Purpose:

Tracks are inventoried to allow capturing the topology of your layout for automation. Industrial tracks, or sidings allow industries to specify where goods are shipped from or received.

Screen Images:

The following figure shows some of the tracks in my layout inventory.

This figure shows the specification of a track.

Data Description:

Track/Siding ID - unique name for this track segment; up to 20 characters

Track Name - long name to more easily recognize when making choices of tracks; up to characters

Purpose - up to characters

Actual Model Length - length of this track segment in inches

Prototype Length - computed from Actual Model Length and Scale of your railroad.

Operational Status - set to out of service to disallow use in operations

Maximum Grade - zero to 5.9%; reserved for future usage.

Maximum Speed - reserved for future usage.

Restricted Speed - reserved for future usage.

Track # - unique number; only required for layout automation features

Function Descriptions:

Single Siding Report - Print a track data report
Summary Sidings Report - Print a report summarizing all tracks
View Siding Pix - if you have a picture, show it in your preferred viewer
Copy a Rail Siding Record - if some information is in common between two tracks
Create Default Siding Stop Point - if a station stop or industry stop is on this track, this is a short cut that defiens the stop record
Create Web Page - if you are supporting a web site of your track information

How to Use:

Use for all industrial sidings that can ship or receive commodities. Use for block, signal, transponder location data. Use for layout automation.