I think I need Yard as another category. I have an arrival/departure yard hanging off the main then a classification yard hanging off the a/d yard. Does...
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Kathe Robin
kathe@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 2, 2000 6:06 pm
Linda: ProTrak lets you define as many yards as you need or want. They just need different names. If your case you might have "Town1 Arrival/Departure Yard"...
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Howard R. Garner
hrgarner@xxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 2, 2000 6:05 pm
Linda, When a train arrives at the yard ProTrak asks if the cars have been moved to the sorting yard. If not it assumes that they are at an a/d track and...
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D & L Sand
sandsys@xxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Jan 2, 2000 9:50 pm
... My problem is that I have two sorting yards off of one A/D yard. Let's call them A yard for arrival/departure, B yard for interchange cars, and C yard for...
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Howard R. Garner
hrgarner@xxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 3, 2000 1:15 am
For this one if defer to Jim....
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Roger Mier
rmmier@xxxxx.xxxx
Jan 3, 2000 5:04 pm
Linda, Jim, and others; The system that we use at Wyoming yard arrives the train at a milepost that designates the yard (CG1) and places the train in a track....
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@xxx.xxxx
Jan 4, 2000 1:26 am
What needs to be in the "fiber-based documentation"? What do you want to know - need to know - written in a book that comes with the ProTrak CD, that would...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@xxx.xxxx
Jan 4, 2000 2:03 am
Linda, a. >My problem is that I have two sorting yards off of one A/D yard. Not an issue. Fairly common actually. See Jim Paine's railroad where he had a...
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D & L Sand
sandsys@xxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Jan 4, 2000 6:01 pm
I usually use manuals much the way Jim does although I really like Jim's basic recipes. Therefore, other than his step-by-step lists, the most important thing...
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D & L Sand
sandsys@xxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Jan 4, 2000 6:00 pm
Thanks, Roger, that helps a lot. Based on what you say, I think I can put the yard names in my CLIC book for the crews to use but just give the track numbers...
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D & L Sand
sandsys@xxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Jan 4, 2000 6:01 pm
I think what I may do is have ProTrak just deliver the cars to the A/D tracks and let the yards' work orders tell them how to sort them. Then we can tell...
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Howard R. Garner
hrgarner@xxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 4, 2000 6:23 pm
... Hang in there Linda. It keeps looking better all the time. I am still finding small bugs, more in the way of nits though. All the show stoppers that I...
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Dennis Storzek
dstorzek@xxxxx.xxxx
Jan 4, 2000 6:57 pm
... Linda, You could also use the system that BN uses, which I've seen on Dan Holbrook's layout; number groups of tracks according to function, starting at the...
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D & L Sand
sandsys@...
Jan 5, 2000 6:10 pm
... Now that you mention it, I've seen that numbering system on prototype yard plans. I'll have to think about that one. Thanks for the idea. Linda...
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Elliot Fishbein and/o...
fishbein@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 5, 2000 11:28 pm
I may be the only person I know who actually reads manuals, so after giving the subject a bit of thought, I asked around at work about what sort of things make...
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Michael J. Chern
mjchern@xxxx.xxxx
Jan 6, 2000 3:23 am
I agree with Elliot. As I ointed out to Jim in a private post, I create software documentation for my employer, and my users find annotated screen shots...
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lgoss@xxxxxx.xxx
Jan 9, 2000 2:19 am
Hello, I was in the middle of setting up trains on my railroad in ProTrak version 4.3b when the program dumped me to the operating system with the message...
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Kathe Robin
kathe@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 9, 2000 4:27 am
There is a file called misccal.rs2 which occasionally gets corrupted - find it on the disk set and copy it to your rrtop directory. I always keep a copy of it...
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Kathe Robin
kathe@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 9, 2000 4:41 am
Larry: Hang in there. The windows version will be release immanently and it is a dandy. (and yes you can import your DOS version files directly) If you need...
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Larry Goss
lgoss@xxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 10, 2000 3:21 am
Max, Thanks for your help, that got me going again. I wonder if you could help me with a point of confusion? I want my railroad to take the place of an...
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Howard R. Garner
hrgarner@...
Jan 21, 2000 9:44 pm
It is very close. It might even be in you mail box. Jim posted the following on the web site today. "On Thursday, Jan 20th: mailed "Build 35" CDs to active ...
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Roger Mier
rmmier@...
Jan 27, 2000 4:13 pm
Another comment on prototype waybills: Having been "raised" at the depot from the time of eight years old, I saw many a waybill being prepared. As I ...
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Howard R. Garner
hrgarner@...
Jan 27, 2000 5:51 pm
To clarify some on how ProTrak operates. The Waybill/Bill-of-Lading is in the computer. This is a shipment from a shipper to a consignee. The specifies the ...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Jan 29, 2000 6:18 pm
Howard, You asked about the number of "2nd" runs of trains... That is, would 2-TRHT go to 3-TRHT ? It does. The "2-" will change to "3-" and on up. At "9-" ...
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Howard R. Garner
hrgarner@...
Jan 29, 2000 9:07 pm
Jim, Since you posted this question here as well a direct. I will respond here. I believe it is doubtful that more then one or two extra will be run. The way...
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Howard R. Garner
hrgarner@...
Feb 4, 2000 4:26 pm
On Saturday February 12, 2000, Jim Moir, the author of ProTrak, will be presenting a clinic on car forwarding operations with computers. ProTrak for Windows 98...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Feb 5, 2000 11:18 pm
We will have another treat for you at the clinic. Dr Mike is sending me the first weighscale and we will have that at the clinic. As well, we will be showing...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Feb 5, 2000 11:19 pm
ProTrak for Windows is done! The past 2 days we have been burning CDs of "ProTrak for Windows". We mailed CDs to ProTrak users today. Over the next week we...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Feb 5, 2000 11:13 pm
Updates to ProTrak for Windows Version 1.00 will be available on the ProTrak website at <http://www.protrak.cc> at "Downloads". This update version is...
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Elliot Fishbein and/o...
fishbein@...
Feb 6, 2000 6:24 am
Hi, The new PT CD arrived today and I couldn't wait to install it. It seemed to install properly, but when I tried to import my railroad from the DOS version,...
