Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening, When I setup this forum, I setup a poll (ok 3) to get a feel for who and how folks are using RailOp. Three basic questions, and...
I have heard some comments about how the same hack ends up on train after train while several others sit forlorn on the caboose track. To overcome this,...
So what do you do when you need all four coal hoppers, you don't have the time or skill to renumber, and all four have the same reporting marks and road...
In a message dated 4/1/2003 2:18:35 PM Central Standard Time, ... On cars of this type, you could also handle the problem with a kernel. A kernel keeps the...
... I prefer to renumber 3 of the cars using small pieces of yellow Post-It notes. This lets RailOp have different numbers, the crews can use the proper...
The simple a,b,c,d suffixed don't help to identify the cars individually. What I have done on some occasions is to try to identify the car better. I have a...
Regarding the question of having more than one car with the same number, which is the case with a unit coal drag of 24 cars and only 6 different numbers - I...
Norm, I fortunately have enough "Hop,Coal" cars to make up a train of MT's and a train of LOADS for a "Loads in/MT's out" operation. There are only two ...
Hi all, I just quickly poked around the RailOp web page and didn't notice what the minimum hardware requirements were for the program (probalby overlooked it!)...
Paul, If you can run Windows 95 or newer, RailOP will run OK. Doug Farner ... ADVERTISEMENT ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Folks, Wondering about those branch line and short line runs, where the train would run 'out and back'. The train runs from town A to B to C, and then back to...
Frolin and all, On the old Blue Ridge and Southern I had trains that went out and back. This is mor a function of the size of the RR(length of possible run and...
On Marek Mountain Railroad and also the C&W RR I dispatch on, both lines operate as a branch line run, out and back. On both railroads, the train starts in the...
Frolin and all, My current train list contains 3 local freights and 1 interchange run that all operate from Annville yard to their destination (all have...
I'll throw my 2 cents in... We have multiple variations on the Sue Line. For our branch railroad, the DLB, the "yard" is in the middle of the physical route....
Your dreaming...... on the daughters computer I mean !!! I build my son a fast(at the time) computer... as soon as he got with the college group... he had the...
I have done it 2 ways.... one use the sweeper train type, the other is create a route that goes out and back... list the towns you want to pickup or...
Hi Paul, I have run RailOp on my old Toshiba laptop. It has a Pentium 100mhz, has 24meg of RAM, and Windows 98SE. Doubt W95 or W98 would be a issue, but a P100...
My name is Jim Carney , I've been trying to use Shipit for several years now & am about to give it up. I saw your site & thought I'd give it a look. Looks...
Hello Group! I'm in o scale and at the moment awaiting a new Super Chief Radio DCC system. I know nothing of RailOp so if I ask a few dumb question in a few ...
Hello Jim, and Welcome Aboard! Each software has its advantages and features, but it seems RailOp is easiler to configure and get what you want in a train...
Hello Larry, and Welcome Aboard! RailOp is sofwtare to use for operating sessions, to generate Train Manifest and Switchfest, that Crews use will operating on...
... Hello Dick, and Welcome Aboard! You've reached a Yahoo Forum for a group of software users! We use RailOp software on our model railroad layouts to...
...and I don't mean the canned, lunch meat. As many of you know, YAHOO Forums are often hit by a rash of junk messages postings for sales stuff and links to...
... Hello George, and Welcome Aboard! Please review some of the posts, look in the FILES area at some tips. And if you have any questions, please post them....
Jim I have been in the same boat for 6 years, and although ShipIt looks good and sounded good all along, somewhere the program left a lot to be desired and...
Good morning everyone, I guess I have been "delinquent" in my responsibilities. I have been a member of the list now for close to 6-7 weeks but I missed the...
The RailOP.com web site often gets a request for the Demo version of RailOP that cannot be filled because the Email address is no good. I would urge those who...
... Hello Mark, and Welcome Aboard! You've reached the place! We are a group of folks that use RailOp software to enhance our model railroad operations. RailOp...