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OperationsPro

A subset of JMRI which is used to prepare and print out manifests and/ or switch lists to assist in operating sessions of your model railroad.

In order to produce these you will need to enter information about your layout?

? --? ( a good read first)

After providing information about SETTINGS, LOCATIONS, CARS and LOCO you will be able to create? ROUTES and TRAINS which will be used to move cars around the layout.

SETTINGS:?

This is where you enter information about Operations and your layout

Then name of your Railroad
Scale of your layout
Maximum length of trains to be run
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LOCATIONS:

An area of the layout which will consist of industries which will require rolling stock to be serviced

A layout can have one or more locations.

? ? ? ? ? ?A Location can consist of any number of tracks (spurs), yards or interchanges?

? ? ? ? ? ? Each Location will require a unique name and the types of rolling stock which will be allowed into the location.? ? ??

? ? ? ? Each track, yard or interchange? will require a:

unique name
length (feet)
types of rolling stock which can be served
indication as to whether it is a spur, a yard or an Interchange
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The types of rolling stock at each location or track can be changed at any time.

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CARS:?

Details of each piece of equipment? on the layout; including?

road number
name
colour
length (in feet)
type of car
location and track where car exists currently on the layout (if known)
current load in car (optional)
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LOCOMOTIVES:?

Details of each locomotive on the layout

road number
name
colour
length (in feet)
location and track where loco exists currently on the layout (if known)
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ROUTES:?

Essentially a listing of the locations which a train will visit and the order in which the train will visit these locations

requires a unique name
the name of each location to be visited
number of moves allowed at each location? --? each pick up or set out is one move
whether a location will allow set outs or pick ups or both?
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TRAINS:

Details of any train which will be run

name of train
Description of Train
locomotive to be used (optional)
type of cars to be serviced
a Route for the train to use
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SCHEDULES:

Allows you to determine the types and number of cars and loads which will be received by and shipped from any particular spur/track. You can also specify the destination of a type of car.