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RailCommand
24 articles across help and learning in this area.
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Car Cards & Waybills: The Heart of Model Railroad Operations
Car forwarding is the system that gives every freight car a purpose. Learn how the 4-cycle waybill method works and how RailScanPro generates it automatically for your layout.
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Car Cards and Waybills
Generate prototype-style car cards and four-cycle waybills to drive realistic freight car movements.
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Economy-Driven Traffic
How RailCommand generates prototype-plausible car traffic from an economy model, how the before/after comparison dashboard proves it matches your imported history, and the owner dials that tune it.
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Import a Layout from TrainController
Create a new RailCommand layout from a TrainController .yrrg/.yrl file: upload, attest ownership, review the per-type Transform Tables, resolve the flagged decode questions, and create the layout.
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Introduction to Operations
What operations means in model railroading, and how RailScanPro's RailCommand system brings prototype-style sessions to your layout.
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JMRI and RailScanPro: Better Together
JMRI controls your hardware. RailScanPro manages your collection, routes your cars, and dispatches your crews. Here's how they work together without duplicating effort.
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JMRI Integration Guide
Connect RailScanPro and JMRI for roster workflows, imports, and layout data that can support RailCommand operations.
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Operations Daily Puzzles
Practice car routing and switching technique every day with a fresh switching puzzle — no layout required.
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RailCommand Blocks (Detection Blocks)
Create and edit RailCommand detection blocks — the geometry rule, the block-detail sub-window with sensors and markers, and how occupancy and train identity display during operation.
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RailCommand CTC Dispatcher
Use CTC and dispatcher views for route authority, block awareness, turnout and signal state, and crew coordination.
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RailCommand Desktop App
When to use the RailCommand desktop app, how it relates to the web app, and what the local runtime controls.
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RailCommand Emergency Stop
Understand when to use emergency stop and how to recover safely before resuming operation.
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RailCommand Engineer Cab
Operate an assigned locomotive or train safely from Engineer Cab or a paired tablet.
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RailCommand Hardware Setup
Configure DCC hardware, run detection, and understand hardware health before operating.
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RailCommand Layout and Panel Editors
Build the operating layout and CTC-style panels that power dispatching, car routing, and train operations.
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RailCommand Offline, Degraded, and Practice Operation
Understand what can continue when cloud sync, local runtime, or hardware connectivity changes.
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RailCommand Operating Sessions (Running Trains)
Start an operating session, choose its richness (Arcade to full Operating-Session), dispatch and lock routes, drive trains computer- or human-driven through one interceptor, and use emergency stop under the local-first safety model.
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RailCommand Ops Readiness
Use Ops Readiness to confirm a layout is ready before starting or resuming an operating session.
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RailCommand Routes: Graph-Derived Paths and TrainController Verification
Understand how RailCommand derives operable routes from the track graph, how the imported TrainController route set verifies connectivity (Matched / Underivable / informational), and how interlocking routes are set and locked in an operating session.
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RailCommand Signals and Object Tables
Configure signals and the per-type object tables (turnouts, sensors, toggles), understand how signal aspects are data-driven from derived graph topology, and author signal facing.
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RailCommand Tablet and Runtime Concepts
Understand desktop, tablet/browser, Avalonia, UE5/local runtime, pairing, relay mode, and why safety-critical decisions stay local.
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RailCommand Yardmaster and Crew Coordination
Coordinate yard work, crew assignments, car cards, switchlists, staging, and dispatcher communication during RailCommand sessions.
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Starting a RailCommand Operating Session
Prepare a layout, check readiness, start or resume a session, assign crews, and open the right operator view.
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Track Schematic: Drawing Your Layout in RailScanPro
A track schematic is your layout's blueprint — it powers dispatching, car routing, and CTC panel display. Here's why every operating layout should have one.
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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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