Basically, track plans will usually be one of 2 types or a combination of the two. This product may still be available in the european market, but it is ancient history here. Powerful model railroad track planning editor for easy and precise design of scaled. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. The right track software by atlas model railroad co. I dont really want to buy a software because id use it so little so i was wondering what you guys think is the best free software. Ive used it for several years and find it easy to use, once you work through the tutorial. This software allows you to create and customize your very own layout, view it as a 3d model and then generate a shopping list to make your dream layout a. Plans on this site have been designed using anyrail track planning software, available from. Discussion of nonhornby brands is allowed, however, active. The link is still on the website, but it goes to a page that states atlas. Whether it is z, n, tt or h0, any scale is possible. This is another type of model railroad software that you will almost certainly find useful for your train layout not so much for planning purposes, but more for creation of signs, decals, old classic advertisements for your buildings or billboards, simulation of brick or stone walls, stained glass, window treatments, wallpaper, etc. Model flextrack routes in an easy, intuitive and realistic way.
Best track planning software model railroader magazine. If you need more parts,just keep doing it in 50 piece chunks. Accurate turnout templates are key to achieving optimal geometry and knowing you can build exactly what you design. Hornby uk producer of oo gauge model railway rolling stock, structures, track, scenery, lighting, sound, dcc, and accessories.
They are sharing the precious intellectual property, and we thank them sincerely for their trust. What you will end up with is an actual scale drawing of your plan that. Our technical advice bureau are here to help with any railway modelling queries. Model railroader is the worlds largest magazine on model trains and model railroad layouts. Dec 16, 2016 atlas track planning software is one of the easiest programs to use for your track planning for your model railroad. There are 400 designs ranging from branch line stations to cement terminals and even city termini, perfect for your hornby, bachmann and heljan trains to run on. S gauge pointtopoint layouts s loop layouts with strax s freight yard system with strax large and small s trax systems s gauged mixed track system layouts. The lionel o gauge track library is available as are lionel accessories for the postwar and modern eras. Haddon software model railroad design and track planning software for the macintosh. Easily draw figures to create train stations, houses, industries, roads and infrastructure. Xtrackcad is a cad program for designing model railroad layouts. It uses rounded, removable pins to connect the track sections together. The big name right now is cadrail from sandia software.
A fast, easy and free way to plan a layout with realistic constraints. Just download the setup package, install it and start editing your first track plan. A lot of work has gone into this layout design software to make it user friendly. Lionel o gauge layout design software model railroader.
Rr track v5 is the answer for all your toy or model train layout design headaches. Trax supports over a hundred track programs from various manufacturers, including marklin, fleischmann, peco and tillig. Heres a few things i have learned since starting to plan my new layout. Scarm software simple computer aided railway modeller. Libraries for many brands, scales and gauges of track and turnoutspoints and model structures are included. Much like my attitude about digital command control, im looking for products that are reasonably intuitive and allow for ease of use so as to pursue my main objective building and operating a layout. That is the nature of a targeted, nichemarket program such as 3rd planit. Enjoy designing your layout anyrail ensures everything fits. See more ideas about train layouts, model trains, model train layouts. I looked at several trackplanning software products but found them too complicated for my needs and level of skill. They also help to visualize your ideas properly, especially with a 3d feature. Now, 3rd planit not only offers the desired planning tool, but the ability to lay out the production of the initial rightofway, track configuration and. Best free track planning software o gauge railroading on. I just found myself immersed in the possibilities with layout splines, with special interest in the roadbed splines that included their production in hdu foam.
Atlas track planning software is another useful track. For years i used the all gauges track planning template in the back of kalmbachs book 101 track plans for model railroaders by veteran model railroader linn westcott. Run 309 dec 2019jan 2020 o gauge railroading magazine. All necessary tracks parts are available for designing such as straight track. Create a wishlist on our website to send to your local peco retailer.
Software planners are available for all operating systems like mac railmodeller, windows winrail, wintrack, anyrail, pcrail or linux. Right track freeware is a layout planning program for the pc windows only. A fast, easy and free way to plan a layout with realistic. Adding new components is easy with the builtin editor. A quote from their website reflected my perspective. Scarm means simple computer aided railway modeller software for easy and precise design of model train layouts and railroad track plans. It runs on windows, mac and linux, restore anchors for create curve. O gauge the granddaddy of them all, lionel has made o gauge track since 1915, and todays o gauge track looks almost exactly the same as that which rolled off the assembly lines in. Here i will give a short tut on the basics of getting started with the software. It comes with some predesigned race tracks which can be edited by the user as per requirements.
Quick tutorial atlas track planning software youtube. Jun 06, 2016 a quick, super easy and free method to plan a layout with realistic constraints using layout design software called anyrail. I will continue to design oscale and 3rail hi rail plans. Search it for railway layouts and railroad track plans by scale, size, tracks and other criteria. Download the files and see them in 2d editor and 3d viewer of scarm track planner.
The right track software by atlas model railroad co should. The realtrax system is available in our ho, o and standard gauge lineups. Hobby innovations manufactures flexxbed and vinylbed prototoype roadbed for all sizes of 2rail scale track from z to g. The 50 piece limitation can be worked around just save the first part, then start another part with a new name. Track planning tools provide the sanity check, if everything will come together they way you envision it. Unless the project is big, i would skip track planning software and use a track planning template and paper and pencil. O scale sectional track libraries may or may not exist. We developed anyrail because we wanted track planning software that was both userfriendly and accurate. Whether youre looking to switch up your sgauge layout or are creating your first one, here are some track design ideas for your train table or under your tree.
Mi trains makes track planning software for lionel track, including fastrack, and it was used to make several of the plans seen below. Some predesigned track models are available in its library. Atlas track planning software atlas model railroad. The program allows you to design your dream layout using electronic templates of atlas os 21st century track system, atlas n scale and ho scale snaptrack and superflex track, ho truetrack, switches, bridges, turntables, buildings and elec. No more templates to struggle with, no messy erasing and scribbling, no emergency table extensions propped on sawhorses, no last second hacking of the xmas tree, just pop up the menus off this fully graphical software in the gauge of your choice and plan away.
With o gauge, diameter is often used when measuring curves sections. Lionel has three types of o gauge track fastrack, o, and o27 fastrack fastrack, introduced earlier this decade, has become lionels primary track line and is now standard in all lionel train sets. Finally finished putting together the layout i plan to mount on a board for my kids. I will continue to design o scale and 3rail hi rail plans. With scarm you can easily create the layout of your dreams. The track plans drawn on the track planning page of this web site were all created using this software. Track plans model railroad model railroad layouts n scale h0 scale model railway layouts track planning software n gauge model railway station track plans 8 x 4 track plans diorama small track plans free track plans for download model ships n scale model trains harbor micro layout electric trains n scale layouts overhead wiring photos. All 3 rail o gauge track has three rails, spaced evenly apart, with the outer rails 1.
If you are an o gauge modeler and need a track plan, i recommend contacting james adams at affordable model railroads. Point to point simple switching layout continuous running or loop to loop here are some examples of simple continuous running track plans, which can be combined, twisted, duplicated upon each other or stretched out in different ways to make unique track plans none of which look alike. However the measurement is made from the center rail to the center rail, so the actual footprint of the track is slightly larger. Primarily a place for newcomers to ask questions and seek assistance from likeminded individuals, the hornby forum offers a user community for all those interested in railways. As to the atlas o right track freeware, it is no longer available. Anyrail the easiest model railroad design software. A quick, super easy and free method to plan a layout with realistic constraints using layout design software called anyrail.
Rotate switches in the direction you indicate and bend flexible track without cumbersome menu options and mouse clicks. Bachmann o27 williams tubular tracks bassett lowke o hand made tracks. Dec 28, 2014 realtrax layouts designed by trainz using mth realtrax software stay safe and healthy. Train depot track designer is another free track planning software for windows. Atlas track planning software is one of the easiest programs to use for your track planning for your model railroad. Im limited to 5x10 and i wanted to have room for a couple of tunnels, operating accessories and be able to have the train reverse direction to keep the kids from. Peco is a leading manufacturer of model railway accessories and publisher of the hobbys no. If you want a classic, nostalgic look to your layout, o gauge is certainly worth a look. Made of tough, transparent green plastic with holes included for all sizes of track, turnouts and crossing for designing your layout. Lest you think these tools are somehow less effective than software, i used a template to create a very complex triple deck layout design.
O gauge track is all metal, usually with three crossties per section. Anyrail is probably the easiesttouse model railway design tool around. O31 originally appeared in the february 2014 issue of. You agree, through your use of the lionel train forum, that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, threatening, invasive of a persons privacy, adult material, or otherwise.
It runs on windows, mac and linux, simulation of trains. O gauge track is very easy to work with and can be cut into a variety of lengths if needed. The key is to use the software to do the curves for you, that way you wont be doing it inaccurately by hand. The change only appeals to o gauge toy train designs. This software allows you to create and customize your very own layout, view it as a 3d model and then generate a shopping list to make your dream layout a reality. The accuracy of the track plans will therefore vary, but with some careful scenic work they have the potential to be modelled and recognised as a specific location. These curves are shown as oxx, where xx is the diameter of the curve. Track planning software choices when i started in the hobby the only way to draw a track plan was to do it by hand with a pencil, eraser, ruler, and geometry set. The best way to plan a layout is to use atlas right track software 10. This is the most complete online database for free model train track plans and layouts of scarm projects and designs. Xtrackcad is another free track designer software to design railway tracks. Its also entirely independent, so you can build with almost any track.
We strive to offer you the most modern, easytouse track planning system by providing regular updates that contain new features and design tools. Mth includes a cdrom with realtrax layout design software in every set. Arrange your layout on multiple levels with different heights and grades. S gauge pointtopoint layouts s loop layouts with strax s freight yard system with strax large and small s trax systems s gauged mixed track system layouts s gauge small layouts with american flyer and gargraves switches s gauge shelf and narrow layouts. Anyrail makes model railroad design so easy, its fun. These fun, interactive, ogauge layouts are perfect for under your christmas tree. I find it handy to create lists of track for a given layout so i know if i can build it or what pieces i need to be able to do so. S gauge layouts track plans for 164 scale click the links below.
Scarm simple computer aided railway modeller is definitely worth a look. Model railroad software building your model railroad. Prices vary from freeware xtrkcad, open source for linux, windows or mac or a certain charge for more extensive planners. The hornby forum is intended for discussion of all things model railways. We feature lionel, american flyer, mth, atlas o, williams trains, kline, weaver models, and more. Scarm the leading design software for model railroad layouts. Carrera layout track planner is a free track planning software for windows which lets you design race tracks, especially for formula f1.
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