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Model RailRoad Manager

• Quick Start Automated Traffic Generation

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Define a division

• Specify division name
• declare as On your layout

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Define division yards citytown

• Specify citytown name
• Identify the division hosting the citytown

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Define Yard track/siding

• Specify track name
• a single track for arrival/departure/storage is
  sufficient to get started
• declare tracks rail class as Yard

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Define a Yard stop

• A spot on the yard track for arrival/departure
  trains
• Specify Stop name this stop, say MyYard, is also
  the Yard Name
• Identify the track hosting the stop

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Define Citytowns Homeyard

• Each citytown is served by a yard
• Reopen the citytown record
• Assign the Yard stop, MyYard , as Homeyard to
  this Citytown

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Define two more city/towns

• Specify citytown names (say Town1 and Town2)
• Assign the same Division
• Assign the MyYard yard stop to each citytown

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Define a Buyer Industry

• Specify Buyer name (say Industry1)
• Define a track/siding in Town1 for Industry1
• Define a Receiving Stop for Industry1
• Specify consumption activity (commodity, reorder
  frequency, etc.)

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Define a Seller Industry

• Specify Seller name (say Industry2)
• Define a track in Town 2 for Industry2
• Assign track rail class as Industrial Siding
• Define a Shipping Stop for Industry2

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Define some rolling stock

• Specify at least one locomotive
• Specify some freight cars with AAR code
  appropriate for the commodity to be moved
• Assign MyYard as Homeyard for each loco and car
• Specify production activity (commodity,
  production rate, etc.)

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Define a train

• Give Train a number, say 711, based on type
  (say a local)
• Assign a Consist name to the train (say 4BA3)
• Assign origin and destination as MyYard
• Assign stop sequence as MyYard, Town1, Town2,
  MyYard

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Inspect Make Shipments from Industry Partners
tabpage

• Confirm that buyer and seller are recognized as
  automated trading partners
• Set the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) clock date and
  time
• Start the Industries working by advancing the
  clock by one or more hours
• Continue to step clock until at least one
  Shipment is created

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Inspect the Shipment tabpage

• Note that for each shipment, multiple routing
  legs are created
• Routing legs specify the sequence of moves of
  your cars from Shipper to Consignee
• Routing legs correspond to waybills
• A train is required for each routing leg movement

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Open Generate Industry Traffic and Train
Activity window

• Add train 711 to manifest list
• Set train starting time per Suggested Train
  Start Times button report
• Advance clock if train start time has not arrived
• Click the Auto-generate this Manifest button
• Or Click the buttons 1 thru 6 on the Generate
  Manifest Sequence
• The manifest status will progress from Not
  Ready to Completed as the schedule and
  switchlist are created and the train is run in
  batch mode

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Inspect the results of this Manifest Generation

• Baseline Schedule shows the train stop sequence
• Train Actual Schedule shows date and time for
  arrival and departure at each stop
• Train Switchlists shows the switchlist for the
  local to pickup and setout the cars ordered by
  Industry1 from Industry2
• Run Trains shows the results of the train when
  run is completed in automated batch mode.

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Continue

• Add new trains
• Add new manifests
• step clock as needed
• Generate manifests creating schedules,
  switchlists and runs