Phil Euper, I don't know if anyone got back to you, off list, on your "Program upgrade" issue. I believe you made your RO purchase thru Eric and feel he is the...
Hi all, I would like to run a unit grain train from staging to the yard, set out all of its cars in the yard for the local to work, pick up all of the grain...
... Clay When you say "for the local to work", does that mean that there are several locations that receive these grin cars? If there is a single consignee...
I asked this question in Aug and received a reply from Elmer McKay, thank you for the reply, but I now have more info and have a problem. Elmer's reply was #...
... There ... to ... Ken There is more than one way to set this up in RailOp. I will suggest what I would do but you may prefer one of the alternate methods. ...
Hi Guys: Playing around with demo waiting till software comes. Setup a staged train at Pt1 running to Pt2 ( 10 cars ). Pt2 has siding with cap of 250' of which...
Ed - Since a staged train MUST take all the cars from the origin staging track, it has to put them SOMEWHERE, and sometimes there are no logical places to put...
Doug & Chris, Thanks for the help. Got it figured out. Clay Smith Hopkinsville Ky _________________________________________________________________ Test your...
Hello Clay, The way I am able to run unit trains is to allow the train only handle one car type. Kernals moved blocks of cars and I wanted to have the cars...
Hi Matt, When I'm defining a train I've tried to select only one type of car with no success. Every time but one the settings have reset to all car types. I've...
... noted. Checked out setup of locations,cars etc all seems in order. Will keep working on problem. Ed Goodman ... staging track, it has to put them...
Clay - In reading your last Email, you mentioned unit train switching. I thought I should point out that by definition a unit train does NO switching in...
When starting a session in Railop is it best to print all train manifest at one time ( with or without hard copy ) so all yard switch list have info. Currently...
Phil, You are so correct. What I was trying to do was run a train defined as a unit train from point a to point b and back to point a with switching in the ...
Ed - You're correct that a train isn't added to Switch Lists until its Manifest is printed. The answer to you question may lie in the question "When is a...
Doug and others, The mines do not process cars evenly. Mine 1 is @75% Mine 2 is @15% and this is the one that has the power plant. Mine 3 @10%. There is no...
I have the advanced version of RO, ver.7.6.4. that I just bought in December. Are you guys saying there is an upgrade to this already or did I miss something?...
... @75% Mine 2 is @15% and this is the one that has the power plant. Mine 3 @10%. ... cars are dispatched by RailOp. ... interchanges or to any of the...
I have a question about using KERNALS....... Do you need to have the same type cars in a Kernal? Could you mix similar car types to create 'hidden' blocks of...
... in ... Rick A kernel is composed of identical cars and takes its own identity from the first car in the kernel (for cartype, weight, length etc). However,...
Richard - A Kernel has its own car type -- taking the type of the first car that is added to the Kernel. Thereafter, you can add any type of car you wish, but...
Ed- Local moves can be edited on the Routes window. Click on one of your Routes and you will find "Max Loc Moves" for each City on your Route . You can elect...
... each City on your Route . You can elect to have no Local Moves in a City by entering "0" or change the number to your liking. If you have the older version...
I just joined RailOp talk group. I've been a member of a model railroad club for about 5 years. We needed a program to help us to run operations I did the...
Welcome to the group. You've made an excellent choice. With your experience it will be curious to see you reaction and possible input. ... run ... freight...
... John, Welcome to the group! Please lok at past messages for some good Q&A, then post your own questions. Give us one at a time so you get a good full...
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