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RAILWAYS software

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Version 4.1.0 - January 2002

A model railroad design software
with digital control module
(for PC 80286 or above)

Distributed as ShareWare


Developed by Sébastien MARCHANT - © 1993-2002


This web page is an official mirror of RAILWAYS software main site : www.railways.ht.st


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  Presentation
RAILWAYS is a ShareWare software to help you to design model railroad track plans and to control them with the digital module for Maerklin Computer Interfaces 6050, 6051 and 6023 or compatible. It can be used by any model railroader, using any kind of tracks (Maerklin, Fleischmann, Jouef, Lima, Roco, Altas, LGB, ...) and for any scale (HO, N, O, Z or whatever you want) since you build your own database (DAT file) with a tool software : SETUPRLW.

You can edit your tracks, define a workbench, add rectangles, circles, signals and turntables, add texts and annotations, and above all you can add flextracks with accuracy. Many tools are provided : 'copy, paste & delete' possibilities, load and merge parts of layout, translation, rotation, choice of colours, material list, printer interface for HP-LaserJet, HP-DeskJet and Epson-compatible. PostScript, DXF (for AutoCAD, or other programs that can import DXF files) and BMP files can be also exported.

RAILWAYS can be run from DOS 3.3 to Win31/Win95/98/NT/2000/XP and OS/2.
Graphics mode are available from EGA (640x350x16) to VESA-SVGA (up to 1280x1024x256) if your video card can deal with such mode.

Snapshots (screen captures) :

Please, if you have any suggestions, comments, criticisms or problems, send me an email, or write me a letter. So I can improve this software. Please, report the bugs you may find... Thanks a lot.

Tracks databases (DAT Files)
included in RAILWAYS package
Track's Name DAT File
Arnold NARNOLD-N.DAT
Atlas HO C100ATLAS-HO.DAT
Atlas NATLAS-N.DAT
Bemo HOmBEMO-HOM.DAT
Fleischmann Profi HOFMANN-HO.DAT
Fleischmann N (#1)FMANN-N1.DAT
Fleischmann N (#2)FMANN-N2.DAT
Frateschi (Brazil)FRATESCH.DAT
Hornby OO ImperialHRNBYOO1.DAT
Hornby OO gaugeHRNBYOO2.DAT
Jouef HOJOUEF-HO.DAT
Kleinbahn and Klein ModellbahnKLEINBHO.DAT
LGB IImLGB-IIM.DAT
Lima HO 'Nickel Silver'LIMA-HO1.DAT
Lima HO 'Standard' or 'Blister'LIMA-HO2.DAT
Lionel O-27LIONLO27.DAT
Maerklin AlphaMARKALPH.DAT
Maerklin-Huebner IMARKHUB1.DAT
Maerklin CMARKLINC.DAT
Maerklin KMARKLINK.DAT
Maerklin MMARKLINM.DAT
Maerklin ZMARKLINZ.DAT
Maerklin 3800-3900MARKMODM.DAT
Minitrix NMINITRXN.DAT
Peco HO SetrackPECO-HO.DAT
Peco NPECO-N.DAT
Piko HO 'Standardgleis'PIKO-HO.DAT
Pilz TT standard #1 (Hungary)PILZ-TT1.DAT
Pilz TT standard #2 (Hungary)PILZ-TT2.DAT
Rivarossi HORIVA-HO.DAT
Roco Line HOROCO-HO.DAT
Roco NROCO-N.DAT
Roco 2.5 (old tracks)ROCO2-5.DAT
Zeuke TT (Poland)ZEUKE-TT.DAT


  Download RAILWAYS package
RAILWAYS software is available in following languages in the same package :
English
American
French
Français
German
Deutsch
Dutch
Nederlands
Swedish
Svenska
Italian
Italiano
Spanish
Castellano
Please, note that the official documentation of RAILWAYS is always in English...

How to install RAILWAYS on your computer :



  License and Registration
This software package is NOT FREE software.
This is SHAREWARE, that is TRY BEFORE YOU BUY.
You are hereby licensed to use this software for evaluation purpose without charge for a period of 21 days.
If you use this software after the 21-day evaluation period, a registration fee of 25 Euros is required.

Unregistered use of the software after the 21-day evaluation period is in violation of international copyright laws.

When you want to register, please contact me in order to find the easiest and cheapest solution to send me money.
Payments shall be made in Euros or in any other currencies (in this case, the amount shall be equivalent to 25 Euros).

A registered user is considered as a legal user of any version of RAILWAYS software (from v0.10 to v4.1 or above, MS-DOS version) and will also have free email support and new version announcements via email.
Registrations also contribute to the development of a Windows version of RAILWAYS, and registered users will pay half-price registration fee when this version is available.

In addition, any suggestions or improvements are welcome from registered users.

The following table gives exchange rates for a few countries as of January 2002.

Euro : 25.00
Australia43.00 AUD
Canada36.00 CAD
Denmark186.00 DKK
Great-Britain15.00 GBP
Iceland2300.00 ISK
Japan3000.00 JPY
New Zealand53.00 NZD
Norway200.00 NOK
South Africa275.00 ZAR
Sweden230.00 SEK
Switzerland37.00 CHF
U.S.A.23.00 USD

(*) Please check rates when you register.



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