Hello All:

I am in the process of setting up my home computer for digital operation using Rocrail, a couple of web cameras for hidden yard monitoring, as well as incorporating... Dale Schultz's "Remote Sign". If you are reading this, Dale, thanks for a great program, I will be sending you a cheque/money order this weekend to be able to snag the registration key, and as well, I will contact you off list via your email to confirm this.

However, one thing I would like to do is to set my system using the Remote Sign program so that the times change automatically as in prototypical operation mode, and this will require an actual time table, incorporating my Station within a semi-fictitious DB schedule.

In order to do this I am looking for a bit of help. Help in the form of the old Abfahrt and Einfahrt signs that were to be found in the stations or more usually on the platform set out before the digital age of platform signs etc. I was wondering if anyone would know where I could find a picture of them, either real or graphical in nature? Any help in this regards would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely
James B.

Hello Mike:

Thanks for the reply.

Correct... However, I don't need the decals, as the graphic will be inserted into an image that will become part of my Rocrail computer HUD display.

I'm hoping to put together a display (probably using 2 monitors). The main monitor will display Rocrail as well as my web cams showing my shadow yards. While I would like to run a second monitor displaying "Remote Sign" as well as a graphic showing "Arrival/Departure" times and train consists as can be found in stations or the platforms in most European Bahnhofs.

I was able to find a couple of photo sites that did have pictures of two of the signs (Arrival and Departure), and I am currently working on creating my own schedule, however, at this point, I'm only guessing

I'll post a graphical display of what I'm talking about to clarify .

Thanks again

Regards
James B.

Looks very complicated, but very interesting. I hope you achieve it, I look forward to seeing the outcome.

Sir:

Yes, yes, and yes. Thank you so much.


I remember these from my European rail journeys and I just wanted to add a little realism to the layout. Once I have the secondary monitor hooked up, most of the rest will be quite simple. The Cameras will come up over top of the Rocrail server, and can be resized to fit in the message / error part of the Rocrail program (I've already confirmed this.

As stated, the overall schematic of the layout viewable on Monitor #1 will be the embedded diagram that comes with the Rocrail program. Monitor #2 will display the "Remote Sign" clapper board program and I should be able to resize that window. The rest of the graphics (these signs as well as the train consists ) should be resizeable as well, and will fit in quite nicely with the overall effect. Once everything is in place, I'll just add the sound (ambient city sounds or typical rail shunting noises) and viola! A working depot, if only on the 1:87 scale. (Right now I'm thinking that I really do have too much time on my hands these days, but hey, if someone can construct a New York "Central Station" mock up in their basement as well as having the ability to control his layout from the inside of a full scale American F7 Diesel locomotive (which is so cool BTW), then I don't feel so bad building my layout ala Star Trek.

Again....Thank you so very much, this just made my day. I love this forum and the people who are part of it.

Sincerely
James B.