The good news is that the current technologies available for model railroad command and control has never been better. The bad news is keeping track of all the devices and their interconnections. Documentation has not gotten easier. In fact, we not only have point to point wiring but more multi-drop busses and electronic device register constants to maintain.

To help us manage our railroads as we add all the neat stuff, we have been building software to help us manage the electronic configuration of the railroad. The major components of the Configuration Inventory are:

• Control Device Types,
• Control Device Models,
• Control Devices,
• Tracks,
• Block Sensors ,
• Turnouts plus remote control,
• Signals plus remote control,
• Transponders
• Track Joiners
• Routes through multiple turnouts,