A couple of months ago, the idea was set out for a RailOp Symposium - a weekend long event that would feature workshops and discussion about RailOp coupled...
Doug: Sounds good to me. I have never visited St. Louis and it would be interesting. I have just got RailOp running and I am pleased. Much easier than some ...
I would like to clarify the date. Are you starting on Thursday evening October 30, 2008 (or Friday morning October 31) and ending on Sunday November 2? ... ...
... evening ... Sunday ... Marshall Yes those are the dates we have put forward. Ric and I are open as to start and finish times ... but most weekend meets of...
... Doug & Ric, I am definitely interested and would probably bring one or two others with me. For those interested, Amtrak's Southwest Chief serves St. Louis...
Southwest Chief does NOT serve St. Louis. You have to make connections at KC via the trans-Missouri trains... The Chief runs direct KC to Chicago via the old...
Eric & All, I also want to purchase an upgrade (I currently have version 7.3.7) to version 8.1. Similarly, I went to the website but could not find a way to...
... Doug, Ric, I still think this is a great idea. This has been suggested a couple times in recent years but never came to be. There was some talk recently...
... last weekend in October 2008. We have not spoken to others in the St Louis area yet about a schedule and if they were interested in participating. For...
... connections at KC ... Jim, I missed the highlighting on the schedule that indicates a connecting route. Thanks for the correction! It is in fact the...
Anyone! I recently purchased Railop Ver 8.1. I have a large layout and have little understanding as to what to do to set this thing up. Does anyone know of...
Don; I hear your frustration. But it is not as bad as you think. I have been struggling with ProTrak, which is far more complex and yet to run a successful ...
... Howdy Don, The very first steps in getting RailOp setup can make a big impact on your initial success and enjoyment. While the base setup is not ...
... are many people out there that will help you get going. The Moderator of the Group is Frolin Marek, contact him at frolin@... , he will welcome you as...
Have a pair of local express trains run on a layout which meet and swap cars along the route, turn and go back. One train comes from the East to the mid-point...
John My suggestion would be to have those trains terminate at the midway point. Once they are terminated, the RPO's would be available for the exchange. Those...
I received a new lap top for Christmas. One of the things that it does not have is a 3.5" floppy drive. Is there a way to back up data to a memory stick...
Hi Dan Yes! However I don't know if your version would do this or not. I quit using the 3.5 quite some time ago. The flash drive is really the way to go. ...
Dan, Please see my Dec 9 post on how to backup to a USB stick from Windows: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RailOp/message/5403 Chris Atkins Lewisville, TX...
From the responses seen, it appears that version 7.7.7 is the most recent in which cabooses work reliably. Since I'm getting error messages that indicate a...
... help, at least for me. ... Don, As Tom said, Frolin is the "Ace of the Base" on this software. However, there are many of us that would be glad to help....
... Dan, This is VERY easy to migrate your data and program over, if you first, don't bother with the built in backup process. Does the old PC have the ability...
... Dave, I will definately second that. This "Fro'line guy" knows some good stuff, but there is a bunch of folks in this group that know lots of stuff and...
Marshal Here is what I got when I was sent version 7.7.3 a while back. Staging was not showing the proper space available because of some engine ghosts that ...
Dave is quite correct. The engine file format changed slightly with Version 7.7.3. This was highlighted in red in the Revision List, and specified the...
To prevent movement of cars E - W that you don't want, you may find it necessary to introduce two towns at the midpoint and a phantom train that runs between...
I installed RO on my new Laptop running Windows Vista. Now the Help File is non-functional and I am unable to get the .DAT files from the old machine to open...
... Phil, Well then double-shame on you... because if you go type VISTA in the Message base 'search' field, you get many of the messages that answer the...
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