• TrainController™ won the highest award in a benchmark test of the five leading software programs for model railroad computer control.  Please read here further details.
• Successfully used by several thousand users in more than 40 contries all over the world.
• Allows adapation to arbitrary model railroad layouts thanks to a flexible unit construction principle.
• Start without any background knowledge.
• No computer or programming skills required.
• Enjoy the convenience of the graphical user interface.
  
• Configuration of automatic operation is as easy as drawing of a track diagram
• Supports all leading digital systems.
• Operates up to 12 digital systems simultaneously.
• Controls locomotives with decoder as well as locomotives without own decoder (e.g. Z scale).
• All kind of feedback indicators, occupancy sensors or momentary track contacts can be used.
• Only one feedback contact per block required.
• Supports the train detection systems of all leading manufacturers.
• World-wide first model railroad control software with own handheld. 
• Runs on all 32-Bit Microsoft Windows systems beginning with Windows 98.
• Reliable and fast processing based on unique TrainTelligence™ technology, which allows for reliable processing of up to 1000 commands per second.
• Excellent customer service.
• Exchange your experiences with several thousand like-mided people in our users forum.
• Add realistic multi train/multi channel surround sound effects to the operation of your trains with +4DSound™.
• Run TrainController™ in a network of several computers with +Net™.

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Train Control

• Easy to use editor for track diagrams of the entire model railroad or sectional views.
• Unlimited number of sectional track diagrams.
• Powerful monitoring functions.
• Operation of switches, signals, routes and other accessories with point and click ease.
• Track occupancy detection and indication.
• Display of train positions in the track diagram.
• Rich selection of track elements like straight and curve elements, ordinary and triple switches, crossings, single and double slips, bridges .
• Powerful track diagram edit facilities like copy, cut and paste, drag & drop, far-reaching undo & redo.
• Route operation and locking.
• Operation with start and destination kes possible.
• Connection of external control panels.
• Inclusion of text labels and bitmap images.
• Automatic triggering of operation sequences by track contact activation, block occupation, push button clicking or under even more complex conditions.
• Logical linking of objects.
• Playing of sound files.

• Train driving based on scale speed (mph or km/h).
• Speedometer, odometer and brake control.
• Minimum starting voltage and max speed can be selected separately for forward and backward movement.
• Selectable acceleration and deceleration momentum.
• Realistic simulation of momentum based on train tonnage.
• Monitoring of maintenance intervals.
• Free configurable engine functions (for built-in decoder functions, sound files, or more complex macro functions).
• Import of images of your favourite locomotive and trains from arbitrary sources and all common formats (among others BMP, JPG, GIF, screen savers, etc) with the complimentary extra software TrainAnimator™.
• Multiple unit operation with automatic speed compensation.

Automatic Operation and Layout Monitoring (Visual Dispatcher)

• Automatic control of hidden yards: no limit with regard to the number of tracks, searching for free tracks on entry, random exit, etc.
  
• Blocking and Interlocking.
• Protection of opposing trains on single track sections.
• Trains meet and pass automatically.
• Trains are able to find the optimal way to their destination.
• Automatic control based on random events.
• Operation based on time-tables.
• Scalable speed of the build-in clock.
• Simulation of train delays.
• Automatic train stops in the middle of each platform.

• Automatic train movements.
• Base of automatic operation is a graphical representation of the layout (block diagram) instead of scripts, procedures or macros.
• Drag a train symbol with the mouse to another location to initiate a spontaneous train movement.
• Manual and automatic operation can run simultaneously.
• Self-acting transfer of train control from manual to automatic operation and vice versa - especially supported by the RAILROAD & CO. Handheld.
• Tracking of manually operated trains.
• Automatic control of turntables and transfer tables.