... Jim Warner, The yardsidings for a train must be listed in the order that the train works the yards (i.e. staging tracks, yards, interchanges). The order of...
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Jim Duncan
ku0g@...
Dec 3, 2000 7:21 am
Where did all my cars go? Tonight I was all set to run my first session with the trains all staged and switchlists generated. (I was doing this solo as a test...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Dec 5, 2000 2:42 pm
Jim Duncan, ... Several ways. 1) For the entire railroad: Import a backup or "New" copy of your railroad. You can make a backup copy of your railroad from...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Dec 5, 2000 2:42 pm
Jim Duncan, ... "Usual extra trains" are run, within the operating session just like other trains. That is, use the menu item "Train movements/Report train...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Dec 5, 2000 2:42 pm
Jim Duncan, ... Cars that show "empty for loading" have been assigned a waybill. The waybill number will show under the listing at Traffic/Freight cars, under...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Dec 5, 2000 4:16 pm
In Update #120 I added a Milepost display listing to the Stations listing. This may be be of interest to those running ProTrak in simulation mode, (as a...
1137
Gary Rantz
gfrantz@...
Dec 6, 2000 1:30 pm
Jim or the group, After just messing with Protrak for some time, I've decided it's time to _ _ _ _ or get off the pot....so to speak. So, rather than try to...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Dec 6, 2000 10:17 pm
Gary Rantz, ... Transportation/Change the operating conditions. Second datafield in this window. You can set the track class to "-", which means ProTrak...
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Gary Rantz
gfrantz@...
Dec 7, 2000 1:21 pm
Thanks Jim....that fixed it. Gary ... From: Jim Moir [mailto:moir5sdr@...] Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 5:16 PM To: ProTrak@egroups.com Subject: RE:...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Dec 7, 2000 7:19 pm
At San Jose, Altoona, Ottawah, Union/NJ and Pickens we showed searchlight-style signals that can be made for $1.00 or less per. We buy the leds, dip sockets...
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Jim Warner
mevans1033@...
Dec 9, 2000 4:46 pm
Ok I'm getting things to move now but I got a couple things I can't figure out. First at waybills not delivered reason -No Length- what is the problem here and...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Dec 10, 2000 3:32 pm
Jim Warner, ... Could be: 1) customer spur is shorter than car; 2) more cars directed to spur than spur can hold. May not be a problem - you may just have a...
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Jim Duncan
ku0g@...
Dec 10, 2000 5:52 pm
Jim, et al.... Every time I run a session I get this (what I believe) is TOO many undelivered cars listing. Last night I ended up with 47, previous 2 session...
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Jim Warner
mevans1033@...
Dec 10, 2000 10:55 pm
I can not get any waybills beginning with an H to get used. I checked customers, waybills, orders, lenghts, couldn't find anything wrong there. oh yes and XML...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Dec 11, 2000 3:13 pm
Jim Duncan, ... Any extra cars continue on their journey, at the next possible moment. ... As you imply, you can expect some extra cars every session, simply...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Dec 11, 2000 3:13 pm
Jim Warner, ... 1. You can use your own carkind codes. 2. The codes you have added (although not the usual AAR) will not cause any problems, just so long as...
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Jim Duncan
ku0g@...
Dec 11, 2000 7:32 pm
OK....Thanks.....Next question(s)..... #1 My passenger trains are running but how can I tell if they're actually generating revenue? I tried to implement the...
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Jim Warner
mevans1033@...
Dec 11, 2000 8:56 pm
... checked ... list. ... cause any ... kind. ... some ... loading ... three-bay HT. ... on the ... must show ... OK I found what the problem was the waybill...
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Jim Duncan
ku0g@...
Dec 11, 2000 8:59 pm
... I have the same problem here! I bought a dozen new hoppers, most of whom are still sitting "empty" but I can't change that value so I'm thinking the...
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Howard R. Garner
hrgarner@...
Dec 11, 2000 9:16 pm
... Partial answer since I do not yet run passenger trains under ProTrak. Under Scheduling, Establish Train Jobs, Change (or new) you must set the Traffic type...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Dec 11, 2000 10:13 pm
Jim Duncan, ... By "designated in the "establish" window as limited to "merchandise"" do you mean as commodity-specific trains, with "merchandise"/46211 as the...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Dec 11, 2000 10:13 pm
Jim Duncan, ... If the waybills have a rate specified, then the waybills are generating revenue which is going into the income melting pot. Passenger service ...
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Jim Duncan
ku0g@...
Dec 11, 2000 10:56 pm
No, the passenger stations don't show up, only staging and yards.... I thought I had to have the "lifetime" version to use the updates.... Am I wrong? ... -- ...
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Howard R. Garner
hrgarner@...
Dec 12, 2000 12:43 am
... From the 1957 ORER Nothing listed in class "R" Under class "B" we have "BP" - Refrigerator Express. An insulated car constructed and equipped for...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Dec 12, 2000 1:30 pm
... The current ProTrak does _not_ show a waybill length datafield for "H" carkind (hoppers), and other kinds of cars where the size of the lading is set by...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Dec 12, 2000 1:30 pm
Howard, "BP" - Refrigerator Express. "BR" - Refrigerator Express. "BS" - Refrigerator Express. Thanks for posting the data. These "B" carkind codes will all...
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Stan Jones
sjones@...
Dec 12, 2000 10:43 pm
Jim, I have finally gotten around to entering some of my Maine Central locomotives into ProTrak and have discovered that it would not accept letters as part of...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Dec 13, 2000 2:30 pm
Stan Jones, ... I just uploaded Update #123 that, correctly, allows using letters as part of the unit number. Letters A->Z and a->z can be used, and at any...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Dec 13, 2000 2:30 pm
Update 122 was posted yesterday, and Update 123 was uploaded this morning. The changes are: 1) Daily Summary Update: printing "Part 4)". a) Added a line to...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Dec 13, 2000 2:39 pm
The "continuing in transit" datafield, in the Waybill, is used to 'chain' waybills to form a specified multi-step journey for a car, or perhaps a tightly...
