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The Ry-ops-industrialSIG list, (Ops-Ind) is the primary discussion list of the Operations SIG of the NMRA and the NMRA's Industries SIG.

The purpose of this list is to provide a forum for railway modellers to discuss railroad operations as well as to model industry practices and operations. Operations is a series of events that are required to complete a task. We expect this list to show how these tasks should be set out to accomplish your goal. Discussions will include, among other things, how best to simulate the operations of prototype railways and how to operate trains by Train Orders or Centralized Traffic Control. Computers or car cards (a manual car card waybill system)will be discussed.

Do you know how all the industries you model actually carry on day to day business? Where do typical raw materials come from to produce their products? Where do the finished products go? How are industry practices and railway operations linked? All of these questions are typical of what we plan to discuss on the Ops-Ind list.

The list is open to all who have an interest in simulating the operations of railways and industries on their layouts.
FAQ for OPSIG is at http://www.opsig.org/reso/primer/

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Re: Operations Software
Our club uses JMRI ops software. We provide members a selection of cars and locations separate from the ops cars and locations to play with. Our ops cars
Posted - Wed May 15, 2013 3:14 pm
Doc
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Re: Operations Software
The system that Dave is refering to is the "Car Order" system and I agree is an excellent choice for a club. I can be very simple to somewhat sophisticated as
Posted - Tue May 14, 2013 6:00 pm
dmirob
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Re: Operations Software
... Tag on car systems are good for model clubs because there is no paperwork or record keeping and since the tages are on the cars, you can't misplace them.
Posted - Tue May 14, 2013 5:31 pm
David Husman
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Re: Operations Software
I originally went for a computer program but it took too much time on the computer so I am using car cards. They are cheap and easy to change plus once they
Posted - Tue May 14, 2013 5:28 pm
Wayne
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Re: Operations Software
Hello Captain Brigg, This one is tricky. Not so much in picking a software package but more due to the fact that cars are moved around between op sessions.
Posted - Tue May 14, 2013 5:24 pm
DennisD
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