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These additions, corrections and changes are a result of operations here over the past month. The "List of Pickups" was discussed at the ProTrak Weekend in October (Item #2 requested). The option on a waybill for not-routing a car to a railroad-owned cleaning track was also requested then.
Additions
1) Car Query (Exceptions/Query)
- added menu items to allow marking a car "Cleaned" or "RIP'ed".
2) On waybill "edit" window - option to have "car cleaned at customer" (rather sending to railroad-owned cleaning track)
3) "Pickups" - added window to show results. If car is not picked up a reason is listed.
- list can be printed
- see "Yardmaster/Classified cars" - button at bottom of window
4) sound decoder types listed on "List of Engines/Locomotives"
5) assigning car-orders to cars, for "restricted cars" (pools, shippers, commodities)
- 1st preference is to assign car assigned to a shipper
- 2nd preference is to assign car restricted to a commodity (i.e. cars assigned to gravel service, regardless of shipper)
6) Exceptions/Show cars at Zone. Added zone-code to listing (station name only was listed)
7) Radio-throttles:
a) added ability to "flip" between two consists
b) added "pseudo airbrake" option when in direct mode (air brake is always active in power-modeling mode)
8) at "Report Train" when using option to selectively set-off/pick-up one car, more options for car location (in or to train, at or to customer, in or to yard)
9) when "reporting" a train, and report is clicked by accident, added a "Cancel" option.
Changes/corrections
1) On-screen (Preview) Train Consist ("Switchlist")
- display for waybill details updated when waybill changed (also on "Query" window)
2) Car maintenance, detailed bad-order - display corrected (the "e")
3) finding top and bottom stations for steepest grade (for blocking for dynamics and use of helpers)
4) at option for finding suitable waybill for a car (Edit Car window) - when waybill weight is just slightly greater than car-capacity then allow car
5) routing long cars (90 to 96 feet over couplers) to staging. Allow cars up to 5 feet longer than staging-track curvature would otherwise allow
6) the "biggie". When train is overlength (by number-of-cars, tons or feet) a correction as to where car *removed" is placed (i.e. to the yard where the car is). We chatted briefly about this on the tour-weekend.
OK?
Jim
Andy, Bob,
As we discussed at the tour weekend here, the Update also allows for changing a "Yd" to a "y" (in the middle of a "day").
Thanks for the notarized statement absolving me of any issues related to "cars scheduled through the former Yd" and of course "trains reporting at the former Yd". Lots of corrections for you to make.
Have fun!
Jim
7:12 am
May 11, 2015
Thanks, Jim, you ARE the man!! 🙂  Got all the switches in the rebuilt south end of Gresham. Should be up and running in a little over a week!! Still need to get the weekend pics posted!! Best, AndyÂ
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Best, Andy Keeney
Look out for #1 but don't step in #2!!
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