Purpose:

An Industry buys and/or sells one or more commodities that ship on your railroad. An industry is a company facility that may be on or off your layout. A company may multiple industry facilities on or off your layout.

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Data Description:

Industry ID - unique ID up to 20 characters

Industry Name - long name for industry; up to 35 characters

On Layout - "N" if this is one of your industries. "N" means that you must deliver commodities or passengers via an Interchange on your layout. To simulate delivery, cars are set out or picked up at the interchange. "N" does not necessarily imply that you are using the MLO Internet capability.

On Internet - 'Y' if this Industry if available for MLO use. The Industry may be your industry or one of your Partners

Function Descriptions:

Set On Layout and On Internet flags as appropriate. If not set, MRRM will assume the Industry is ON your layout and is NOT available for Internet MLO

How to Use:

An Industry record must be present for it to buy or sell with any other Industry on or off your layout. There are MLO tools to update your Industry list with the Partner Industries that you will 'do business' with.