I just recieved my August Model Railroader today. The column One Reader's Opinion on Computerized Car Routing cuased me to write the following letter to the...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Jul 1, 2000 10:32 pm
... a) These are in the \UMLER folder. They are listed by year. UmlerCat.88 is the base file of 20 carkinds you first see. If you ask to see the specific...
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D & L Sand
sandsys@...
Jul 2, 2000 3:38 pm
I doubt your letter will be published--partly because it sounds too much like an ad and partly because Andy knows from several friends trying to install...
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Howard R. Garner
hrgarner@...
Jul 2, 2000 4:16 pm
... I tend to agree with you. However, ProTrak does have all the things Bruce was looking for. He asked for cetain things to be provided and most of them are...
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Michael J. Chern
mjchern@...
Jul 2, 2000 5:57 pm
I imported cars into ProTrak from a text file. The import worked fine, but I decided I didn't like the car kinds I was using. I want to delete everything I...
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Kathe Robin
m_robin@...
Jul 2, 2000 7:53 pm
Mike: Your home road should be the first RR listed under "Gateways & Other RR" and should show no connections on that screen. Setting the freight car count to...
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Jim Thompson
jcthomp@...
Jul 2, 2000 8:27 pm
I have just installed the program and started entering data. I have read the Recipe Book and the Recipe for Setting Up Your Railroad that I printed from the...
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Howard R. Garner
hrgarner@...
Jul 2, 2000 10:16 pm
... Yes, Stations include the track from the previous stations clearance piont to this stations west clearance point. The distance at the station from east...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Jul 2, 2000 10:33 pm
Mike Chern, ... You probably didn't confirm the "delete". There are 2 'confirmation' questions, and you must answer "yes" to both. ... Do you mean the whole...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Jul 2, 2000 10:34 pm
Jim, ... Yes. In fact, that is precisely why the station was defined that way. ... Insert a station where the grade changes. Zero siding length. You could...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Jul 2, 2000 11:07 pm
Howard wrote, about Jim Thompson's railroad, "Powder River is an interesting item..." It sure is! If there is no passing siding at "Powder River" then the ...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Jul 2, 2000 11:33 pm
... Linda Sand: Huuummmmm. I have _no_ notification of unresolved bugs remaining in ProTrak. In case that is not clear, let me say it again: "NONE". Those...
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Michael J. Chern
mjchern@...
Jul 3, 2000 12:25 am
... That is exactly what I see. Why no connections? ... This is what I did before, except PTW never asked if I was sure I wanted to delete. Is there...
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Jim Thompson
jcthomp@...
Jul 3, 2000 12:31 am
... From: Howard R. Garner <hrgarner@...> To: <ProTrak@egroups.com> Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 6:13 PM Subject: Re: [ProTrak] Data install - Stations ...
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Jim Thompson
jcthomp@...
Jul 3, 2000 12:31 am
... each ... to ... junction ... Jim T: The 3 that do NOT show are Rock Springs, Soda Springs and Granger, all Core Segment Stations. The 3 that DO show are...
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Jeremy Reese
jreese@...
Jul 3, 2000 12:38 am
From my posts to the group, most of you know that I had problems learning parts of ProTrak. Even now, I am not a proficient user, but I can get around enough...
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Howard R. Garner
hrgarner@...
Jul 3, 2000 12:48 am
... Look under "Traffic", "Freight & Passenger Cars", then "Edit", "Remove" Follow the prompts from there. The edit drop down is context sensitive. Howrad...
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Michael J. Chern
mjchern@...
Jul 3, 2000 12:48 am
... or ... Jim, I understand both your position and Linda's. Not meaning to put words in Linda's mouth, perhaps what she mean's by Bugs in this case is any...
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Michael J. Chern
mjchern@...
Jul 3, 2000 12:52 am
... are ... step? ... As I mentioned to Max, I never got asked the first time whether I wanted to delete, let alone the second. ... railroads, ... No...
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Michael J. Chern
mjchern@...
Jul 3, 2000 1:36 am
... I found it, and tried it once using my name as the owner (the cars already in ProTrak) and left is blank (the cars I imported). I also filled in the Car...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Jul 3, 2000 11:25 am
... Jim, I have an idea. I am not aware of anyone who has tried this, so if you implemented it you would be experimenting. Other subdivisions can be set up in...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Jul 3, 2000 11:25 am
... Jim T: Are the station siding lengths set at less than about 102 inches? At "Signals", "Dispatcher Panel options", "Minimum siding length" you can set the...
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D & L Sand
sandsys@...
Jul 3, 2000 1:56 pm
Jim, Excuse me while I disagree. You just fixed two major bugs having to do with cars not loading and unloading properly. Those were not caused by my data ...
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D & L Sand
sandsys@...
Jul 3, 2000 3:06 pm
... I don't recall seeing this anywhere in the manual. Of course, we haven't been anywhere near the signals section since we haven't developed our new ...
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D & L Sand
sandsys@...
Jul 3, 2000 3:06 pm
... We've all had problems, Jeremy. Jim, like most programmers I know, forgets sometimes how little the rest of us know so his documentation often starts out...
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Mike Dodd
mdodd@...
Jul 3, 2000 6:04 pm
Just getting started with PTW, so please bear with me.... I've entered the stations on the core segment and on two subdivisions. There are four staging yards,...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Jul 3, 2000 7:53 pm
... Mike, Nothing! A few weeks ago, as a favor to a local modeler, I added major new routines so that multiple "Yd" yards could be setup in a single switching...
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Mike Dodd
mdodd@...
Jul 3, 2000 11:19 pm
... Thanks; I'll check it out (downloading now). Mike ... Mike Dodd - Montpelier, VA Modeling Virginian Railway, 1956 ...
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Michael J. Chern
mjchern@...
Jul 4, 2000 1:01 am
I don't know what happened, but I changed the number of cars in Administration/Limits to 3, and PTW prompted me about the deletion, and the cars were gone....
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Ken Pfaff
nrsub@...
Jul 4, 2000 2:03 am
... Administration/Limits to 3, and PTW prompted me about the deletion, and the cars were gone. Thanks everyone, for helping me out of another one of my...
