As a Beta tester working closely with Jim Moir (creator of ProTrak) I'd like to introduce myself to other users of this product. I've been a model railroader...
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D & L Sand
sandsys@...
Aug 14, 1999 4:24 pm
I have never been a professional railroader. I have been a model railroader only since 1987. I got hooked on solving the puzzles involved in industrial ...
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Elliot Fishbein and/o...
fishbein@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Aug 14, 1999 5:56 pm
I have been a model railroader for over 40 years, but have never actually worked for a railroad. I am deeply interested in traffic, having been involved with...
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Howard R. Garner
hrgarner@xxxxxx.xxxx
Aug 14, 1999 10:55 pm
Thanks to all who have joined the list. This list was started after the non-clinic the Jim Moir was to have presented at the NMRA convention in St Paul. About...
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keay@xxxxxxxx.xx
Aug 15, 1999 3:37 am
Hi I am considering purchasing ProTrak for my layout and have been talking with Jim quite a bit in the past week. Can I ask for a few brief comments on how...
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Jim/Natalie Moir
moir5sdr@...
Aug 15, 1999 3:31 pm
Anssering a question about the "sand waybill" .... For those who may not be familiar with this, how much traction sand is used by locomotives on your railroad...
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Jim/Natalie Moir
moir5sdr@xxx.xxxx
Aug 15, 1999 3:03 pm
Answering a question about "BEA" and the numbers in that file.... There is a database of "cities and towns" on ProTrak. This on-line database simply is a...
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Jim/Natalie Moir
moir5sdr@xxx.xxxx
Aug 15, 1999 12:47 pm
For those who are not familiar with this aspect of ProTrak, the s/w records and calculates fuel consumption _as it occurs_ during the operating session, and...
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D & L Sand
sandsys@xxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Aug 15, 1999 5:15 pm
CD ROM would be fine with me. Linda Sand...
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Howard R. Garner
hrgarner@xxxxxx.xxxx
Aug 15, 1999 5:22 pm
One major difference that made me buy ProTrak is how a shipper gets its orders to load a car. In ShipIt! all shippers order empties was soon as they ship a car...
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Terry & Jan Taylor
jtntaylor@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Aug 15, 1999 5:52 pm
To get the intros out of the way, I am Terry N. Taylor out on the west coast. I have been model railroading off and on since the early 1960s but due to many...
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Elliot Fishbein and/o...
fishbein@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Aug 15, 1999 8:07 pm
In reply to some previous messages: CD Rom format would be excellent. My only experience with Ship-It is with their download sample. It seems to me to be a...
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John DePauw
johnd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...
Aug 16, 1999 3:34 pm
Hi John DePauw here I model the EJ&E in 1973 and most of the interchange railroads. I have been a model railroader since the late 50's. With a short break to ...
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Jim/Natalie Moir
moir5sdr@xxx.xxxx
Aug 16, 1999 5:42 pm
Hi Elliot, ... The car data in ProTrak is in 3 separate files and separating it all out from "1" into "3" gets a bit hairy. As well, in 3+ years, at most only...
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Jim/Natalie Moir
moir5sdr@xxx.xxxx
Aug 16, 1999 5:38 pm
Elliot, ... As mentioned earlier Max Robin has sent me complete, and I mean complete, data for geared steam locomotives. Beyond that I have not gone out of my...
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Jim/Natalie Moir
moir5sdr@xxx.xxxx
Aug 16, 1999 6:14 pm
Hi John, ... What were the problems here? Could you be a bit more specific? BTW, John didn't mention it but his EJ&E railroad is the reason why the limit on...
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Terry & Jan Taylor
jtntaylor@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Aug 16, 1999 6:51 pm
Jim Count me as another one who is interested in easy file conversions. At present I have all my car (and loco) data in Filemaker Pro and my active roster is...
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Jim/Natalie Moir
moir5sdr@xxx.xxxx
Aug 16, 1999 7:59 pm
Terry, ... Neither would I. That's why ProTrak keeps maintenance records, and inventory records of your various fleets. For example, the program totals ...
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Dennis Storzek
dstorzek@xxxxx.xxxx
Aug 17, 1999 3:26 am
Hi, I'm Dennis Storzek, I've been a model railroader for close to forty years now, and am finally finding time to build a basement filling layout, although...
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Kathe Robin
kathe@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Aug 17, 1999 4:24 am
I'm sure Jim will reply to your question directly re:computer horsepower required for PT. However in my testing, evaluation and building my own RR...
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Howard R. Garner
hrgarner@xxxxxx.xxxx
Aug 17, 1999 11:06 am
... I expect the Windows version will run ... Make that windows 95 for later. Not windows 3.1....
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@xxx.xxxx
Aug 17, 1999 1:50 pm
... 1) DOS/Win3.1 The original DOS version was designed to run in the lower 640K of memory, so that it would run on any _quality_ 286/386/486 running DOS 3.3....
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John DePauw
johnd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...
Aug 17, 1999 3:21 pm
Jim I've attached a small excel file that shows two of my towns with the main line, sidings, interchanges and industries. I don't understand how you assign...
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D & L Sand
sandsys@xxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Aug 17, 1999 3:16 pm
Unfortunately, this came through with no attachment. I would like to see the answer as I'm getting ready to set up ProTrak for our new railroad so anything...
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Howard R. Garner
hrgarner@xxxxxx.xxxx
Aug 17, 1999 4:24 pm
To all: Attachments are not allowed on tje list. Please send these direct to Jim at moir5sdr@... A note and followup to the list would be appreciated. ...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@xxx.xxxx
Aug 17, 1999 8:28 pm
... John's diagram shows a double track main, with crossovers, extending across the page. The zone limits of each of 3 towns (switching districts) are shown. ...
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John DePauw
johnd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...
Aug 18, 1999 3:56 pm
Jim Thanks for the information. I will spend sometime tonight looking this over. John DePauw ... From: Jim Moir <moir5sdr@...> To: ProTrak@onelist.com...
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Terry & Jan Taylor
jtntaylor@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Aug 18, 1999 5:03 pm
Jim That sounds nice on the surface, but can I change the maintenance records in your data base to keep track of items that I am concerned with on car ...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Aug 19, 1999 8:22 pm
Terry Taylor, In part your desires for software come across as being primarily "maintenance driven" rather than being "prototype operations" driven. The ...
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Terry & Jan Taylor
jtntaylor@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Aug 19, 1999 9:29 pm
Jim You got me totally wrong. I was pointing out that the maintenance part of ProTrak would probably not meet all persons needs. ProTrak is not a maintenance...
