The fremo style car card and waybill can be downloaded from my site. The model railroad club of union, new jersey video download. Electronic waybills are delivered in a file and the information is formatted in a standard way enabling computer systems to automatically import them. However, at the barrie train show february, 2009, i found that hobbyworx had all the micromark car cards operations boxes and paperwork. What i came across in the february model railroader was an article by ted pamperin on his system, which is illustrated above in my waybills. Waybills can be made with standard or free software on a home computer on plain paper. Car cards enables you to utilize your computer and printer to produce some. Theres a number of different model rr software products out there to create car cards and waybills for your model railroad, or preprinted forms like the ones you can get from micromark that you fill in by hand. I liked this system, and it looked realistic, yet small enough to fit in the micromark bill boxes i had already ordered for the layout. The actual owner of the card can be either a consist or a location. Once the information has been entered there are many ways to view, query, report, and graph what you own. Essence of model railroad operations model trains and model. For model ops purposes, there are 4 spots on the waybill, marked 1, 2, 3, and 4.
See what modeler lee nicholas developed to quickly move his waybill information between dispatcher and train operators and make his model railway operations more efficient. Easy model railroad inventory is designed to inventory all of your model railroad rolling stock, locomotives and cars, the structures, electronic equipment, book collection. When confronted with a problem or challenge, the model railroad hobbyist is often known to think outside the box for an innovative solution. Use this guide to understand model railroad waybills and learn how they make model railroading more interesting and realistic. These downloads are uncrippled 30 day demos and for registered users to upgrade. After my presentation at the fall gateway convention, a voice from the back of the room asked if i could convert it to an article for the rpo. Anatomy of a waybill accounting code railroad name title type of waybill use statement. The specific design of the car cards and waybills is inspired by the ones we use at the club created and printed using the shipit model railroad software. Apr 25, 2011 model railroader is the worlds largest magazine on model trains and model railroad layouts. Model railroad operation model railroad operation is a fun and interesting role playing game where the players operators use model trains to simulate the movements of real trains and the actions of real railroad employees complexity and realism related to ease of use generally, the more realistic the freight forwarding system is, the. The carcard waybill combination shows where each car is going next, and yard files help you sort cards and cars together to make up trains. Waybills are taken at random from the waybill rack. Therefore, many, if not most, model railroads operations use a car cardwaybill system to generate freight revenue traffic. Model railroad operations card cards, waybills, train.
See what modeler lee nicholas developed to quickly move his waybill information between dispatcher and train operators and. Basics of car cards and waybills for model railroad operation. Prototypical waybills for car card operation, railroad model craftsman. Your local stops at end of modeled montauk branch, blissville yard. The model railroad club of union, new jersey allen kellers great model railroads volume 32. The modeler would bill cars by selecting the waybills and then writing in the car number on the waybill. Car cards prints out three main types of model railroad paperwork. Bob johnson president pseudosoo line model railroad.
Foursided waybills can be modified to include a field for weighing information weighed box in the lower right corner of each half of the bill. Get electronic waybills from railroads for railcar tracking. How to set up car cards operations on a model railroad. The specific design of the car cards and waybills is inspired by the ones we use at the club created and printed using the shipit model railroad. Waybills are sorted in this small office that accompanies a freight yard on a model railroad. You determine what trains your railroad will run and what destinations each train will serve, and use the waybills to show which cars go into which train. Waybill message tubes for the model railroad hobbyist mra. The car card and way bills page program will allow the model railway owner to maintain a. Reviewing shipit model railroad operations software. Facing yard a on our model railroad, you are facing north. Operation handbook for model railroads carstens publications, inc.
Mar 24, 2016 my version of sessionsoperations for model railway or railroad can be run by yourself, or together with one or more friends. Includes micro trains database of all cars they have produced. The do article was intended to explain the various parts of prototype waybills, which is essential if blank waybills are to be filled out properly for model use. This is a companion piece that helps you organize your database and balance the cars you have against the industries needs. My version of sessionsoperations for model railway or railroad can be run by yourself, or together with one or more friends. When the empty car was spotted, the agent would cross off the car. You can see some examples in both the articles cited below of filledout waybills and of the corresponding model freight cars on the layout. The mitrains and waybills programs only print the car cards and waybills. Download and modify multiple waybill forms to add realistic operation to your model train layout. Object the object of the prototype railroad is to efficiently and cost effectively move cargo to a destination specified by the customer. The car cards are the easiest part and they are also setup on the car card generator. On an impulse i bought the starter set and some extra cards. A waybill is an internal railroad bill of lading with pick up and set out stops. Waybills for your model railroad download and modify multiple waybill forms to add realistic operation to your model train layout published.
Those are pretty simplistic but may be a good starting point. My version of sessionsoperations for model railway or railroad can be. Car cards and waybills, which are used to tell you where cars should be picked up and dropped off on your layout. I would like to see if i can get some information on the model railroad operations,i have a 8x8 layout that i have been working on for sometime and i am getting to the point of being ready to start my operation. Car cards and waybills are used at usamerican railroads since decades. Anyone is permitted to download and, if desired, print this document.
Details for car cards, waybills and the color coding you can find in the american standard. Waybills may be manually created for any lading and class use. Computer software for model railroaders mitrains a comprehensive inventory system for all railroad models and memorabilia. Without getting into the complexity of computergenerated traffic, ship it.
When the empty car was spotted, the agent would cross off the car order section and fold the waybill with the inside out. Model railroad operations card cards, waybills, train orders. Simple card tricks for operations model railroader. Basics of car cards and waybills for model railroad. Apr 02, 20 download car cards and way bills page for free. Hopefully making it available with corrections and color will assist in that direction. The car card and way bills page program will allow the model railway owner to maintain a database for his rolling stock as well as generating paper work for operating his layout, with the car card and way bill system. There is also a carcards yahoo group that has some resources in its file section. Getting real more prototypical waybills model railroad hobbyist. Excel car cards and waybills model railroad hobbyist. Paperwork for model railroad track scales boulder creek. Model railroad software let our software help improve your. This allows you to print out a range of car cards or waybills. For 4 cycle waybills it takes 4 passes to get the information printed on them.
Download copies of waybills and nonrevenue equipment for model railroad operating sessions. Here are the articles published so far another one is pending at the dispatchers office for 2011. As mentioned before, i was intrigued by the more prototypical waybill and especially the plastic sleeve mentioned in model railroaders feb. Xtrackcad is a cad program for designing model railroad layouts. Real world waybills display near the top, just below the car number and even before the origin or commodity, the complete beginningtoend railroad routing of the shipment. For we model railroaders the object is to move cars in a manner that closely emulates the prototype. If you are using 2 position waybills, use the print all with 2 positions menu selection. In real life, waybills are usually oneway documents to a single destination although there are cases where a split load would be spotted at successive locations to unload. Their carload waybill sample is a sample of confidential railroad waybills used to develop a database of rail shipment information. My question is about the useing of car cards and waybills,i have not seen to much about this but it sounds very interesting to me and i would like to learn more about it. Model railroader is the worlds largest magazine on model trains and model railroad layouts.
But theyre fairly easy to make yourself with almost any spreadsheet software. The sizes are orientated at commercial products, which can be bought in usa. The waybills are then placed into each carcard, with either east or westbound freight or mixed freight showing at the front of the card. Nov 28, 2004 basics of operations, car cards and waybills for your model railroad layout. With our car routing system and our instruction book included, youll learn how to use your railroad models in a manner that truly reflects their realism and capabilities.
The model railroad club of union, new jersey allen kellers great model railroads volume 32 the model railroad club of union, new jersey is a legend in the hobby and has provided 50 years of innovation and enjoyment for its members and the public. I have seen no other system be as flexible and as reliable as the car card system for model railroads, regardless of era. It will name the railroads involved and possibly, but often not, the junction points between them. Coupling sighting clm data with waybill data aka shipping instructions can be a powerful combination. Get electronic waybills from railroads for railcar. Some waybills include additional helpful information, such as the last date the car was shipped or special handling requirements. An update on car cards and waybills between other modeling projects i have slowly been finalizing my car cards and waybills. White cards are a simple two leg journey, but the blue cards are a three leg journey. Railroad model craftsman, december 2009 prototypical waybills for car card operation. Car cards can help you in producing car cards, waybills, form 19s, form 31s, and switchlists for your model railroad. Input information such as reporting marks, car number, aar car type, color of car. Waybills penn central hitop secondary model railroad. Prototypical waybills for car card operation, railroad model craftsman, december 2009, pp.
For example, not only will you know where your railcars are and what station they are destined. The fremo style car card and waybill can be downloaded from my. The model railroad club of union, new jersey is a legend in the hobby and has provided 50 years of innovation and enjoyment for its members and the public. Operations special interest group in short op sig these 4 links will download waybills and card cards. They follow the same dimensions and general form factor, although i have tweaked the design a little to customize it for my own purposes especially of the shipment waybill insert slips. Click on the links below to download the excel files. Dec 09, 2010 you can see some examples in both the articles cited below of filledout waybills and of the corresponding model freight cars on the layout. Jul 18, 2011 get electronic waybills from railroads for railcar tracking in this post, im going to share with you how and why to get electronic waybills directly from the railroads along with some tools, links and information to help you do it more easily. This is the same as a manilla folder, you can even use a folder cut to a4. This allows you to print only the waybills which have been filled. The sample contains data such as origin, destination, commodity, car count, weight. Model railroaders do not have actual customers requesting empty cars to be filled or for full cars to be moved.
The goal is to move towards a more realistic waybill following the prototype a little more closely than what many model railroaders have become familiar with, the 4 cycle waybill put into a car card holder. The february 2012 issue of model railroader had an interesting article on advancing the state of car cards and waybills used for operations. Waybills are created automatically for your 2nd, 3rd and 4th class freight traffic if you use the semiautomatic traffic generator described on another web page. White color, 2 inches wide x 3 inches high, 4cycle. Shipit has a car cards operations version that allows you to download and print car card information and waybills based on your own setup. Regardless of which system you use, every model railroad waybill is going to contain at least two basic types of information car identification. If you are already a shipit owner i also recommend that you buy jean piquettes deluxe balancer model railroad software program. Understanding model railroad waybills and operations. In my system it would generate waybills with everything but the car number filled out.
Use our car routing system to operate your layout like a real railroadrealistic operation greatly increases the the overall realism of both your individual models and your model railroad as a whole. I believe in this computerized era packets of waybills went the way of the local. Car cards enables you to utilize your computer and printer to produce some of the nicestlooking railroad paperwork around. That takes care of the rolling stock portion of operations. Excel car cards and waybills algoma central in ho scale.
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