RailScanPro Documentation & Help
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Community
6 articles across help and learning in this area.
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Circuits, Lines, and Community Forums
Use Circuits for forum-style discussions, Lines for groups or channels, Connections for operators, and public community pages for guest browsing.
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Learning
Following Other Collectors
Build your model railroad community by following collectors who model what you love — find kindred spirits by scale, prototype road, era, or technique.
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Making Your Railroad Public
Share your layout or collection with a public page that anyone can visit — showcase your railroad to the world without requiring visitors to create an account.
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Private Wire Messages
Use Private Wire for direct messages, understand mobile message routes, and troubleshoot missing conversations.
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Using Telegraph Office
Read the Telegraph feed, post Wires, manage your own Wires, discover community activity, and understand RailScanPro social terminology.
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Using Telegraph Office
Telegraph Office is RailScanPro's social platform — a community built around the railroad metaphor, where posts are Wires and your feed is the Main Line.
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Getting Started
Set up your account, add your first items, and get productive in your first five minutes.
- Adding Your First Item
- Can't Log In? Troubleshooting Login Issues
- Missing Data? Recover Deleted Items
- Setting Up Your Railroad Profile
- Slow Performance? Speed Up RailScanPro
Asset Management & Collection
Catalog rolling stock, organize collections, manage photos and AI recognition, and track maintenance and valuations.
- AI Not Recognizing Items?
- Bulk Photo Upload
- Creating Insurance Reports
- Estate Planning for Model Railroad Collectors
- Exporting Your Data
Marketplace
Buy and sell equipment safely — listings, offers, auctions, and saved searches.
- Buying in the Marketplace
- Finding & Buying Equipment
- Listing Items for Sale
- Marketplace Auctions and Offers
- Marketplace Saved Searches
RailCommand
Run your layout end to end: import, operating sessions, engineer cab, CTC dispatching, signals, and hardware.
- Car Cards & Waybills: The Heart of Model Railroad Operations
- Car Cards and Waybills
- Economy-Driven Traffic
- Import a Layout from TrainController
- Introduction to Operations
Integrations & Reference
Connect RailScanPro to JMRI and layout hardware, plus data import and export reference.
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Clubs & Museums
Member management, museum accession workflows, public galleries, and donor recognition.
- Creating Public Galleries
- Donor Recognition Features
- Managing Members and Roles
- Museum Collection and Claim Workflows
- Setting Up Your Club
Community
Telegraph Office, private wires, circuits and lines, and the wider RailScanPro community.
- Circuits, Lines, and Community Forums
- Following Other Collectors
- Making Your Railroad Public
- Private Wire Messages
- Using Telegraph Office
Account & Billing
Plans, payment methods, billing history, and account and organization setup.
- Account and Organization Setup
- Canceling Your Subscription
- Founding Member Benefits
- Payment Failed? Fix a Declined Payment
- Updating Payment Method
Digital Presence
Public railroads, public galleries, and sharing your collection with the world.
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Reports
Collection insights, insurance-ready documentation, and data export.
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RailScanPro University
Go deeper than reference: courses, certifications, and hands-on training for operators and clubs.
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