To add a location as a siding: in the Add Location window, type the Name
of the siding location, note most of the window is greyed out until the location is added. The location name must be unique; the program will not allow two locations with identical names. However, if you want more than one location to have the same name for your manifests and switch lists, add a hyphen and a number to the locations name. For example, "Boston-1" and "Boston-2" will print as "Boston". The program will remove the hyphen and number when printing manifests and switch lists.
Now select Operations at this location Sidings, then press the at the bottom of the window.
A siding can be an industry or any place where a car is loaded or unloaded. For a train to service a location, there must be at least one track for that location.
This opens the Add Location window with all the options enabled.
You may select This location is serviced by trains traveling, select at least or any number of the directions depending on access to your siding. We have selected North and South
You can decide which train direction the location can service. For example, if only south bound trains can access the location select "South" and deselect the other directions. This can be useful if you want to support only trailing point switching for a given location. If a location can support multiple directions then select the ones that are appropriate.
Local Switcher: If you want only a local switcher to service a siding, deselect all of the direction boxes for that siding. The program will only allow a train that has one location in its route (local switcher) to service the siding. This would be useful if you wanted your trains to pick up and drop cars to a yard, and then have a local switcher move them to the town's sidings.
Next Select the rolling stock serviced by this location, note the and may be used to select. We have used the Clear All button and then selected Boxcar and Gondola for this location.
You can control the rolling stock a location can service. Push the to deselect all types, or to select all types, then select or deselect the rolling stock you wish the location to accept.
Since the Operations at this location is a Sidings the is now enabled near the bottom of the window.
We also have the option to or
Press then the Add Siding Track window is displayed, so that you can detail the siding
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In Name type the specific siding track to be serviced at this location. Length of the siding track in scale feet. You may enter the measurement in actual inches as and the program will convert to the scale feet that you select during setup. Press the siding track is added and the greyed out features are activated. |
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You may Select the roads serviced by this track Accept all Default accepts rolling stock from any railroad. Accept only Allows you to list the railroads whose rolling stock you will accept. Exclude Accept all rolling stock except from those railroads that are excluded. We will use the default. If you want to edit the roads accepted go to Select road serviced Optional Schedule may be edited. You may enter a Comment for the track. You may now press to add to the location or press if you do not want to store the track. If you want to add another track to this siding location, then enter new data and Press to add the track. Close the window when done with this location. |
The Add Location window shows one siding track at the Warehouse in Red Valley.
If you want to change information for any track entry, press and the Edit Siding Track window will open.
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Note that it is identical to the Add Siding Track except for the title. Change any of the entries that you want to edit and then press the to save the changes. You may also from your data base. When done with editing close the window. |
The Locations window shows all the locations in your database.
You may Edit any one of them, which opens the Edit Location window, which is the same as the Add Location window except it contains the info for the location you are editing.
You may add as many locations and track as you need to complete the description of your layout.
