The products of the Railroad & Co.™ family are used in countless users and clubs and have already
been presented frequently in the press.
The following pages offer a selection of important references and collects information about Railroad & Co.™
The list, however, not exhaustive.
The products of the Railroad & Co.™ family are indeed distinguished by very simple
and intuitive use and understandability.
But even the most comfortable user interface and detailed documentation does not answer all questions or
solve all problems. Therefore, additional customized help is available:
The Railroad & Co.™
User Forum
is a discussion forum for all users of Railroad & Co.™
Here you can discuss all your ideas, experiences and questions around Railroad & Co.™ with other users.
It is particularly intended for questions regarding the practical application of our software.
So if you want to know how certain problems can be solved in practice,
the forum is the ideal starting point for the search for an answer to such questions.
If you wish to use the personal support of experienced experts or professionals or want to entrust such persons
with the development of PC control, the following companies provide these services. They are
officially authorized by Freiwald Software as
TrainController™ consultants:
Under the name of TC-Wiki,
users of our Railroad & Co.™ products have established a knowledge base for all
Railroad & Co.™ enthusiasts as an independent initiave on a third party server.
This database is constantly expanding with new tips and tricks. So far this Wiki is available in German only.
Training Courses:
Currently we do not offer seminars ourselves. German speaking users can found information about seminars held
by others in german language on the
german version of this page.
Exhibition Layouts:
In St. Petersburg (Russian Federation) an exhibition layout called
Grand-Maket
will show the Russian Federation, the largest country in the world.
Starting in Kaliningrad through the area of St Petersburg, Moscow, Sochi, the Urals to Kamchatka
each region is replicated in detail. On approximately 800 square meters many key objects and
typical buildings are shown. The whole system is controlled by a control booth in the middle of
the model in the "depths of the Ural Mountains." Here, where the land is separated into the European
and Asian part, the control center is located - the heart of the model.
7 computers with
TrainController™ Gold
control the railroad operation of the entire exhibition from here, which is divided into
about 10 individual sections.
A list of very impressive exhibition layouts located in Germany and near by can be found in the
german version of this page.
Manufacturers:
Freiwald Software does not only cooperate with all the leading manufacturers of digital technology, who provide an appropriate computer
interface to their digital system, but also works with major model train manufacturers:
Roco,
one of the world's largest model train manufacturers, has selected
TrainController™ as the basis for the
Rocomotion software. With this software, their own hardware and
TrainProgrammer™ as well as
TrainAnimator™ Roco formed a unique complete set of hardware and
software for model train control, which is offered through specialist shops.
Fleischmann,
also one of the world's largest model train manufacturers, offers the
Rocomotion software also with the digital system developed by Roco.
Press:
The german version of this page contains a very comprehensive list
of articles about TrainController™ and other products
from Freiwald Software published in german train magazines in the last years.
In the December 2010 issue of the Spanish magazine Maquetren there is an extensive report on the annual
meeting of the CTMS group with its modular layout run by TrainController™.
The article highlights the new play possibilities opened with the introduction of
SmartHand™ Mobile, allowing the mix of manual driven
trains - via smartphone or tablet computers - with the fully automated ones.
In a series of articles published in
Model Railroad News (USA)
between April and September 2009 Phil Scandura presented the "Project DCC - Integrating Operation and Automation".
A number of software programs for model railroad computer control was presented in detail, among others our
TrainController™. In the last issue of this series
the author came to the following conclusion:
"Layout Automation Software - This is the one area in which I have a strong opinion. My favorite software package without question is TrainController
from Railroad & Co.™ It was the easiest to use, the most flexible and the most stable. Although it still could benefit
from better user documentation in certain areas, it was head and shoulders above the other packages."
In the April 2009 issue of the Spanish model train magazin Maquetren, Pedro Valero described the
control of the modular layout of the Spanish train association CTMS with
TrainController™.
In issue 12/2001 of the german computer magazine ONLINE-TODAY a benchmark
test of the five leading software programs for model railroad
computer
control was performed. TrainController™
won the highest award !
Issue November 2000 of the french magazine Rail Miniature Flash
contained a presentation of
TrainController™ Version 4.1.
The Marklin Digital Newsletter Jan/Feb 1998 was up to
TrainController™ Version 3.
Please notify us, if you are aware of any other articles about our products published in international train
magazines.
Clubs:
The Bay
Area
ETE Module SIG displayed 18 modules at the Pleasanton GATS Show on
November 23 & 24th, 1996 and received the first prize award. During
this show, fully automated computer control using TrainController™
was demonstrated.
If your club uses TrainController™,
but is not listed here yet, send us a short message. We will be happy to include your club
in this list.
Internet:
David Townend is building an impressive HO scale layout based on Britain's railways in the early 1960's.
The McKinley Railway layout uses
TrainController™
for computer control. The McKinley Railway web site
provides comprehensive information about computer control with
TrainController™ and also a video clip, that demonstrates
its use.
Chris Howarth from Australia sent us by email the following nice story
about TrainController™:
"On a much lighter note, I sat down
at my layout the other evening and
got a few schedules running. After turning out the room lights and
turning
on the building & street lights, I thoroughly enjoyed just sitting
there watching the trains moving in-and-out of the station areas. It
was
so relaxing, I fell asleep and woke about 40 minutes later and
fortunately
found that all the locos were operating just fine - thank goodness for
your software!"
A list of authorized Railroad & Co.™ dealers is
provided
here.
An important note about all references and
links contained on this web site:
The content and information provided
on third party web sites and referred to from this web site express the
views and opinions of the particular author. Freiwald Software declines
any liability for the content and information provided on such third
party web sites. Especially Freiwald Software declines any liability if
the said content and information should violate any legal rights.