This Update is entirely optional for most users. 1. Update #126 was uploaded last night (1Jan2001) to modify how the trainorder signal data is initialized for...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Jan 2, 2001 2:04 pm
... The asterisk in front of the train symbol disppears. The asterisk is there to indicate that the switchlist has been printed for this train at this ...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Jan 2, 2001 2:04 pm
... The "track number" shown on the cutlist is the train list number. How you assign the those numbers to the various tracks is up to you. However, you see...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Jan 2, 2001 2:04 pm
... You already have this. Call the main passenger yard the "01" spot. And/or make the passenger yard a separate "spot" from the freight yard. Make the...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Jan 2, 2001 3:38 pm
... Set them up as "Interchanges" under "Traffic/Yards and interchanges". 1. Go to that menu item and click on "Edit/New yard". 2. Select the radio button for...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Jan 2, 2001 3:38 pm
Jim Warner, ... No. Movements to yards are handled automatically by ProTrak. Now, the 3-waybill chain you have set up is 'open' in that the last waybill ...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Jan 2, 2001 3:38 pm
... Yes. By using the "waybills". Where is the origin and where is the destination? Do mean from "offline" to some online customer? Or from online to...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Jan 2, 2001 3:38 pm
Jim Warner ... "hours" on the waybills, or the switching train isn't long enough (in the Train/"number of cars" datafield.) One or the other. Personally I...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Jan 2, 2001 3:38 pm
Jim Warner, ... You can go into the "Operations session" and out again, and _nothing_ will change. So it is 'safe' to go into "Operations" to have a look at...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Jan 2, 2001 4:24 pm
You may be interested that Simmons Boardman puts out a inexpensive book called "A Dictionary of Railroad Terms". This deictionary explains the conventional...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Jan 2, 2001 4:25 pm
You may be interested that Simmons Boardman puts out a inexpensive book called "A Dictionary of Railroad Terms". This deictionary explains the conventional...
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Roger Mier
rmmier@...
Jan 2, 2001 6:01 pm
... I think that you need to work on your math here. Brooklyn yard, for instance, is only running 12 trains at the present time, and 5 of these are yard jobs....
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Jan 3, 2001 1:26 pm
Giff and Kurt have posted a memorial page for their brother Jeff Kucsma at: http://home.att.net/~giffk/jeff/brerjeff.htm. Jeff died December 20th after a 5...
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Jim Warner
mevans1033@...
Jan 3, 2001 5:52 pm
... (in the ... OK I made the hours immediate on the waybills and increased the train by one car and still not moving cars off the last barge. ... barge ... I...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Jan 4, 2001 2:51 pm
Update #127 has been uploaded. This Update makes changes in: 1. At "Help/Status", for "Cars" now shows the "Restriction" for any car. Also displays last car...
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jlmiller@...
Jan 4, 2001 6:29 pm
There have been 4 or 5 updates since I bought my copy. I'm not real active rite now with the system as I am between layouts. What is the best strategy to...
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Mark Nolan
dmnolan@...
Jan 4, 2001 6:34 pm
You only have to download the latest version to get all the updates. So you can skip 124, 125, & 126 and download #127. ... From: jlmiller@......
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Jim Duncan
ku0g@...
Jan 4, 2001 11:11 pm
Just a note to advise anyone attempting to email me..... PLEASE.... Due to the loss of connectivity of my primary email server (the site admin's ISP ceased...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Jan 5, 2001 5:10 pm
Update #129 has been uploaded. Update #128 was uploaded last night around 9PM. The changes made in both are: 1) Help/Setup status: Cars: The comparison of...
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Gary Rantz
gfrantz@...
Jan 5, 2001 6:41 pm
Jim, I just downloaded 129 and attempted to install and it tells me that my license number is an invalid build number. I was running 127 until I attempted...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Jan 5, 2001 7:11 pm
Gary Rantz, ... Did you change the last two digits of your keynumber to "29"? Jim...
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Gary Rantz
gfrantz@...
Jan 5, 2001 7:35 pm
Yes sir....sure did. ... From: Jim Moir [mailto:moir5sdr@...] Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 1:55 PM To: ProTrak@egroups.com Subject: RE: [ProTrak] Update...
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Gary Rantz
gfrantz@...
Jan 5, 2001 7:37 pm
Jim, I just did a little playing around and just for the sake of it, I entered 28 as the last two digits and it worked. That tells me that either I didn't get...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Jan 5, 2001 8:19 pm
Gary Rantz, ... I just checked and the latest Update is labelled as "128" in the source. My error. Consider it "Advance 128".... Jim...
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Ken Pfaff
nrsub@...
Jan 6, 2001 4:46 pm
Does anyone know what the STCC or SIC code is for roofing granules? Also, what size covered hopper is used to transport it?...
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Jim Warner
mevans1033@...
Jan 6, 2001 5:31 pm
Do I need waybills and car-orders for spots that receive only if I have spots with waybills sending to them? Jim Warner...
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Howard R. Garner
hrgarner@...
Jan 6, 2001 5:35 pm
... STCC 32 959 80 Roofing Granules (from 1988 listing) I would use a short covered hopper 33-40 foot. This stuff is dense. Howard...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Jan 6, 2001 5:35 pm
Ken Pfaff, ... Roofing granules: 32 959 80 ... Estimated density is 90 lbs/cuft, or about 1800 cuft typical load volume. i.e. small LO hopper. Jim...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Jan 6, 2001 5:41 pm
Jim Warner, ... Not if some other online industry is the shipper. Jim...
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Jim Warner
mevans1033@...
Jan 7, 2001 1:42 am
What determines how many Regions and where they should be? I have three now and not sure I got it set up right. Maybe this is why my cars are not moving...
