Trainventory 6.5

The Trainventory software is an abbreviated version of our popular Visual Train Caboodle program and contains the Model Train inventory component and a Car Card and Waybill section. It was designed to provide a simpler solution for managing collections and when the user is ready he/she may upgrade to Visual Train Caboodle without having to re-enter information. The software which is a full Windows application is designed to run on any personnel computer that supports Windows95/98/NT/2000 and will keep track of the following information including:

A number of individuals have written numerious articles about model railroad layour operation so we will only summarize the workings of Car Cards and Waybills in Trainventory. If you need more information then please try and locate the materials form some of past model railroad magazines:

August 1960, Model Railroader, Page 26, Terry Walsh
February 1965, Railroad Model Craftsman, Page 28, Paul Mallery
February 1978, Railroad Model Craftsman, Page 68
March 1993, Railroad Model Craftsman, Car Card and Waybill System

The first step in the process is to create one car card for every piece of rolling stock you have on your layout.. When printed, this card is folded to store Waybills into and contains enough information is on the card to identify the piece of equipment and the home yard location.
The next step is to create waybills for the movement of cars around your layout. You are not limited to the number of waybills that may be created, if you need 8 waybills just enter them into the program, if you need a 100, no problem! Information includes Receiver, Shipper, Lading, Routing, and any special instructions. Once completed these can be printed, folded and stored into the Car Card pocket.

Benefits

Unique asset number assigned by software
Category/Subcategory of model
Classification of model
Reporting Marks and number
Scale
Description and paint scheme.