easy and precise design of model train layouts and railroad track plans. Railop is the foremost model railroad operating program. A ferry or float operation brings the added interest of a built in fiddle yard.
Ive considered rolling my own switch list system, but that can wait. Computer software for model railroaders mitrains a comprehensive inventory system for all railroad models and memorabilia. At the time of this writing, i came up with over 500,000 hits, so its obvious that there are a lot of people out there with opinions on the good. Model railroad software let our software help improve. Includes micro trains database of all cars they have produced. There is software to help with photographing of your trains and to compute the correct value for those pesky dropping resistors for leds andor incandescent lamps. Processes, documents and applications for car forwarding systems on model railroads. Version 3 of the sts freight car forwarding software released. Dec 28, 2017 simulating customer demand on a model railroad.
A video showing the car cards i am trying out for operating on my model railway layout. Model railroad system download page deepwoods software. Software to create switch lists for freight car forwarding and create timetables for your railroad are included. If you have looked at the page about my utopia northern model railroad you know that was a fictional, freelanced ho model railroad. This project is about model railroading with arduinos. There is a virtual car forwarding internet server as well as one mrrm client for each layout needed to use the mlo feature as shown in this figure. Protrak prototype operation, simulation, planning, and control for. Some waybills include additional helpful information, such as the last date the car was shipped or special handling requirements. Mricf model rail interchangecars car forwarding v2. The model railroad system software package is available free of charge the current version of the software package is 2.
Azatrax usbconnected model railroad detectors are supported. See tony koesters article in march 1993 issue and david barrows writeup in december 1996 of model railroader. Relatively simple operations software model railroader. With scarm you can easily create the layout of your dreams. Episode 3 this episode we will cover the micromark waybills and car cards. The waybill for that car shows it going to port allen. Model railroad operation freeware for free downloads at winsite. There are a number of schemes designed to move cars around a model railroad, but i prefer the timetested 4 cycle waybill popularized by doug smith in the 1960s. These examples on a typically sized model railroad make little. Protrak is a complete railroad operations system, featuring train lists and yard lists, with car movement tracking. Software to create switch lists for freight car forwarding and creating timetables for your railroad are included. Computer model railroading and simulator resource list. Actually, its because the model railroad world needs a simple to install and use semiautomated freight car forwarding system for the average joe. Multilayout operations virtual car forwarding a total model.
Between operating sessions just replacing the cars changes the whole scenario. License for porting tdpro 32 to model railroad market by train tracks, inc. Just download the setup package, install it and start editing your first track plan. I would love a computer car forwarding system that wouldnt be too complex to use but still actually work. Our cpnode system is an updated, completely open, layout control system based on the popular and proven cmri system introduced by dr. It is a multiuser system that employs web pages as its user interface so theres a minimal learning curve for users. Understanding model railroad waybills and operations. The former protrak for dos, as that program did a number of things very well. Koester, tony enhanced car forwarding on the midland road, model railroader, march 1993, p7581. I believe that model railroad operation is one of the worlds most magnificent.
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