Month: December 2025

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Review: PowerPoint-like AnyRail Track Planner (Updated)

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Update 21.12. and 29.12.: I have updated this post with more information about the AnyRail features and changed the title from MS Office-like to PowerPoint-like. It was a coincidence that I discovered the AnyRail track planner software. I had previously used the licensed version of SCARM (Simple Computer Aided Railway Modeller) for track planning. SCARM is a well-established layout planning program with a solid model train simulator and a 3D viewer. Some features take practice to master—just like any new software or hobby. I decided to give AnyRail a try to see how it compares and what, if anything, it … Continue reading Review: PowerPoint-like AnyRail Track Planner (Updated)

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Mehr als ein FRED in Hand: Zugführer-Holster zum Tragen von Werkzeugen

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In 99 % der Fälle bei FREMO-Treffen übernimmt das Fahrpersonal als Mitspieler faktisch zwei zusammengebundene Rollen: Lokführer und Zugführer. Ich selbst habe nur ein einziges Mal – beim H0-RP25-Treffen in Spabrücken – erlebt, dass Lokführer und Zugführer tatsächlich getrennte Rollen waren; beide arbeiteten dabei mit identischen Buchfahrplänen. In 99% of cases at FREMO meetings, the operating crew as participants effectively take on two combined roles: locomotive driver and train conductor. I myself have experienced only once – at the H0-RP25 meeting in Spabrücken – that the roles of locomotive driver and train conductor were actually separated; in that case, both … Continue reading Mehr als ein FRED in Hand: Zugführer-Holster zum Tragen von Werkzeugen