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Installation Steps ................................................................................................................... 5Installation of the Software ................................................................................................... 5Installing in an Existing Train Store Installation ................................................................... 5Setting Parameters ................................................................................................................. 5

MSTS Folders Path ........................................................................................................... 6Train Store ‘In Store’ Folder ............................................................................................. 6

First Steps .............................................................................................................................. 8First Steps (Easy Train Store) ............................................................................................... 9

Running an Activity .......................................................................................................... 9Exploring a Route ............................................................................................................. 9Changing the Explore Mode Consists for a Route .......................................................... 11Editing or Maintaining your MSTS Installation (Easy Train Store) ........................................... 12

First Steps (Classic Train Store) .......................................................................................... 13Choosing The Activity .................................................................................................... 13Committing the Selections to MSTS............................................................................... 14Setting Explore Mode Consists and Paths ....................................................................... 15Editing or Maintaining your MSTS Installation (Classic Train Sto re) ....................................... 18

7+(�75$,1�6725(�0$,1 :,1'2:�$1'�)81&7,216�� Train Store Main Window (Easy Train Store) .................................................................... 19

Choose a Route ............................................................................................................... 19Run an Activity or Explore the Route ............................................................................. 19Run an Activity ............................................................................................................... 20

Choose the Activity .................................................................................................... 20Run the Activity.......................................................................................................... 20

Explore the Route............................................................................................................ 21Choose the Locomotive .............................................................................................. 21Changing the Route’s Explore Mode Consist List ..................................................... 22Choose the Consist ..................................................................................................... 22Choose the Starting Point ........................................................................................... 23Choose the Ending Point or Direction ........................................................................ 23Exploring with Loose Stock and AI Traffic ............................................................... 23Use RailDriver ............................................................................................................ 23Start the Exploration ................................................................................................... 23

Train Store Main Window (Classic Train Store) ................................................................. 25Operation Mode .............................................................................................................. 25Routes Pane..................................................................................................................... 25

Routes ......................................................................................................................... 26Global Settings............................................................................................................ 26

Information Pane ............................................................................................................. 26Controls Section .............................................................................................................. 28

Activate Selections ..................................................................................................... 28

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GO!......................................................................................................................... 28Include Explore Mode Consists.............................................................................. 29Include Explore Mode Paths .................................................................................. 30Launch MSTS......................................................................................................... 30Use RailDriver........................................................................................................ 30

MSTS Maintenance .................................................................................................... 30Prepare.................................................................................................................... 31Partial Route ........................................................................................................... 31+ Def. Routes.......................................................................................................... 32+ All Stock.............................................................................................................. 32Launch MSTS Editor.............................................................................................. 32

Routes/Activities......................................................................................................... 32Explore Mode Consists, Maint. Mode Consists/Stock ............................................... 32

Edit Selected Route /Edit Global Settings .............................................................. 33Explore Mode Paths/Maintenance Mode Paths .......................................................... 34

Edit Selected Route ................................................................................................ 34Exit.............................................................................................................................. 36

Status Information ........................................................................................................... 36

7+(�75$,1�6725(�0(18 �� File Menu ............................................................................................................................ 37

New ................................................................................................................................. 37Open ................................................................................................................................ 37Save................................................................................................................................. 38SaveAs ............................................................................................................................ 38Print ................................................................................................................................. 38Print Setup....................................................................................................................... 38Exit .................................................................................................................................. 38

Edit ...................................................................................................................................... 39Copy ................................................................................................................................ 39Save Contents.................................................................................................................. 39Find ................................................................................................................................. 39Find Next......................................................................................................................... 40

View .................................................................................................................................... 40Refresh ............................................................................................................................ 40

Routes.................................................................................................................................. 40Store the Selected Route(s) UnStore the Selected Route(s) ............................................ 40Unstore This Route Only ................................................................................................ 40TSECTION.DAT Settings .............................................................................................. 40

Activities ............................................................................................................................. 41Store Selected Activity(ies) Unstore Selected Activity(ies) ........................................... 41Unstore This Activity Only ............................................................................................. 41

Paths .................................................................................................................................... 41View All Paths for this Route ......................................................................................... 41Edit Selected Explore Mode Paths .................................................................................. 41Activate Selected Path(s) List ......................................................................................... 41DeActivate Selected Path(s) List .................................................................................... 41Activate Selected Path List Only .................................................................................... 41Create New Path List ...................................................................................................... 42Where Used..................................................................................................................... 42

Consists ............................................................................................................................... 42

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View All Consists ........................................................................................................... 42Edit Selected Explore Mode Consists Edit Selected Maintenance Mode Consists ......... 42Activate Selected Consist List(s) .................................................................................... 42DeActivate Selected Consist List(s)................................................................................ 42Activate Selected Consist List Only ............................................................................... 42Create New Consist List.................................................................................................. 43Show Selected Item in Viewer ........................................................................................ 43Where Used..................................................................................................................... 43

Stock.................................................................................................................................... 43View All Stock Items ...................................................................................................... 43Edit Selected Maintenance Stock List ............................................................................. 43Activate Selected Stock List(s) ....................................................................................... 43DeActivate Selected Stock List(s) .................................................................................. 43Activate Selected Stock List Only .................................................................................. 43Create New Stock List .................................................................................................... 44Show Selected Item in Viewer ........................................................................................ 44Where Used..................................................................................................................... 44

Tools.................................................................................................................................... 44Options ............................................................................................................................ 44

Expand Routes List When Created ............................................................................. 44View Objects by File Name........................................................................................ 44Suppress MSTS Launch.............................................................................................. 45Suppress Background Image ...................................................................................... 45Return to Train Store after MSTS Launch.................................................................. 45Start with Blank Routes window ................................................................................ 45Use Default Scenario .................................................................................................. 45Change List Highlighting (Unstored Items) ............................................................... 46Always Show Scenario Save Warning ....................................................................... 47Confirm Completion ................................................................................................... 47Suppress Move Error Dialogue................................................................................... 47Suppress Activity Saved Warning .............................................................................. 48Suppress Maintenance Warning ................................................................................. 48Suppress Warning Messages ...................................................................................... 48Suppress ‘Where Used’ Analysis of Errors ................................................................ 49Suppress Error/Warning Highlighting ........................................................................ 49Train Store Storage Folder .......................................................................................... 49MSTS Launch Settings ............................................................................................... 50MSTS Folder .............................................................................................................. 51System Default TSECTION.DAT Settings ................................................................ 53Viewer Screenshot Folder........................................................................................... 54Editor Settings ............................................................................................................ 55ConBuilder Settings .................................................................................................... 56Route_Riter Settings ................................................................................................... 57RailDriver Launch Settings ........................................................................................ 58SVIEW Settings .......................................................................................................... 59Use SVIEW as Item Viewer ....................................................................................... 60Route Control Launch Settings ................................................................................... 60

Reports ............................................................................................................................ 61Statistics ...................................................................................................................... 61Where Used (No Unused Items) ................................................................................. 61Unused Items .............................................................................................................. 61Where Used (Complete) ............................................................................................. 61

Language ......................................................................................................................... 62Rebuild Cache Files ........................................................................................................ 62

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Reset Pane Widths .......................................................................................................... 63Start ConBuilder ............................................................................................................. 63Start Route_Riter............................................................................................................. 63Unstore Everything! ........................................................................................................ 63

Help ..................................................................................................................................... 64Uninstall Train Store ........................................................................................................... 64Popup Menu Items............................................................................................................... 66

Immediate Unstore .......................................................................................................... 66Edit .................................................................................................................................. 66Edit Lot Number ............................................................................................................. 66

76(&7,21�'$7�),/(�6:$33,1*�� Setting up TSECTION.DAT Swapping .............................................................................. 68

Set up a TSECTION.DAT Library ................................................................................. 68Specifying the System Default TSECTION.DAT .......................................................... 68Specifying the TSECTION.DAT for a Route ................................................................. 70Using the TSECTION.DAT Swapping ........................................................................... 71

0$,17(1$1&(�02'(��816725(�(9(5<7+,1*��$1'�81,167$//�� Maintenance Mode .............................................................................................................. 73Editing MSTS Routes, Activities and Consists ................................................................... 73Unstore Everything! ............................................................................................................ 74UnInstall Train Store ........................................................................................................... 75

6&(1$5,26 �� Creating a Scenario File ...................................................................................................... 77Loading a Scenario File ....................................................................................................... 77Using a Scenario as an MSTS Launcher ............................................................................. 78Creating a Shortcut for a Scenario....................................................................................... 79

Create The Shortcut......................................................................................................... 79Rename the Shortcut ....................................................................................................... 79Change the Shortcut Icon ................................................................................................ 79

(;3/25(�:,7+�/226(�672&.�$1'�25�$,�75$)),&��75$,1�6725(�(;3/25(�� Starting the Explore ............................................................................................................. 83Restarting from a Saved TRAIN STORE EXPLORE Session ........................................... 85Points to Note when using TRAIN STORE EXPLORE ..................................................... 87

7+(�75$,1�6725(�9,(:(5�� Viewer Operation ................................................................................................................ 89Viewer Window Format ...................................................................................................... 89Viewer Commands .............................................................................................................. 90TRAINLIB.OCX Version ................................................................................................... 91

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75$,1�6725(�/,67�(',7256�� Creating a New List............................................................................................................. 94Activating or Deactivating a List ........................................................................................ 94Naming A List ..................................................................................................................... 95Deleting a List ..................................................................................................................... 95Explore Mode Consists/Maintenance Mode Consists ......................................................... 96

Creating Explore Mode Consists/Maintenance Mode Consists ...................................... 96Adding or Removing Consists .................................................................................... 97Filtering the Consists Available.................................................................................. 97Additional Information ............................................................................................... 98

Explore Mode Paths/Maintenance Mode Paths ................................................................... 99Creating Explore Mode Paths/Maintenance Mode Paths ................................................ 99

Adding or Removing Paths ....................................................................................... 100Filtering the Paths Available..................................................................................... 100Additional Information ............................................................................................. 100

Maintenance Mode Stock Items ........................................................................................ 102Creating Maintenance Mode Stock Items ..................................................................... 102

Adding or Removing Stock Items ............................................................................ 103Filtering the Stock Items Available .......................................................................... 104Additional Information ............................................................................................. 104

Selection Filters ................................................................................................................. 105Selection Fields ............................................................................................................. 105Wild Card Matching...................................................................................................... 105Consist Filters ............................................................................................................... 106

Locomotive Name .................................................................................................... 106Consist Name............................................................................................................ 106Used in Route ........................................................................................................... 106Type of Consist ......................................................................................................... 107

Driveable .............................................................................................................. 107Light Engine ......................................................................................................... 107Passenger .............................................................................................................. 107Freight .................................................................................................................. 107

Type of Motive Power .............................................................................................. 107Diesel.................................................................................................................... 107Electric.................................................................................................................. 107Steam.................................................................................................................... 107

Status......................................................................................................................... 107Lot Number............................................................................................................... 107

Path Filters .................................................................................................................... 107From.......................................................................................................................... 108To.............................................................................................................................. 108Path Name................................................................................................................. 108Type of Path.............................................................................................................. 108

Driveable .............................................................................................................. 108Status......................................................................................................................... 108

Stock Filters .................................................................................................................. 108Stock Name............................................................................................................... 108Used in Route ........................................................................................................... 108Type of Stock............................................................................................................ 109

Locomotives ......................................................................................................... 109Tenders ................................................................................................................. 109

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Passenger .............................................................................................................. 109Freight .................................................................................................................. 109

Type of Motive Power .............................................................................................. 109Driveable .............................................................................................................. 109Diesel.................................................................................................................... 109Electric.................................................................................................................. 109Steam.................................................................................................................... 109

Status......................................................................................................................... 109Lot Number............................................................................................................... 109

/27�180%(56�� What are Train Store Lot Numbers? ................................................................................. 111How Are They Used? ........................................................................................................ 111Assigning or Creating Lot Numbers.................................................................................. 111Notification of New Consists or Stock Items .................................................................... 112

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Setting up to use RailDriver with Train Store ................................................................... 117Specify the Location of the RailDriver Software ..................................................... 117Using RailDriver with Train Store ............................................................................ 118

86,1*�75$,1�6725(�:,7+�5287(�&21752/�� The Problem ...................................................................................................................... 119The Solution ...................................................................................................................... 119

Implementation of the Solution..................................................................................... 120Specify the Location of the Route Control Software ................................................ 120Place the RouteControl Shortcut............................................................................... 121Using Route Control ................................................................................................. 121

6$9,1*�75$,1�6725(�'$7$ �� Backing up MSTS Files .................................................................................................... 123

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I have just installed Train Store and now most of my Stock is missing. Why is this? ...... 127I have just installed Train Store and I can’t start exploring from a location that I want. Why is this?................................................................................................................................ 127I am using Easy Train Store to Explore and I can’t find the locomotive I want to use. Why is this?................................................................................................................................ 127There are too many locomotives in the list in Easy Train Store. How can I get rid of the ones I don’t want? ............................................................................................................. 128How can I see all of the Consists for the displayed locomotives in Easy Train Store? ..... 128What is Maintenance Mode and when should I use it? ..................................................... 128Why does Train Store leave some files in Store? .............................................................. 128

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Why shouldn’t I put all of my Consists in Explore Mode Lists? ...................................... 129What are the Global Settings for? ..................................................................................... 129I have set up my ‘Explore Mode Consists, but I still can’t see the Consist in MSTS? ..... 129Why doesn’t Train Store handle multiple MSTS folders? ................................................ 129Why is there no ‘UnPrepare’ function? ............................................................................. 129Do I need to do anything before installing a new Route? ................................................. 130How should I install a new Activity? ................................................................................ 130I have just installed a new Activity, and now Train Store has caused errors with missing Consists. Why is this? ....................................................................................................... 130How should I install a new Consist or Stock Item? ........................................................... 130How can I organise my stock so it is not one big list? ...................................................... 131How can I organise things into more than one category? .................................................. 131What is the purpose of ‘Used in Route’? Are Consists Route dependant? ....................... 131Exactly what should I put in Maintenance Mode Consist lists, or Maintenance Mode Stock lists?................................................................................................................................... 132Why Does Train Store produce a ‘Where Used’ Analysis every time I edit the C onsists or Stock lists?......................................................................................................................... 132I want to make a change to one Consist or Stock Item. Do I have to add it to a list and then Unstore it? ......................................................................................................................... 132Why do I have Warning messages telling me that an .ASV file is out of date? ................ 133Why are some Train Store messages ‘Errors’ and others are ‘Warnings’? ....................... 133Why are there warning messages telling me that there is a discrepancy in a traffic file ... 133I want to use Loose Stock when I Explore, but MSTS displays an er ror and does not start the Explore ........................................................................................................................ 134Train Store will not start. The error message refers to System Restore. What does this mean? ................................................................................................................................ 134I want to Explore using Easy Explore, but MSTS also shows me an Activity. Why is this?........................................................................................................................................... 134When I start Train Store there is a message saying ‘Windows Language Resources are not available’ What does this mean? ....................................................................................... 135Why do some of my lists have a tick box alongside? ........................................................ 135Why does the Viewer display an error when s tarting? ...................................................... 135Why are some of the items in my Stock List in italic font? .............................................. 135Why are some of the items in my Consist List ‘crossed out’? .......................................... 135

0,6&(//$1(286 �� Checking............................................................................................................................ 137Movement of Files and Folders......................................................................................... 137Installation of New Routes ................................................................................................ 137Error Messages .................................................................................................................. 138

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Registry Permissions ......................................................................................................... 139Train Store Registry Requirements ............................................................................... 139Resolving a Registry Permission Problem .................................................................... 139

Always Use the Administrator Account ................................................................... 139Change the Registry Permissions ............................................................................. 140

MSTS Consist Limit.......................................................................................................... 140Using Multiple MSTS Installations with Train Store ........................................................ 140Acknowledgement ............................................................................................................. 141Copyright........................................................................................................................... 141

$33(1',;�� Creating File Association for Scenario Files ..................................................................... 143

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2YHUYLHZTrain Store assists in storing MSTS Routes, activities consists paths, and TSECTION.DAT files efficiently, without requiring changes to the MSTS configuration, and w ithout making additional copies of files or installations of MSTS.

Individual Routes and or Activities can be 'In Use' to MSTS, whilst the remainder of your MSTS configuration is 'In Store' and unavailable to MSTS.

This improves MSTS start-up and closedown times dramatically. It also removes the problem of 'too many consists'. Changing between Routes and Activities is very quick. Combinations of Routes and Activities (or individual Routes or Activities) can be saved as 'Scenarios'.

There is a facility to include additional 'Explore Mode Consists' as part of the definition of a Route, so that the facilities can be used with or without Activities. Because of the way Train Store operates, all of the Paths that have been set up for a Route are still available in Explore Mode.

It is even possible to Explore a Route whilst the Loose Stock from any Activity is present, and even to run the AI Traffic whilst exploring.

In Train Store’s Maintenance Mode, specific Stock Items and/or Consists can be selected, allowing you to specify which Stock and Consists will be available for use in the MSTS editors and other add-on editors, to modify your MSTS Routes and Activities.

Train Store has a ‘Lot Number’ or categorisation facility which allows you to categorise Consists or Stock Items, so that they may be easily selected, when setting up Consist, or Stock Lists. Train Store automatically maintains a Lot Number for all new Stock or Consists added to your installation, but you can modify this in any way which you prefer t o assist in the Categorisation that you prefer to use (e.g. Company, Period etc.)

Train Store will, if required, intelligently swap TSECTION.DAT files so that the necessary file is available for Routes which require specific versions. If multiple Routes a re being unstored, any conflicts are notified to the user, and avoiding action can be taken by omitting Routes which are causing the conflict.

A simple Information facility is included for Routes Activities and Consists, together with a rudimentary print facility.

A Train Store Viewer is included which will show pictures of Stock Items or Consists.

The software is very easy to use. There are two interfaces available to the user. (DV\�7UDLQ�6WRUH allows a user to select an Activity to run or a Consist to Explore with, and immediately start MSTS. &ODVVLF�7UDLQ�6WRUH provides access to the existing Train Store user interface and the complete range of facilities. Selection of a required configuration can be completed in 3 to 4 mouse clicks, including launching MSTS. Most of the facilities have options which can be set by the user.

There is a simple ‘Unstore Everything’ facility which will return the MSTS installation to its original state.

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:KDW�'RHV�7UDLQ�6WRUH�'R"For MSTS to run a large number of files are needed to describe each simulation. When MSTS starts, it has to read all of the files that potentially it may be called upon to use, so that it can store as much of the relevant files in its memory as possible to prevent it having to read more files from the disk during a simulation. As an MSTS installation grows the number of files held increased enormously. As the number increases, the load on MSTS increases particularly during starting up and ending a simulation. In most cases this just slows things down, but there are some situations where limits are exceeded and MSTS becomes (even more) unstable. e.g. there seems to be a maximum limit of approximately 800 to 900 consists that MSTS can handle in one installation.

Unfortunately, when problems occur they are not necessarily isolated to the one Route, Activity or Consist that is actually the cause of the problem, and it is all too easy to end up with an unusable MSTS installation by adding one incorrect item. The probable reason for this is MSTS tries to validate a certain amount of information when first loaded, and at that point it is not clear what files will be required, so it validates something of everything. For example, every signal script in every route is read, and can cause an error before the Route Selection screen is even displayed.

The solution would seem to be to remove the files that are not needed during simulation runs. However, this is not a trivial task as the problem is compounded by the fact that files are related to one another in ways which do not always make it easy to remove an individual file. For example, a Consist is a group of wagons, coaches, locomotives etc. in any combination. Once the Consist is described, it can be used (within certain limits) on any Route. Some users have attempted to get around this by setting up multiple MSTS installations, or copying various files to specific folders. This is partially successful, in that Route information is easily removed from an MSTS installation (it does not interact with any othe r Route). The problem comes with Consists, or to be more precise, individual wagons. These can be used anywhere within MSTS, and the information specifying their use is embedded in Consist files, Service files, Traffic files and Activity files. Some of these are associated with a Route and/or an Activity others aren’t. The result is that it is not possible (unless there are a multitude of different detailed configuration copies set up) to remove the overhead associated with the unused Wagons and Consists.

Train Store operates by dynamically examining the Route, Activity, Service, Traffic, Path, Consist Wagon and Engine files in an MSTS installation, and allowing the user to make a simple choice (of Route, Activity, Exploration or combinations of them), and then removing all of the unused files from the installation. The files are not actually ‘removed’ of course, they are moved to another folder. Train Store therefore has the concept of an ‘In Use’ and ‘In Store’ set of files. Train Store does not actually make any changes to the contents of your MSTS files, nor does it make any changes to Windows Registry settings for MSTS. No parameters are changed, no files are edited. It simply moves out the unwanted files (actually, the unwanted files that trigger MSTS into unwanted activity).

Train Store will also automate the swapping of TSECTION.DAT files which might be required for specific Routes. A TSECTION.DAT file specification can be set up for any Route, and Train Store will use this specification when the Rout e is unstored. If multiple Routes are being unstored, Train Store will warn of any conflicts, and allow avoiding action to be taken.

Once Train Store has been set up, it can do this moving quickly (moves are fast), in typically 30 to 45 seconds.


*HWWLQJ�6WDUWHG,QVWDOODWLRQ�6WHSVThe following steps are necessary to install Train Store. Further information about each step is included in this section of the manual.

�� Run the setup program ‘TrainStore Setup.exe’.�� Start the Train Store program.�� (For new installations only) Set the parameters : -• MSTS Location• Train Store Storage Folder,QVWDOODWLRQ�RI�WKH�6RIWZDUH

Train Store is provided with a ClickTeam © installer. The installer program is a single executable file. There are no other files required to insta ll Train Store.

Run the installation program ‘TrainStore Setup.exe’.

The running of the Train Store Setup program does not make any changes to your system, other than installing the Train Store software and the manual in its own folder. (No changes are made to your MSTS configuration, Registry settings or files. No files are added to Windows or Windows System folders).,QVWDOOLQJ�LQ�DQ�([LVWLQJ�7UDLQ�6WRUH�,QVWDOODWLRQThe software can be installed without uninstalling any previous version of Train Store,provided that you install the Train Store software to the same folder as used for the previous installation. If you do not want to install this version of Train Store to the same folder as the previous version, before installation of this version, you mus t Unstore Everything! and then uninstall the previous version of Train Store completely (and any Train Store Language Packs you may have installed), and then proceed as a new Train Store installation .

If you install this version of Train Store over a prev ious version in the same folder, all of your settings will be saved, and Train Store will automatically update its parameter files to the latest version compatible with this version of the software. Once the software is installed you can start Train Store as normal. No parameter setting is necessary.

If you did not install this version of Train Store over a previous version in the same folder, and you choose the same Train Store Storage folder location, Train Store will pick up and use all of your previous ‘Explore Mode Consist’, ‘Maintenance Mode Consist’, and Lot Number information.

Note: Once you have installed this version of Train Store, do not re -install the original version, as the Train Store files are not compatible and you will lose information i n your Train Store installation.6HWWLQJ�3DUDPHWHUVWhen you run Train Store for the first time there are two parameters that PXVW be set. These are :-

1. The location, or Path, to the MSTS folders.2. The folder, or Path to be used as the Train Store ‘In Store’ folder.


Train Store offers you a default value for both when you first run it. You can use these suggested defaults, or choose different folders. Your choice can be modified at any time later if you wish.0676�)ROGHUV�3DWKWhen you run Train Store for the first time it will first check that your Windows account has the necessary permissions to store the Train Store parameters in the Windows Registry. In the very unlikely situation that this test fails, then an Error dialogue will be displayed and then Train Store will close. It is not possible to proceed unless your account has the relevant permissions in the Registry. If you need more information about this, see the section later in the manual headed ‘Registry Permissions’.

Train Store will then check that MSTS has already been installed on your system, and then if this check is successful, you will immediately asked if you want Train Store to automatically select the MSTS Folders Path.

You should generally accept the <HV default, unless your system has multiple MSTS installations or multiple sets of the MSTS folders which you are changing between. (If you do have multiple MSTS installations or multiple sets of the MSTS folders , then please do be sure to read the information later in this manual conce rning setting a ‘Fixed’ MSTS folder before continuing).7UDLQ�6WRUH�µ,Q�6WRUH¶�)ROGHUOnce the MSTS Folder has been selected (either automatically by Train Store, or by your own selection) Train Store will display a window for you to choose the folder that you want Train Store to use to keep its ‘In Store’ files. Again Train Store will suggest a default option.


The folder chosen can be a new folder to be created by Train Store, or it can be an existing folder. Choose the folder, either by navigating to it, using the folder list, or else type in the name of the folder that you want in the edit box above it. If it is an existing folder it must be empty, or else it must be a previously used Train Store Storage folder. Also, the folder must be on the same drive as the MSTS file folders. (It cannot be on any other drive, because it is not possible to move files without copying). Choose the folder, and click on the OK button to complete the process. Train Store will register the folder as the Train Store Storag e folder (creating it if necessary), close the dialogue box and open the main Train Store window.

NOTE: Once the folder has been created, or assigned to Train Store, you should not add or make any changes to files or folders within the ‘In Store’ folder. If you do so, Train Store may not be able to run properly.

Once you have entered or accepted the suggested settings Train Store will examine your MSTS installation and create the files it needs to be able to operate normally. Please be patient, this process can take several minutes, and only runs the first time you run Train Store. No files are created within the MSTS folders and no settings changed or files changed within MSTS.

When the process is complete, the Main Train Store window will be opened.

That is the end of the installation process for Train Store.


)LUVW�6WHSVWhen you start Train Store for the first time the (DV\�7UDLQ�6WRUH page will be displayed. This is a simplified interface for users who do not need or want to use the more advanced features of Train Store.

If you want to use the Classic Train Store interface, click on the &ODVVLF�7UDLQ�6WRUH tab at the top of the window and the Train Store Main Window will be opened.

Note: If, in your MSTS installation, you use more than one versio n of the TSECTION.DAT file, see the section 76(&7,21�'$7�)LOH�6ZDSSLQJ later in the Train Store manual. Train Store can now handle this automatically if you wish.


)LUVW�6WHSV��(DV\�7UDLQ�6WRUH�On the left hand side, the page there are details of the Rou tes available in your MSTS installation. On the right hand side the page there are details of the Activities which are available for the Route which is selected in the Routes list.5XQQLQJ�DQ�$FWLYLW\The window will look something like this :-

Select the Route on which you want to run an Activity by clicking on it with the mouse. The information in the Activities panel will change to show the Activities which are available for the Route you have selected.

Choose the Activity you want to run by clicking on it with the mouse. The Activity information concerning the Locomotive, Consist, Path and Activity Description will change to show the information for the Activity you have selected. You can examine the train that you will be driving by clicking on the Consist icon . This will open the internal Train Store Viewer.

Click on the Run button. Train Store will survey your MSTS installation and store all of the files which are not needed to run the Activity you selected, and then start MSTS.([SORULQJ�D�5RXWHClick on the ([SORUH�WKH�5RXWH tab at the top of the Activities information panel. The panel on the right hand side will change to an Explore panel showing details of the Locomotives which are available to drive on the Route, the Consists, and the Paths .


Choose a locomotive from the list by clicking on it with the mouse. You can change the locomotives list to restrict it to the locomotives used in your ‘Explore Mode Consists’, by choosing an option from the drop-down list at the top of the panel. There are three options :-

• All locomotives available in the MSTS installation (the default)• locomotives used in the ‘Explore Mode Consists’ for the Route + Global Settings• locomotives used in the ‘Explore Mode Consists’ for the Route only• locomotives used in the Activities contained in the Route

When you choose a locomotive, the Consists list will automatically change to show the Consists which are available to drive with that locomotive.

Choose the Consist that you want to use with that locomotive from the Consist list, by clicking on it with the mouse. The description information at the bottom of the panel will change to show details of the Consist. You can examine the train that you will be driving by clicking on the Consist icon . This will open the internal Train Store Viewer.

Choose the place where you want to start your exploration, by selecting a place from the 6WDUWLQJ�DW drop-down list. The +HDGLQJ�WRZDUGV list will then change to show the ending points for the Paths which are available from the exploration start point that you have selected.

Choose the ending point for your exploration, by selecting a location from the +HDGLQJ WRZDUGV drop-down list.


Click on the ([SORUH button. Train Store will survey your MSTS installation and store all of the files which are not needed to run the exploration you selected, and then start MSTS.&KDQJLQJ�WKH�([SORUH�0RGH�&RQVLVWV�IRU�D�5RXWHIf you want to change the Consists in your Explore Mode lists, click on the (GLW�/LVW button which is underneath the Locomotives list. This will open the (GLW�µ([SORUH�0RGH�&RQVLVWV¶�/LVW for the Route selected, if you have restricted the locomotives list to those used in the ‘Explore Mode Consists’ for a Route only. It will open the (GLW� µ([SORUH�0RGH�&RQVLVWV¶�/LVW for Global Settings if you have restricted the locomotives list to those used in the ‘Explore Mode Consists’ for a Route + Global Settings.

To add a Consist to the list :-• Highlight the required Consist or Consists from the Consists Available List.• Click on the Add to List button, or drag the required Consist(s) into the Current List

pane. You can choose the Consist from the list as displayed, or you can filter the list down to a smaller number of items by completing one or more of the selections in the Consist Filter box at the bottom of the window. For full details, see the later section dealing with Explore Mode Consists and Maintenance Mode Consists and Stock.

To remove a Consist from the list :-• Highlight the required Consist or Consists from the &XUUHQW�/LVW.• Click on the 5HPRYH� IURP� /LVW button, or drag the required Consist(s) into the

Consists Available pane.Click on the 2. button to update the list.


(GLWLQJ�RU�0DLQWDLQLQJ�\RXU�0676�,QVWDOODWLRQ��(DV\�7UDLQ�6WRUH�Please remember Train Store operates by s toring all files which are not needed for the Activity, or Exploration that you have chosen, so that they are not available to the MSTS installation. So before you examine the installation files or make any changes to your installation, you PXVW ensure that the files are in the correct place.

If you do not want to use the comprehensive features of Classic Train Store, simply choose 8QVWRUH� (YHU\WKLQJ� from the Tools menu. This will unstore all of the files and return everything to your MSTS installation. Y ou are then free to examine files, and make any changes to the files.


)LUVW�6WHSV��&ODVVLF�7UDLQ�6WRUH�&KRRVLQJ�7KH�$FWLYLW\In the Train Store main window there are two panes, on the left -hand side, the ‘Routes’ pane, and the right-hand side, Information pane. The window will look something like this : -

In the Routes Activities & Consists pane, you can see the Routes for the MSTS installation laid out in a map or tree form. As you click on each item, any relevant information will be displayed in the Information pane. You can double-click on any Route and expand it to show details of the Route, its Activities and any Explore Consists or ‘Explore Mode Paths’ assigned to that Route. (If you have just started there will be no ‘Explore Mode Consists’ or ‘E xplore Mode Paths’ defined for any Route). Each Route and Activity is marked with an icon which shows you visually whether the item is ‘In Use’ , or ‘In Store’ . There are different icons for ‘Explore Consists’ and ‘Explore Mode Paths’ which are described below. You can also expand any group of items by clicking on the + sign on the left of the group of items.

In the Controls section in the right of the Main window, you will see the ‘Tab’ with the captions Simulation and Maintenance. This controls th e mode which Train Store operates in. It is set to 6LPXODWLRQ. Simulation mode is the mode used in Train Store to select the Routes and Activities you want to run in MSTS, and then commit the changes to the MSTS files so that you can run the MSTS simulations using the selections you have made.

The first time that you use Train Store everything will be ‘In Use’ . The easiest way to get started is to Store everything and then Unstore the item you want to use.


• Click on the ‘Routes’ entry in the tree view a t the top of the Routes pane.• In the Controls section on the right-hand side, click on the 6WRUH�6HOHFWHG�5RXWH�V�

button. All of the Routes icons will be changed from to denoting that the Routes are ‘In Store’. If you double click on any Route to expa nd it, you will see that the Activities have also been stored.

• Now choose the Route, or Activity that you wish to run in MSTS. (The best performance in MSTS is obtained with the minimum number of items ‘In Use’, but there is nothing to stop you choosing more than one Activity or Route if you so wish).

• Once you have clicked on the item you want to put ‘In Use’, click on the 8QVWRUH�6HOHFWHG�$FWLYLW\�LHV� or 8QVWRUH�6HOHFWHG�5RXWH�V��EXWWRQ� in the Controls section on the right-hand side. The icon for the selected item will change from to . If you changed an Activity from ‘In Store’ to ‘In Use’ notice that the corresponding icon for the Route also changes (it is not possible to Unstore an Activity, unless the Route itself is also Unstored).

&RPPLWWLQJ�WKH�6HOHFWLRQV�WR�0676The selections you have made so far have been made in memory and they have not yet been committed to the MSTS files. (You can make any number of changes to the ‘In Use’/’In Store’ status of any of the items in the Routes pane, correc t mistakes in selection etc.)

When you are satisfied with your selection, • click on the *2� button in $FWLYDWH�6HOHFWLRQV in the controls section on the right-

hand side.Train Store will now commit the changes to the MSTS files. In the Status line at the bottom of the Train Store window you can see the progress as Train Store moves the relevant files or folders.

The first time that you run Train Store, almost everything will need to be moved, so this first move will take a little time (possibly several minutes). When the process is complete, the hour glass mouse cursor will be replaced by the normal mouse cursor, and the Status line will be clear, you are free to use MSTS. If you selected the Confirm Completion option then a confirmation dialogue box will also be displayed, requiring you to click OK to continue.


Notice that the indication in the Train Store window title will have changed from [Everything Unstored] [ Synchronised] to [Synchronised], and that there is now a warning banner7KH�FXUUHQW�VHWWLQJV�DUH�QRW�VXLWDEOH�IRU�HGLWLQJ�WKH�0676�FRQILJXUDWLRQ.This banner is to provide a continuous reminder that the only files which are now available to MSTS are those files needed for the Activity and Route that you chose to Unstore. To edit the MSTS configuration, to add or edit Consists, Activities or Routes, you need all of the files for the Route(s) that you want to work on available to MSTS. You can do this using the Train Store Maintenance Mode. See the later section, describing the Maintenance Mode, fo r details.

• Now close Train Store• Start MSTS.

Notice that when you start MSTS, only the Route(s) and Activity(ies) you selected to be Unstored are available on the MSTS menu.

For MSTS to run effectively you must have at least one Route ‘In Use’, and at lea st one Activity ‘In Use’ somewhere within the installation. Train Store will warn you if your selections do not pass these tests. Notice also, that the list of locomotives available for driving is also drastically reduced (there may only be one or two, if you decided to Unstore only one Activity). This is correct, and it is confirmation that Train Store is working and has removed everything except the files which are essential to run the simulation.

If you go back into Train Store and make a different sele ction of Route(s) and Activity(ies), and when you restart MSTS you will see that the range of Routes, Activities and Locomotives is now changed to suit the new selection you have made. By this means you can see that it is possible to run any Activity, on any Route, or to run in Explore Mode on any Route (using the Locomotives that are selected for the Activity(ies) that you have Unstored.

The final facility which you can use in Simulation Mode (‘Explore Mode Consists’ and ‘Explore Mode Paths’) allows you to select any driveable Consists which are available in the whole MSTS configuration to be driven in Explore Mode, even if they are not required for any Activity that you Unstored.6HWWLQJ�([SORUH�0RGH�&RQVLVWV�DQG�3DWKV‘Explore Mode Consists’ and ‘Explore Mode Paths’ is a way of defining to Train Store which Consists and Paths you want to be made available to the MSTS configuration when you explore a Route, even if they are not required to run any Activity within the Routes that you have selected to be Unstored.

You need an ‘Explore Mode Consist’ if you want to explore a Route driving a locomotive which is not included in any of the Activities you are unstoring.

You need an ‘Explore Mode Path’ if you want to explore a Route, starting from a point which is not included in any of the Activities which you are unstoring.

Please remember, once you are using Train Store, all Consists and Paths that are not required for the Activities you are unstoring will be stored. They will therefore not be available to MSTS, unless you add any that you do want to use to an Explore Mode list.

To make a Consist available in the MSTS simulation, simply add the Consist to the ‘Explore Mode Consist’ list for the Route where you want to use it. You can add the Consist to more than one Route, if required, or you can add it to the Global Settings. If you add it to the Global Settings, then it becomes available for use in all Routes.


To make a Path available in the MSTS simulation when exploring a Route, simply add the Path to the ‘Explore Mode Path’ list for the Route. You can only add the Path to the Route where it belongs.

NOTE: The following instructions refer to Consists, but exactly the same procedures are used for Paths (‘Explore Mode Path’ replacing ‘Explore Mode Consist’). The only difference is that there are, no Global Settings ‘Explore Mode Paths’, because Paths, by definition, belong to a specific Route.

To add or remove a Consist in an ‘Explore Mode Consist’ List : -• Click on the Route where you want to use it.• Expand the Route, by clicking on the � next to the Route, or double click on the Route

name. The ‘Explore Mode Consists’ heading will become visible in the Route’s list.• Click on the ‘Explore Mode Consists’ heading, and then click on the µ([SORUH�0RGH�&RQVLVWV¶�(GLW button. The button will either display the caption ‘Edit Global Settings,

or ‘Edit Selected Route’ depending on whether you selected Global Settings, or a specific Route. When you click on the button the ‘Edit Explore Mode Consists’ window will be opened.

• To add a Consist to the list :-• Highlight the required Consist or Consists from the Consists Available List.• Click on the Add to List button, or drag the required Consist(s) into the Current

List pane. You can choose the Consist from the list as displayed, or you can filter the list down to a smaller number of items by completing one or more of the selections in the Consist Filter box at the bottom of the window. For full details, see the later section dealing with ‘Explore Mode Consists’ and ‘Mainte nance Mode Consists’ and Stock.

• To remove a Consist from the list :-• Highlight the required Consist or Consists from the &XUUHQW�/LVW.• Click on the 5HPRYH�IURP�/LVW button, press the >'HOHWH@ key or drag the

required Consist(s) into the Consists Available pane.Click on the 2. button to update the list.


If you click on the � sign which has now appeared to the left of the ‘Explore Mode Consists’ heading, the list will be expanded, and you will see the item(s) that you added.

All that remains to be done is to • Unstore the Route, or at least one of the Activities within the desired Route• Click the ‘Include Explore Mode Consists’ and/or the ‘Explore Mode Paths’ checkbox

to mark it,• Click on the *R� Button to commit the changes to the MSTS files.• Close Train Store.• Start MSTS.

You will now find the Consists and/or Paths that you added will appear in the MSTS menus.

That is all there is to the basics of running Train Store in Simulation mode.


(GLWLQJ�RU�0DLQWDLQLQJ�\RXU�0676�,QVWDOODWLRQ��&ODVVLF�7UDLQ�6WRUH�Please remember Train Store operates by storing all files which are not needed for the Activity, or Exploration that you have chosen, so that they are not available to the MSTS installation. So before you examine the installation files or make any chang es to your installation, you PXVW ensure that the files are in the correct place.

If you do not want to use the comprehensive maintenance features of Classic Train Store, simply choose 8QVWRUH�(YHU\WKLQJ� from the Tools menu. This will unstore all of the files and return everything to your MSTS installation. You are then free to examine files, and make any changes to the files.

Alternatively you can use the Maintenance Mode in Classic Train Store. Maintenance Mode in Classic Train Store operates similarly to Simulation Mode, but it ensures that all of the files that you need to edit or maintain a Route or Activity are available. By using the features in Maintenance Mode you can ensure that MSTS is not slowed down by the large amounts of unneeded items which are loaded if the whole of the MSTS installation is available. At the same time it makes selection of items from the Consist and Stock Items lists in the Activity Editor much easier as only the items you need are present.

See the following sections to find out about Maintenance Mode, which you must use to select the necessary full sets of files before editing Routes, Activities and Consists , and find out about the additional facilities and features and ways of using Train Store.


7KH�7UDLQ�6WRUH�0DLQ�:LQGRZ�DQG�)XQFWLRQV7UDLQ�6WRUH�0DLQ�:LQGRZ��(DV\�7UDLQ�6WRUH�&KRRVH�D�5RXWHThe Train Store Main Window contains a Routes panel on the left hand side. This contains a list of all of the Routes in your MSTS installation. At the bottom of the panel there i s an information pane which contains the Route’s Description. You can select any Route by clicking on it with the mouse.

When a Route is selected, the Description details are changed to show the description for the Route selected, and the Activity Consist and Path details in the panel on the right hand side of the window are updated also.5XQ�DQ�$FWLYLW\�RU�([SORUH�WKH�5RXWHThe panel on the right hand side of the window contains two ‘tabs’. One is labelled 5XQ�DQ�$FWLYLW\, the other is ([SORUH�WKH�5RXWH. Click on the relevant tab to show the selections for activity running or exploration as appropriate.


5XQ�DQ�$FWLYLW\If you choose the Run an Activity tab you will see a list of Activities in the right hand tab.

These are the Activities which are available to be run for the selected Route. At the bottom of the tab there is an information pane which can show details of the Activity, the locomotive, or the Consist. When the tab is first displayed the pane will contain details of the selected Activity. If you want to see more information about the locomotive, or the consist, click on the Locomotive, or the Consist name in the tab, and the details in the information pane will change to show the details for the selected item. You can examine the train tha t you will be driving by clicking on the Consist icon . This will open the internal Train Store Viewer.&KRRVH�WKH�$FWLYLW\Select the Activity you want to run by clicking on it with the mouse. 5XQ�WKH�$FWLYLW\Click the 5XQ button. Train Store will survey the installation, unstore only the files which are needed to run that Activity and start MSTS.


([SORUH�WKH�5RXWHIf you choose ([SORUH�WKH�5RXWH the right hand tab will contain a list of locomotives which it is possible to drive, a list of Consists (these will change as each locomotive is selected), and Path starting and finishing points to allow you to select where you would like to start your exploration, and in which direction you want to go.

&KRRVH�WKH�/RFRPRWLYHChoose the locomotive you want to drive by clicking on it with the mouse in the locomotive list. The details in the information pane will change to show the locomotive’s details.

The locomotives which are actually displayed in the list depends upon the setting in the drop -down box next to the /RFRPRWLYHV heading at the top of the tab. The settings in this drop -down list have the following meanings : -

$OO�/RFRV All driveable locomotives in the MSTS installation which are suitable for this Route will be displayed.([SORUH�0RGH�/RFRV All locomotives from the Global Settings Explore Mode Consists list and the Explore Mode Consists list for the selected Route will be displayed.5RXWH�([SO�0RGH�/RFRV Only locomotives from the Explore Mode Consists list for the selected Route will be displayed.8VHG�LQ�5RXWH�/RFRV Only locomotives which are used in the Activities in the Route will be displayed.

To change the locomotives displayed, select the required display category from the drop -down list.


&KDQJLQJ�WKH�5RXWH¶V�([SORUH�0RGH�&RQVLVW�/LVWIf you want to change the Consists in your Explore Mode lists, click on the (GLW�/LVW button which is underneath the Locomotives list. This will open the (GLW�µ([SORUH�0RGH�&RQVLVWV¶�/LVW for the Route selected, if you have restricted the locomotives list to those used in the ‘Explore Mode Consists’ for a Route only. It will open the (GLW� µ([SORUH�0RGH�&RQVLVWV¶�/LVW for Global Settings if you have restricted the locomotives list to those used in the ‘Explore Mode Consists’ for a Route + Global Settings.

To add a Consist to the list :-• Highlight the required Consist or Consists from the Consists Available List.• Click on the Add to List button, or drag the required Consist(s) into the Current List

pane. You can choose the Consist from the list as displayed, or you can filter the list down to a smaller number of items by completing one or more of the selections in the Consist Filter box at the bottom of the window. For full details, see the later section dealing with Explore Mode Consists and Maintenance Mode Consists and Stock.

To remove a Consist from the list :-• Highlight the required Consist or Consists from the &XUUHQW�/LVW.• Click on the 5HPRYH� IURP� /LVW button, or drag the required Consist(s) into the

Consists Available pane.Click on the 2. button to update the list.&KRRVH�WKH�&RQVLVWChoose the Consist you want to drive by selecting it from the &RQVLVWV drop-down list. When you select the Consist the details in the information pane will change to show details of the Consist you have selected. You can examine the train that you will be driving by clicking on the Consist icon . This will open the internal Train Store Viewer.


If you have selected one of the options to restrict the locomotives to those use in ‘Explore Mode Consist’ lists then by default, the Consists which are displayed for a locomotive are also restricted to those which are specified in the relevant ‘Explore Mode Consist’ list. If you do not want the Consists displayed to be restricted in this way, there is an option which will cause Train Store to display all of the Consists which are available in MSTS for the selected locomotive, and not just those which are specified in the ‘Explore Mode Consist’ list. To set this option, choose 6KRZ�$OO�&RQVLVWV�IRU�D�/RFRPRWLYH from the 7RROV�2SWLRQV menu, to set the checkmark against the entry. This menu option is only available when the Explore Route tab is displayed. The setting is remembered by Train Store.&KRRVH�WKH�6WDUWLQJ�3RLQWChoose the starting point for your exploration by selecting a loca tion from the 6WDUWLQJ�DWdrop-down list. When you select the start point, the list of end points will change to display those which are reachable from the start point you have chosen.&KRRVH�WKH�(QGLQJ�3RLQW�RU�'LUHFWLRQChoose the ending point for your exploration by selecting a location from the +HDGLQJ�WRZDUGV drop-down list. The drop-down list contains the end point name which the Activity author has used when creating the path. It does not mean that your exploration must, or even will get to the end point. In Explore Mode in MSTS, the endpoint is only used to position the locomotive in the direction heading towards the end point.([SORULQJ�ZLWK�/RRVH�6WRFN�DQG�$,�7UDIILFIf you want to explore with Loose Stock present when you explore, t hen click on the downward pointing arrow to the right of the field IURP�WKH�$FWLYLW\. This will display a list of the Activities which are available in the Route. Choose one of the Activities from the list by clicking on it with the mouse. The remaining fields in this se ction of the window will be enabled.

• Click on the /RRVH�6WRFN checkbox to mark it, if you want to include Loose Stock from the Activity.

• Click on the $,�7UDIILF checkbox if you want to Explore with the AI Traffic from the Activity running.

NOTE: If the Activity does not contain Loose Stock, or AI Traffic, the relevant checkbox will not be enabled.

• Choose the Starting Time, the Season and the Weather from the next fields.• Selection of this facility will have reset the starting point for the Explore to the s tarting

point for the Player in the original Activity. If you want to explore from any other Starting Point, you can now go back and choose it, (and/or a different starting direction), using the 6WDUWLQJ�DW and +HDGLQJ�WRZDUGV drop-down lists.8VH�5DLO'ULYHU

If this box is checked, after Train Store has finished making the moves required to the MSTS files, it exits and launches RailDriver automatically.

This checkbox is only enabled if the Option menu item 6XSSUHVV�0676�/DXQFK�checkbox is not checked. For further details of this option see the section on Using Train Store with RailDriver.

6WDUW�WKH�([SORUDWLRQClick on the ([SORUH button. Train Store will survey the installation, unstore only the files which are needed to run that exploration and start MST S.


7UDLQ�6WRUH�0DLQ�:LQGRZ��&ODVVLF�7UDLQ�6WRUH�2SHUDWLRQ�0RGHThe Train Store Main window contains all of the controls for operating Train Store to select Routes and Activities. Train Store operates in two modes, Simulation Mode and Maintenance Mode. Simulation Mode is used when selecting Routes and Activities to be used in an MSTS simulation. Maintenance Mode is used when selecting Routes, Activities, Consists and Stock Items which have to be available when editing Route Activities or Consists in the M STS editors, or other add-on editors or checking tools.

You can change Train Store to operate in the required mode by clicking on the Simulation or Maintenance tab in the Controls section at the top of the Controls section on the right hand side of the Train Store Main window.

Changes in selection are committed to the MSTS system when you click on the *R� Button in Simulation Mode, or the 3UHSDUH button in Maintenance mode.5RXWHV�3DQHThe Route pane shows all of the Routes that you have installed in a si mple tree-like structure. In addition it shows details of Activities, ‘Explore Mode Consists’, ‘Explore Mode Paths’, ‘Maintenance Mode Consists’, or ‘Maintenance Mode Stock’.

‘Explore Mode Consists’ – only available in Simulation Mode - are Consists which you specify that you want to be available when MSTS is run (even though they may not be required for any of the Activities that have been made ‘In Use’).

‘Explore Mode Paths’ – only available in Simulation Mode – are Paths which you specify that you want to be available when MSTS is run (even though they may not be required for any of the Activities that have been made ‘In Use’).

‘Maintenance Mode Consists’ – only available in Maintenance Mode – are Consists that you want to be Unstored when a Route is Unstored in Maintenance Mode. (even though they may not be required for any of the Activities that have been made ‘In Use’).

‘Maintenance Mode Stock’ – only available in Maintenance Mode – are Stock Items that you want to be Unstored when a Route is Unstored in Maintenance Mode. (even though they may not be required for any of the Activities that have been made ‘In Use’).

You can expand or contract any of the branches in the tree by double -clicking on it, by clicking on the � or ± sign at the left of the item, or selecting the item by clicking on it, and then pressing the � or ± key on your numeric pad. If you press the key whilst an item is selected, the item and all sub branches of it will be fully expanded.

When you select an item, if there is information which can be displayed about the item then the information is displayed in the Information pane. The information which is displayed is as follows :-


,WHP�7\SH ,QIRUPDWLRQ([SORUH�0RGH�&RQVLVWV The stock making up the Consist([SORUH�0RGH�3DWKV The Path Start and Path End information5RXWH The Route Description$FWLYLW\ The Activity Description and BriefingTraffic, Service, Consists and Stock used

The Route pane in the Train Store main window is used to select the items to be acted upon (to Store or Unstore as appropriate).5RXWHVItems are organized by Routes within the pane. The Activities, ‘Explore Mode Consists’, ‘Maintenance Mode Consists’ and ‘Maintenance Stock Items’ are each shown as separate sub-branches of a Route within the tree.*OREDO�6HWWLQJVIn addition to the section containing Routes information in this pane, there is a section headed ‘Global Settings’.

In Simulation Mode, this currently contains information about ‘Explore Mode Consists’ which are to be applied to any and every Route in the installation when the Route is unstored. So, if you want to have a particular Consist available for use in Explore Mode, on every Route, you do not have to enter the Consist on every Route, simply enter it under the Global Settings section. Then whenever any Route is Unstored, if you have selected the option to have ‘Explore Mode Consists’ included, the Consist will be included in the MSTS setup. It does not matter if the Consist is already needed as part of an Activity for a particular Rout e, it will only be included in the MSTS installation once. However, the more items which are made ‘In Use’ at any time, the slower MSTS will become, so choose the items you need rather than include items ‘just-in-case’.

In Maintenance Mode, this contains information about ‘Maintenance Mode Consists’ and Maintenance Mode Stock'. These are lists of Consists or Stock Items which are to be unstored whenever the Prepare function is run. The items in these lists will therefore be available whenever you are editing or mainlining MSTS.

,QIRUPDWLRQ�3DQHThe Information pane shows information about Routes, Consists and Activities. In addition it is used to display the results of the Statistics function which lists the numbers of Routes, Consists, Activities and Stock items contained within the system.

In addition, the Information pane is used to display any error or warning messages from processes that process large number of files, where it would be annoying and impractical to display a series of dialogue boxes.

The following are some examples of the Information pane displays.


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The contents of the Information pane can be printed by using the Print function (Choose )LOHthen 3ULQW from the menu, or else press the Print button on the toolbar). This print function is very basic in this version, simply outputting the contents to the printer without any formatting.

You can save the contents of this information pane to a file. You can also copy the contents of this information pane to an editor e.g. WordPad if you want to format the contents or keep a permanent record of the contents.&RQWUROV�6HFWLRQThe controls for Train Store are grouped on the right hand side of the main Train Store window. There are three groups of buttons. Their function depends on the mode being used. The functions are :-

6LPXODWLRQ�0RGH 0DLQWHQDQFH�0RGHActivate Selection MSTS Maintenance

Routes/ActivitiesExplore Mode Consists &Explore Mode Paths

Maint. Mode Consists/Stock

The Activate Selections and the MSTS Maintenance controls are located on 2 separate tabs to separate the normal running controls from those only used during maintenance.

You can change between the tabs by clicking on their names. The 6LPXODWLRQ tab is the tab that starts the actual process of examining the Scenario that you have selected, finding out where the files needed are actually located (In Use or In Store) and then moving the files to their required positions. The 0DLQWHQDQFH�tab, as its name suggests, is used when you want to work on MSTS with the editors. This tab starts a process which is similar to the process that sets up the files needed for a simulation, but because the editors are going to be used, all of the possible files needed for a Route must be found, not just those needed for specific Activities.$FWLYDWH�6HOHFWLRQVThe controls in this section affect the settings when Train Store is committing the selection changes to MSTS for normal simulation use.

*2�This button issues the instruction to Train Store to examine the contents of the Routes pane, and ensure that the actual files on disk are set up as you have requested. It is at this point that Train Store actually works and moves files to and from the MSTS folder structure, and the


Train Store storage folder structure as appropriate. When this button is clicked, Train Store checks to see that all of the required files are present and the Scenario required has no inconsistencies. If any errors are found during this ‘survey’ process, they will b e listed in the Information panel in the main Train Store window, and at the end of the ‘survey’ a warning dialogue will be displayed giving you the option of continuing to make the requested moves or stopping.

Ideally, in a properly maintained MSTS i nstallation, there should be no errors found by Train Store during this ‘survey’. Such errors may not be serious, and they may not cause visible problems, but it would be better if they were eradicated by using a checking facility such as Route_Riter or ConBuilder and taking action using the resultant reports.

If there were no errors found, or you chose to continue when the warning dialogue was displayed, the changes are actually made, and the progress is displayed in the Status bar. During the actual move process, Train Store monitors all moves and if any errors occur, they will be listed in the Information pane of the main Train Store window, and, at the end of the process, an error dialogue will be displayed. It is important to realise that errors at t his stage are serious. They mean that Train Store was for some reason unable to move a needed file to, or from, the MSTS installation. This almost certainly will mean that there will be problems in running MSTS. Errors at this stage are QRW normal and should be treated as serious, and the reason for them sought. For further information, see the section later in this manual dealing with Error Messages.

After the processing is completed, the Title bar at the top of the main Train Store window will show ‘[Synchronised]’.

There are three optional settings which can be applied before this button is pressed, ‘Include Explore Mode Consists’, ‘Include Explore Mode Paths’, and ‘Launch MSTS’.

,QFOXGH�([SORUH�0RGH�&RQVLVWVIf this box is checked, then when Train Store moves the files to make them ‘In Use’, it also makes sure that any Consists in activated ‘Explore Mode Consists’ are unstored. If the selection is not checked, then no ‘Explore Mode Consists’ are unstored. This allows you to get the absolute maximum performance on particular occasions. With the box unchecked,


there are no Consist files ‘In Use’ other than those absolutely necessary for the Activity selections made. This setting only has an effect when operating in Simulation Mode.

NOTE: Only items from activated Explore Mode Consist Lists will be unstored.

The setting for this check box is remembered by Train Store between sessions, so once checked, it remains checked until you change it, whenever that may be.

,QFOXGH�([SORUH�0RGH�3DWKVIf this box is checked, then when Train Store moves the files to make them ‘In Use’, it also makes sure that any Paths in activated ‘Explore Mode Paths’ are unstored. If the selection is not checked, then no ‘Explore Mode Paths’ are unstored. This allows you to get the absolute maximum performance on particular occasions. With the box unchecked, there are no Paths ‘In Use’ other than those absolutely necessary for the Activity selections made. This setting only has an effect when operating in Simulation Mode.

NOTE: Only items from activated Explore Mode Path Lists will be unstored.


/DXQFK�0676If this box is checked, after Train Store has finished making the moves required to the MSTS files, it exits and launches MSTS automatically.

This checkbox is always unset on starting Train Store.

The parameters used to launch MSTS are initially set by Train store from the de fault for the MSTS installation. The actual command line and any parameters required can be changed by choosing 0676�/DXQFK�6HWWLQJV from the Tools, Options menu.

The behaviour of this parameter can be further modified by the setting of the option 5HWXUQ�WR� 7UDLQ� 6WRUH� $IWHU� 0676� /DXQFK. This parameter, which can be found on the Tools/Options menu, if set, will cause Train Store to wait until you have finished in MSTS, then it will automatically reappear awaiting your next set of selections.

8VH�5DLO'ULYHUIf this box is checked, after Train Store has finished making the moves required to the MSTS files, it exits and launches RailDriver automatically.

This checkbox is only enabled if the /DXQFK�0676�checkbox is checked. For further details of this option see the section on Using Train Store with RailDriver.0676�0DLQWHQDQFHThis section allows you to select Route(s) to be Prepared so that they are available for maintenance using the MSTS editors.

When a Route is Prepared using this function, all of the fi les from the Route are Unstored, not just the files specifically needed for the Activities which are contained in the Route. In addition any ‘Maintenance Mode Consists’ which have been defined for the Route will also be Unstored, together with any ‘Maintenance Mode Stock’ Items, to allow you to use them in the MSTS editors.


Notice that in this mode, unless the 3DUWLDO�5RXWH option is marked, only complete Routes are Stored or Unstored. It is possible to see the various activities within a Route displayed i n the tree view (as in Simulation mode), but once the Prepare button is clicked and the process starts only complete Routes are processed. If a Route is partially stored when the Prepare function is started, and the Partial Route option is not set, then it will be fully Unstored and In Use at the end of the process.

3UHSDUHThis function will actually prepare the Route(s) selected for maintenance by Unstoring all of the files for the Route(s) as described above, together with any ‘Maintenance Mode Consists’and Maintenance Mode Stock’ Items which have been defined for the Unstored Route(s), and commit the selection changes to the MSTS installation.

If the Partial Route option is checked, then Paths from activated Maintenance Path Lists will also be unstored. If the Partial Route option is left unchecked, then all Paths within any unstored Routes will be unstored.

As there are more files involved, this function will take a little longer than the usual Train Store processing time to Unstore a Route for using in an MSTS simulation. After the processing is completed, the Title bar at the top of the main Train Store window will contain ‘[Prepared]’

To use the function, click on the 3UHSDUH button. A confirmation dialogue will be displayed.

Click on the Yes button to proceed, and the processing will be carried out with the progress being monitored in the Train Store Status bar. The mouse cursor returns to its normal state and the Status bar is cleared when the process is complete. If you selected the ConfirmCompletion option then a confirmation dialogue box will also be displayed, requiring you to click OK to continue.

There is no ‘UnPrepare’ process needed when you have finished editing. Using the Go! Process in Simulation Mode will automatically switch Tr ain Store back to optimising the files in the MSTS installation.

3DUWLDO�5RXWHThis option, if selected, allows you to select individual Activities when you Prepare Routes. If this option is not marked, you can only Prepare complete Routes. When Train Stor e Prepares a Route and the Partial Route option is checked, it first Prepares the Activities that you have marked to be InUse. Once it has done this it checks to see if the Activity(ies) that you selected referenced any Paths, or Services from any other Ac tivity. If so, it then also Prepares those Activities also. This process continues until the Activity(ies) that you requested are Prepared, together with all other Activities, Services and Paths that are referenced.

Train Store does this to make sure that all of the files that are affected by any change to an Activity are available and InUse together so that you can edit the Activity safely. If the


Activity you choose does not share any of its components with other Activities, then only the files specifically required for that Activity will be Prepared.

��'HI��5RXWHVThis option, if selected, causes Train Store to Unstore all of the MSTS default Routes (in addition to any that you may have already selected to Unstore). You can use this option if you want to have all of the MSTS default routes In Use prior to installing a new Route. (Most Route installations require the 6 MSTS default routes to be available so that they can copy various default shapes and textures to the new Route.

Click on the option to mark the checkbox to use this facility. The facility takes effect when the Prepare button is clicked.

This checkbox is always unset on starting Train Store.

��$OO�6WRFNThis option, if selected, causes Train Store to Unstore all of the Stock Items in the ins tallation. You can use this option if you want to have every Stock Item available when editing Activities.

Click on the option to mark the checkbox to use this facility. The facility only takes effect when the Prepare button is clicked.


/DXQFK�0676�(GLWRUIf this box is checked, after Train Store has finished making the moves required to prepare the MSTS files, it exits and launches the MSTS editor automatically.

This checkbox is always unset on starting Train Store.5RXWHV�$FWLYLWLHVThis section contains the buttons which Store, or Unstore the Route(s) or Activity(ies) which are currently selected in the Route pane. The buttons are enabled or disabled depending upon the state of the item selected. (e.g. if the item is ‘In Use’, the Unstore button is not enabled). The item(s) acted upon by the button will depend upon the selection. e.g. (If the ‘Route s’ heading is selected the action will apply to all of the Routes and Activities in the installation.) Note also that the buttons are multi-function. If a Route is selected, the button will Store or Unstore the Route and all Activities included in it. If the ‘Activities’ heading for a Route is selected, then all of the Activities for the Route will be Stored or Unstored as appropriate.

The functions in this section can also be accessed from the Routes and Activities items on the Train Store menu bar.([SORUH�0RGH�&RQVLVWV��0DLQW��0RGH�&RQVLVWV�6WRFNThis section contains the button to Add or Remove ‘Explore Mode Consists’, ‘Maintenance Mode Consists’, or ‘Maintenance Mode Stock’ to or from the Route selected in the Routes pane, or to the Global Settings section if this is selected. In Simulation Mode the button controls editing of the ‘Explore Mode Consists’ Lists. In Maintenance Mode, the button controls editing of the ‘Maintenance Mode Consists’ and ‘Maintenance Mode Stock Lists. The buttons are enabled only when the item selected in the Routes pane is relevant to the button action. (e.g. if the item is an Activity, the button is not enabled). The item(s) acted


upon by the button will depend upon the selection. e.g. (If the ‘Global Settings’ heading is selected the action will apply to all of the Consists in the ‘Global Settings’ of the installation.)

The buttons in this section can also be accessed from the Consists, or Stock, items on the Train Store menu bar.

(GLW�6HOHFWHG�5RXWH��(GLW�*OREDO�6HWWLQJV�With one of the following types of headings or the items under them selected in the Routes pane (either for a specific Route, or under the Global Settings heading) : -

‘Explore Mode Consists’‘Maintenance Mode Consists’‘Maintenance Mode Stock’

clicking on this button will open a window which allows you to select Consist(s) or Stock Item(s) from those available within the installation, and add them to the Route, or Global Settings as appropriate.

The first time this button is clicked within a session of Tra in Store, the program will have to build the list to display, so this will take a few seconds before the list is displayed. (Whilst the list is being generated, the progress will be displayed in the Status bar as usual). The list is stored during the operation of Train Store, so any subsequent requests for this function will result in the window being displayed immediately.

If the button is clicked when referring to ‘Explore Mode Consists’ or ‘Maintenance Mode Consists’ the window opened will look like this. A similar window will be opened when dealing with ‘Maintenance Mode Stock’ items.

Select the item you require to process by clicking on it. Multiple selections can be made using the usual Windows conventions with the Control or Shift keys. As an ite m is selected, the


details of the item will be displayed in the Consist Details (or Stock Details) pane. There are various filters that can be applied to the ‘Available’ list to make selecting items easier. For full details see the later sections on ‘Explore Mode Consists’, Maintenance Mode Consists’ or ‘Maintenance Mode Stock’.

If you are adding items to the current list for the Route (or Global Settings) select the item in the Consists Available (or Stock Available) pane. Then, either click on the $GG� WR /LVWbutton, or drag the items with the mouse to the Current List pane. The items will appear in the Current List pane.

If you are removing items from the current list for the Route (or Global Settings) select the item in the Current List pane. Then, either click on the 5HPRYH�IURP�/LVW button, press the >'HOHWH@ key, or drag the items with the mouse out of the Current List pane into the Consists Available (or Stock Available) pane. The items will disappear from the Current List pane.

If any change has been made, the OK button will be enabled. When you have made all the changes you need, click on the OK button and the selected items will be added to the relevant list for the Route, or Global Settings as appropriate.

The editing of ‘Explore Mode Consists’ lists is only available in Simulation mode, and editing of ‘Maintenance Mode Consists’ and ‘Maintenance Mode Stock’ is only available in Maintenance mode.

The window for ‘Explore Mode Consists’ only shows driveable Consists, and if the list applies to a Route which is not electrified, no electrically powered Consists will be included in the list. When operating in Maintenance mode, all Consists and all Stock Items are available for selection from the available list.

Note: Removal of Consists or Stock Items from the Route lists does not remove the item from the MSTS system, it only removes the item from the Route or Global Settings list as appropriate.([SORUH�0RGH�3DWKV�0DLQWHQDQFH�0RGH�3DWKVThis section contains the button to Add or Remove ‘Explore Mode Paths’ or ‘Maintenance Mode Paths’ to or from the Route selected in the Routes pane. The button is enabled only when the item selected in the Routes pane is relevant to the button action. (e.g. if the item is an Activity, the button is not enabled). The i tem(s) affected depend upon the selection.

The button in this section can also be accessed from the Paths item on the Train Store menu bar.

(GLW�6HOHFWHG�5RXWH�With one of the ‘Explore Mode Paths’ headings or the items under them selected in the Routes pane, clicking on this button will open a window which allows you to select Paths those available within the Route, and add them to the Route’s ‘Explore Mode Paths’ list.


Select the item you require to process by clicking on it. Multiple selections can be made using the usual Windows conventions with the Control or Shift keys. As an item is selected, the details of the item will be displayed in the Path Details pane. There are various filters that can be applied to the ‘Available’ list to make selecting items easier. For full details see the later sections on ‘Explore Mode Paths’ and ‘Maintenance Mode Paths’.

If you are adding items to the current list for the Route select the item in the Paths Available pane. Then, either click on the $GG�WR�/LVW button, or drag the items with the mouse to the Current List pane. The items will appear in the Current List pane.

If you are removing items from the current list for the Route select the item in the Current List pane. Then, either click on the 5HPRYH�IURP�/LVW button, or drag the items with the mouse out of the Current List pane into the Paths Available pane, or press the >'HOHWH@ key. The items will disappear from the Current List pane.

As long as any change has been made, the OK button will be enabled. When you have made all the changes you need you need, click on the OK button and the selected items will be added to the list for the Route.

In Simulation Mode the unstoring of Paths will unstore all of the Paths specified in any activated ‘Explore Mode Path’ lists. In Maintenance Mode the unstoring of Paths is handled differently. (If the Partial Route option is not selected, then all Paths for a Route are unstored. If the Partial Route option is selected, then all of the Paths which are referenced by any of the Activities or Services which are unstored, are themselves unstored, then all of the Paths specified in any activated ‘Maintenance Mode Path’ lists.)

The window for ‘Explore Mode Paths’ only shows driveable Paths.

Note: Removal of Paths from the Route lists does not remove the item from the MSTS system, it only removes the item from the Route’s list.


([LWThis button exits Train Store after requesting you to save any changed Scenarios. Changes made to configurations which have been built from the curre nt on-disk MSTS configuration, will not be saved, unless the option to always show a save warning is set. This option can be set by marking the $OZD\V�6KRZ�6DYH�:DUQLQJ item on the Tools, Options menu.

The function is also accessed by selecting File, Exit from the Train Store menu bar, or clicking on the Close Window button on the Train Store main window.6WDWXV�,QIRUPDWLRQTrain Store provides information on the progress of processes that carry out multiple activities by displaying information in the Status bar at the bottom of the Train Store main window.

The entry consists of a code describing the type of activity, (e.g. MOVE, SURVEY etc.) together with information on the file or folder that the operation is being performed upon.

The information is presented to verify that the process is proceeding during the case of a long series of actions which might take more than a few seconds to complete.


7KH�7UDLQ�6WRUH�0HQXTrain Store also provides access to its functions via the usual type of menu structure . Most functions are available directly by accessing buttons on the Train Store main form, but a few options which will not need to be accessed frequently, are only available from the menu. This section describes all of the functions available from the men u. Note that the actual items that appear and are enabled in a menu at any time will depend upon the page being displayed, and the item selected.

In addition to the normal selection of a menu item by clicking on it in the menu bar, a number of these functions are available by right-clicking on the item concerned. This will open a short context menu which contains only the actions which are relevant to the item concerned. For example :-

and

It is always useful to see if the function you need is available immediately by right-clicking.)LOH�0HQXThe File menu provides access to the functions which control the loading and saving of Scenario files and also contains the Print and Exit functions as is usual for Windows applications. In addition a Most Recently Used (MRU) list of Scenario files is provided for the 9 MRU files.1HZThis function clears the Route pane in the Train store main window. This can be done prior to loading a new Scenario, or refreshing the window from the on -disk MSTS configuration. It is not essential to use this function. It is provided for completeness. If there are any changes to Scenarios that need to be saved when this function is requested, a warning dialogue box will be displayed giving you the option to save the changed Scenario.

The function can also be accessed from the icon on the Train Store toolbar. The function is not available in Easy Train Store.2SHQThis function opens a previously saved Scenario, and loads it into the Routes pane, replacing any previous Scenario in the Routes pane. The scenario is chosen by selecting a file from an Open Scenario dialogue box which allows you to navigate to the file you want to load. If there are any outstanding changes to the previous Scenario that need to be saved when the n ew Scenario is opened, a warning dialogue box will be displayed giving you the option to save the previously changed Scenario, before the requested Scenario is loaded.


If the required Scenario file is one of the nine most recently used files, the file can be opened by clicking on its entry in the Most Recently Used (MRU) list in the File menu following the usual Windows conventions.

The function can also be accessed from the icon on the Train Store toolbar. The function is not available in Easy Train Store.6DYHThis function Saves the current Scenario which has been loaded from a Scenario file and changed. If the current Scenario was not loaded from a file, then the function proceeds as though the SaveAs function had been chosen. Once the Scenario has b een saved the (Changed) indication will disappear from the window Title on the Train Store main window.

The function can also be accessed from the icon on the Train Store toolbar. The function is not available in Easy Train Store.

6DYH$VThis function Saves the current Scenario to a specified file. If the current Scenario was loaded from a file, it can be used to save the changed Scenario to a different file. If the current Scenario was not loaded from a file, this provides the method of saving it for t he first time. The function is not available in Easy Train Store.3ULQWThis function prints the contents of the selected information pane. In this version the formatting of the output is applied from the selected information pane, and the resultant print is basic, but it does provide a record of the contents of the Information pane.

Selecting this function opens the standard Windows Print dialogue, so that you can change printers, or change the printer properties before printing.

The function can also be accessed from the icon on the Train Store toolbar.

3ULQW�6HWXSThis function opens the standard Windows Printer Setup dialogue box.([LWThis function exits Train Store after requesting you to save any changed Scenarios. Changes made to configurations which have been built from the current on-disk MSTS configuration, will not be saved, unless the option to always show a save warning is set. This option can be set by marking the $OZD\V�6KRZ�6DYH�:DUQLQJ item on the Tools, Options menu.

The function is also accessed by clicking on the ([LW button in the Controls section of the Train Store main window, or clicking on the Close Window button on the Train Store main window.


(GLW&RS\This function copies the contents of the selected item to the Windows clipbo ard. If the selected item is a list, or the tree view in the Main Train Store window, the complete list will be copied. If the item selected is an information pane, then, if there is any text selected, only the selected text is copied. If no text is selected, all of the text in the selected pane is copied.

This function can also be selected by pressing >&WUO@�&.6DYH�&RQWHQWVThis function opens a 6DYH�6HOHFWHG�7H[W�WR�D�)LOH dialogue so that you can choose a file in which to save the contents of the selected pane.

If there is any text selected, only the selected text is saved. If the selected item is a list, or the tree view in the Main Train Store window, the complete list will be saved. If the item selected is an information pane, then, if no text is selected, all of the text in the selected pane is saved.

This function can also be selected by pressing >&WUO@�6.)LQGThis function opens a )LQG�7H[W dialogue so that you can enter a string that you want to search for in the contents of the selected pane.


Enter the search text, and mark the &DVH�6HQVLWLYH checkbox if you want the search to be case sensitive, then click on the 2. button. The most recently entered search strings can be selected from the drop-down list. The text will be searched, and the selection positioned at the start of the searched for string.

This function can also be selected by pressing >&WUO@�).)LQG�1H[WThis function carries out a search for the next occurrence of the already entered search string. If no search string has been entered, the )LQG�7H[W dialogue box is opened.

This function can also be selected by pressing >)�@.9LHZ5HIUHVKThis function refreshes the main Train Store window with the latest information from the MSTS on-disk configuration and the Train Store stor age folder. If the current Scenario was loaded from a file and there are any outstanding changes that need to be saved when the pane is refreshed, a warning dialogue box will be displayed giving you the option to save the previously changed Scenario, before the pane is refreshed.

This function can also be accessed by pressing the >)�@ key.5RXWHVThe Store/Unstore functions contained here can also be accessed from the Routes/Activities section of the Controls in the Train Store main window. The Store/Unsto re functions are not available in Easy Train Store.6WRUH�WKH�6HOHFWHG�5RXWH�V�8Q6WRUH�WKH�6HOHFWHG�5RXWH�V�This section contains the items which Store, or Unstore the Route(s) which are currently selected in the Route pane. 8QVWRUH�7KLV�5RXWH�2QO\The function 8QVWRUH� 7KLV� 5RXWH� 2QO\, unstores the selected Route, but stores all other Routes and Activities.76(&7,21�'$7�6HWWLQJVThis function allows you to set the TSECTION.DAT parameters for the selected Route. Clicking on this will open the 76(&7,21�'$7 3DUDPHWHUV window for the selected Route. See the section on TSECTION.DAT Swapping for details of this function.


$FWLYLWLHVThe functions contained here can also be accessed from the Routes/Activities section of the Controls in the Train Store main window. The functions are not available in Easy Train Store.6WRUH�6HOHFWHG�$FWLYLW\�LHV�8QVWRUH�6HOHFWHG�$FWLYLW\�LHV�This section contains the items which Store, or Unstore the Activity(ies) which are currently selected in the Route pane.8QVWRUH�7KLV�$FWLYLW\�2QO\The function Unstore This Activity Only, unstores the selected Activity, but stores all other Routes and Activities.3DWKVThe Edit functions contained here can also be accessed from the Explore Mode Paths section of the Controls in the Train Store main window.9LHZ�$OO�3DWKV�IRU�WKLV�5RXWHThis function opens a window which displays all paths for the selected Route (Driveable and non-Driveable). Paths which are In Use are highlighted.(GLW�6HOHFWHG�([SORUH�0RGH�3DWKVThis function will open the (GLW�([SORUH�0RGH�3DWKV�/LVW window or the (GLW�0DLQWHQDQFH�0RGH�3DWKV�/LVW�for the selected Route. This menu item is only enabled when the selected item is the heading for an individual Path List or an item within a Path List. It can also be accessed from the (GLW�([SORUH�0RGH�3DWKV button or the (GLW�0DLQWHQDQFH�0RGH�3DWKV�EXWWRQ�in the Controls section of the Train Store main window. This function is not available in Easy Train Store.$FWLYDWH�6HOHFWHG�3DWK�V��/LVWThis function marks the selected Path List so that it is available to be unstored. It can also be invoked by clicking to mark the checkbox which appears next to the heading for an individual Path List. The function is only enabled when there are multiple Path Lists available for a Route. This function is not available in Easy Train Store.'H$FWLYDWH�6HOHFWHG�3DWK�V��/LVWThis function marks the selected Path List so that it is QRW available to be unstored. It can also be invoked by clicking to unmark the checkbox which appears next to the heading for an individual Path List. The function is only enabled when there are multiple Path Lists available for a Route. This function is not available in Easy Train Store.$FWLYDWH�6HOHFWHG�3DWK�/LVW�2QO\This function marks the selected Path List so that it i s available to be unstored, but marks all other Path Lists within the Route so that they are QRW available to be unstored. The function is only enabled when there are multiple Path Lists available for a Route. This function is not available in Easy Train Store.


&UHDWH�1HZ�3DWK�/LVWThis function creates a new Path List for the selected Route and will open the (GLW�([SORUH�0RGH�3DWK�/LVW window or the (GLW�0DLQWHQDQFH�0RGH�3DWK�/LVW�for the new list in the selected Route. This menu item is only enabled when the selected item is the Paths List heading for a Route. This function is not available in Easy Train Store. :KHUH�8VHGThis function will run an analysis of the Activities and Services within the Route containing the selected Path, and display a list of the places where the selected Path has been used. The analysis is added to the end of the Information pane. This function is not available in Easy Train Store.&RQVLVWVThe Edit functions contained here can also be accessed from the Explore Mode Consists o r Maint. Mode Consists/Stock section of the Controls in the Train Store main window. The Consist functions are not available in Easy Train Store.9LHZ�$OO�&RQVLVWVThis function opens a window which displays all of the Consists for the MSTS installation. Consists which are In Use are highlighted.(GLW�6HOHFWHG�([SORUH�0RGH�&RQVLVWV(GLW�6HOHFWHG�0DLQWHQDQFH�0RGH�&RQVLVWVThese functions will edit the ‘Explore Mode Consists’, or ‘Maintenance Mode Consists’ list for the Route selected in the Routes pane, or for the Global Settings section if this is selected. The functions will open the (GLW� ([SORUH� 0RGH� &RQVLVW� /LVW window or the (GLW�0DLQWHQDQFH�0RGH�&RQVLVW�/LVW window as appropriate. This menu item is only enabled when the selected item is the heading for an individual Consist List or an item within a Consist List. This function is not available in Easy Train Store.$FWLYDWH�6HOHFWHG�&RQVLVW�/LVW�V�This function marks the selected Consist List so that it is available to be unstored. It can also be invoked by clicking to mark the checkbox which appears next to the heading for an individual Consist List. The function is only enabled when there are multiple Consist Lists available for a Route. This function is not available in Easy Train Store.'H$FWLYDWH�6HOHFWHG�&RQVLVW�/LVW�V�This function marks the selected Consist List so that it is QRW available to be unstored. It can also be invoked by clicking to unmark the checkbox which appears next to the heading for an individual Consist List. The function is only enabled when there are multiple Consist Lists available for a Route. This function is not available in Easy Train Store.$FWLYDWH�6HOHFWHG�&RQVLVW�/LVW�2QO\This function marks the selected Consist List so that it is available to be unstored, but marks all other Consist Lists within the Route so that they are QRW available to be unstored. The function is only enabled when there are multiple Consist Lists available for a Route. This function is not available in Easy Train Store.


&UHDWH�1HZ�&RQVLVW�/LVWThis function creates a new Consist List for the selected Route and will open the (GLW�([SORUH�0RGH�&RQVLVW�/LVW window or the (GLW�0DLQWHQDQFH�0RGH�&RQVLVW�/LVW� for the new list in the selected Route. This menu item is only enabled when the selected item is t he Consists List heading for a Route. This function is not available in Easy Train Store. 6KRZ�6HOHFWHG�,WHP�LQ�9LHZHUThis function will open a new Train Store internal Viewer window and show the selected Consist. If the 8VH�69,(:�DV�,WHP�9LHZHU option has been selected, then this function wil not be operable.:KHUH�8VHGThis function will run an analysis of the MSTS configuration and display a list of the places where the selected Consist has been used. The analysis is added to the end of the Informationpane.6WRFNThe Edit functions contained here can also be accessed from the Maint. Mode Consists/Stock section of the Controls in the Train Store main window. The functions are not available in Easy Train Store.9LHZ�$OO�6WRFN�,WHPVThis function opens a window which displays all of the Stock Items for the MSTS installation. Items which are In Use are highlighted. (GLW�6HOHFWHG�0DLQWHQDQFH�6WRFN�/LVWThis function will edit the ‘Maintenance Stock’ list for the Route selected in the Routes pane, or for the Global Settings section if this is selected. The function will open the (GLW�0DLQWHQDQFH�0RGH�6WRFN�/LVW window. This menu item is only enabled when the selected item is the heading for an individual Stock Item List or an item within a Stock Item List. T his function is not available in Easy Train Store.$FWLYDWH�6HOHFWHG�6WRFN�/LVW�V�This function marks the selected Stock Item List so that it is available to be unstored. It can also be invoked by clicking to mark the checkbox which appears next to the he ading for an individual Stock Item List. The function is only enabled when there are multiple Stock Item Lists available for a Route. This function is not available in Easy Train Store.'H$FWLYDWH�6HOHFWHG�6WRFN�/LVW�V�This function marks the selected Stock Item List so that it is QRW available to be unstored. It can also be invoked by clicking to unmark the checkbox which appears next to the heading for an individual Stock Item List. The function is only enabled when there are multiple Stock Item Lists available for a Route. This function is not available in Easy Train Store.$FWLYDWH�6HOHFWHG�6WRFN�/LVW�2QO\This function marks the selected Stock Item List so that it is available to be unstored, but marks all other Stock Item Lists within the Route so tha t they are QRW available to be unstored. The function is only enabled when there are multiple Stock Item Lists available for a Route. This function is not available in Easy Train Store.


&UHDWH�1HZ�6WRFN�/LVWThis function creates a new Stock Item List for the selected Route and will open the (GLW�0DLQWHQDQFH�0RGH�6WRFN�,WHP�/LVW�for the new list in the selected Route. This menu item is only enabled when the selected item is the Maintenance Mode Stock List heading for a Route. This function is not available in Easy Train Store. 6KRZ�6HOHFWHG�,WHP�LQ�9LHZHUThis function will open a new Train Store internal Viewer window and show the selected Stock Item. If the 8VH�69,(:�DV�,WHP�9LHZHU option has been selected, then SVIEW will be used to show the item.:KHUH�8VHGThis function will run an analysis of the MSTS configuration and display a list of the places where the selected Stock Item has been used. The analysis is added to the end of the Information pane.7RROVThe Tools menu contains items which allow you to change the default settings within Train Store, produce some simple statistics, run the ConBuilder or Route_Riter programs, and carry out the preliminary procedures if you want to uninstall Train Store.2SWLRQVThe Options section of the Tools menu contains all of the items which change the default settings for Train Store. Most operate by recording a visible check mark against the menu item, so that you can see whether the setting has been applied. Others require the opening of an additional window with extra parameters which need to be entered.([SDQG�5RXWHV�/LVW�:KHQ�&UHDWHGThis option governs whether the tree of items within the Routes window is fully expanded or not when the list is first created. If the item is unchecked, the list will not be fully e xpanded, and only the Global Settings, and the individual Route headings will be seen. If fully expanded every branch in the tree will be fully expanded.

The function is not available in Easy Train Store.9LHZ�2EMHFWV�E\�)LOH�1DPHWithin MSTS, items are sometimes referred to by name, sometimes by file name. Some items may have the Name parameter completed, others may not. Other types of object might not have the ability to be named, and only the file name is possible.

This function governs the way Train S tore uses the Name information (if it can be found for an item). If the menu item is checked, then Train Store will always use the file name for the object to refer to it and display in any list or report. If the menu item is left unchecked, Train Store will always use the Name information for an object (if it can be found) to refer to it and to display in any list or report.

Note: Lists within Train Store are always sorted on this field, so changing from one setting to the other will affect the order in which items appear in the list.

The function is not available in Easy Train Store.


6XSSUHVV�0676�/DXQFKThis function , if checked, stops the launching of MSTS in Easy Train Store if the 5XQ�$FWLYLW\, or ([SORUH button is pressed. In other words, the files will be set up for the Activity or exploration selected, but MSTS will not be started.

The function is only available in Easy Train Store.6XSSUHVV�%DFNJURXQG�,PDJHThis function, if checked, will suppress the Easy Train Store background image, and maximise the Routes and Activities/Explore panels to take up the full size available on the form.

The function is only available in Easy Train Store.

Tip: If you want to change the default background image in Easy Train Store, create a .JPG file of the image you want to use. The image should have approximately the same size and aspect ratio as your monitor settings. The file must be named BACKGRND.JPG and it must be stored in the folder where you installed Train Store, replacing the existing default BACKGRND.JPG file.5HWXUQ�WR�7UDLQ�6WRUH�DIWHU�0676�/DXQFKThis function governs the way Train Store behaves when it has been used as a launcher for MSTS by double-clicking on a Scenario shortcut, or a Scenario file within Windows Explorer. If the menu item is checked, when MSTS is launched, Train store will not exit, but will remain in the system (Minimized) waiting for MSTS to finish. Once MSTS has finished, the Train Store window will be restored, thus providing an immediate return to the Train Store selections.6WDUW�ZLWK�%ODQN�5RXWHV�ZLQGRZWhen Train Store starts up, by default, it searches the current installation and displays a map of the current situation. If you are using Train Store with a number of saved Scenarios, and using it to quickly swap from one to the other, the initial pause whilst it refreshes the map is not long but can be avoided, speeding up the whole process.

If the menu item is checked, on startup Train Store will not examine the current installation and display the map. You can then immediately go to the Open Scenario function to load the Scenario you want to work with. If the menu item is unchecked, the default situation is restored, i.e. Train Store will examine the current installation and produce the map.

The function is not available in Easy Train Store.8VH�'HIDXOW�6FHQDULRThis function allows you to specify a default Scenario which will always be loaded when Train Store starts. If you click on the menu item, a &KRRVH�'HIDXOW�7UDLQ�6WRUH�6FHQDULRwindow will be opened.


Navigate to the file that you want to use as the Default Scenario, then click on the 2SHQbutton, or else double-click on the file name. The window will close, and the Default Scenario file name will be stored, and the menu option will be marked.

Whenever Train Store starts, instead of examining the current state of the MSTS system, Train Store will load the default Scenario file. (Checks will be made to ensure that Routes and Activities have not changed within the MSTS system. If there are changes the default Scenario in memory will be updated, and you will be warned that the changes have been made, and you will have the opportunity to resave the default Scenario.)

If you want to stop using the Default Scenario, then select the 8VH�'HIDXOW�6FHQDULR menu item again, the check mark will be cleared, and the Default Scenario will no longer be used.

The function is not available in Easy Train Store.&KDQJH�/LVW�+LJKOLJKWLQJ��8QVWRUHG�,WHPV�By default, items in the Paths, Consist and Stock Item lists which are In Use are highlighted by being italicised in the list. This function allows you change this default highlighting to suit your preference.

Clicking on this item opens a Font Selection dialogue window.


Choose the highlighting you prefer and click the OK button. The highlighting will be changed in all of the lists.

NOTE: Items in the lists which have errors or warnings associated with them are displayed with a strike through font to highlight them. This error/warning highlighting is not changeable.$OZD\V�6KRZ�6FHQDULR�6DYH�:DUQLQJWhen a Scenario has been loaded from a Scenario file, if any changes are made to the Routes of Activities, the fact that the change has been made is recorded. When you attempt to Open another Scenario file, or clear the Scenario with th e New function, or leave Train Store, you will be warned if the file has not been saved, and you will have an opportunity to save it. By default this warning function is not applied to Scenarios which have been produced by examining the current installation, and not loaded from a Scenario file.

If this menu item is checked, the same warning facility is also applied to changed Scenarios which have been created by examining the current installation. i.e. on any change to the Scenario, Train store will warn you that it has not been saved before clearing it, loading another scenario, or leaving Train Store.

The function is not available in Easy Train Store.&RQILUP�&RPSOHWLRQIf this menu item is checked, after any long process such as Activate Selections, Pre pare for Maintenance, or Unstore Everything!, a process completion dialogue box will be displayed, requiring you to click the 2.�button, or to press >(QWHU@�to continue.

6XSSUHVV�0RYH�(UURU�'LDORJXHBefore Train Store moves any files or folders it makes a number of checks to ensure that all of the required files are present, and that the consistency of the MSTS configuration will be preserved. If during this ‘Survey’ process any errors are found, a dialogue box will be displayed, informing you that Train Store found errors, and asking you to confirm that you do want to proceed with the move under these conditions.

This ‘Suppress Move Error Dialogue’ menu item, if checked, will suppress this error/confirmation dialogue and the move will take place as thou gh you chose ‘Yes’.

127(� This error suppression function is only provided to allow you to use Train Store during the time that you are cleaning up an installation which has problems, because files have been moved and/or deleted in an uncontrolled way in the past.

It is not normal for there to be inconsistencies between files within an MSTS configuration, and running it in this state may hinder MSTS operation.


If Train Store reports errors during this Survey phase, it is strongly recommended that you usea checking program such as Route_Riter or ConBuilder to resolve these inconsistencies, rather than just accepting the errors.

This error suppression will QRW prevent the display of errors which occur during the process where Train Store is actually moving files. Train Store will always report errors which prevent it from moving a file.6XSSUHVV�$FWLYLW\�6DYHG�:DUQLQJIt has been found that when an Activity is saved in MSTS, if the Scenario which is in effect at the time when the Activity is saved, is not the same Scenario which is in effect when you go back to MSTS and attempt to Load the Saved Activity and restart it, then VRPHWLPHV MSTS will fail to restart the saved Activity.

To counter this, when Train Store starts, it checks to see whether any Activi ties have been saved since the last time Train Store was closed down. If any Activities have been saved since the last Train Store session, then a warning dialogue is displayed, giving you the choice to save the (current) Scenario, if you have not done so before.

If this 6XSSUHVV� $FWLYLW\� 6DYHG�:DUQLQJ� is switched on, then no such warning will be issued.

To change the setting of this option, click on the 6XSSUHVV�$FWLYLW\�6DYHG�:DUQLQJ entry in the 7RROV, 2SWLRQV menu. If the item is left checked, then the warnings will be suppressed. 6XSSUHVV�0DLQWHQDQFH�:DUQLQJWhen Train Store is operating normally in Simulation mode, it always tries to optimise the files in the MSTS folders by ensuring that only the files actually needed are in the MSTS folders. If you want to edit Routes, Activities or Consists, this optimised set of files is not sufficient, and the Route concerned needs to be Prepared using Maintenance Mode in Train Store. To remind you of this, Train Store displays a warning banner whenever the MS TS files are in this optimised Simulation mode. The banner displays : -

7KH�FXUUHQW�VHWWLQJV�DUH�QRW�VXLWDEOH�IRU�HGLWLQJ�WKH�0676�FRQILJXUDWLRQIf you do not want to see this warning then you can suppress it by using this option. Click on this menu item to mark it with a check-mark, and the warning message will no longer be displayed.

The function is not available in Easy Train Store.6XSSUHVV�:DUQLQJ�0HVVDJHVWhen Train Store is examining files before loading them into memory, Train Store may find problems with the contents. If the problem is serious and would cause MSTS to fail, or stop with an error message, the problem is reported as an error. Some problems, however, will not cause MSTS a problem, but they may mean that your simulation will miss infor mation (e.g. an AI service). In these cases Train Store reports such problems as a warning.

If you do not want to see these warning messages then you can suppress them by using this option. Click on this menu item to mark it with a check-mark, and the warning messages will no longer be displayed.


6XSSUHVV�µ:KHUH�8VHG¶�$QDO\VLV�RI�(UURUVWhen Train Store makes a survey of the installation prior to moving the files required to set up the Activity or exploration that you selected in Classic Train Store, if a ny errors are found, Train Store will automatically carry out an analysis of where the files which caused errors are used. This analysis is relatively lengthy. If you are running your installation with files that you know have errors in them, you may want to stop this additional analysis activity.

This function, if selected, suppresses this analysis. The setting can be changed at any time and will be remembered by Train Store.

The function is not available in Easy Train Store.6XSSUHVV�(UURU�:DUQLQJ�+LJKOLJKWLQJWhen Train Store makes a survey of the installation prior to moving the files required to set up the Activity or exploration that you selected in Classic Train Store, if any errors or warnings are found, any items in the list editor windows which are associated with these errors or warnings are highlighted.

This function, if selected, suppresses this error/warning highlighting.7UDLQ�6WRUH�6WRUDJH�)ROGHUThis function allows you to change the location of the Train Store Storage Folder. The function is called automatically when Train Store is started for the first time, and allows you to make the initial setting for this parameter, but the function can be used at any time to change the Storage folder location.

The Train Store Storage Folder is the folder which holds the structure of files that Train Store uses to store items which have been removed from Train Store. Once the folder has been assigned, do not add, edit or delete any files within the folder. Any attempt to do so may cause Train store to function incorrectly, and may thus damage your MSTS installation.

Clicking on this menu item will open the 6WRUDJH�3DWK�6HWXS window which allows you to choose the folder to be used as the Train Store Storage folder.

Navigate to the folder you want to use, if it exists, or else type in the name of the folder that you want to use. When you have entered the folder name, or navigated to it, click on the OK


button, and Train Store will set the location of the Storage Folder to the location that you specified.

Before making the change, Train Store will validate the chosen folder to ensure that it meets certain criteria. These are :-

• The folder must either not exist, or it must be empty• The folder cannot be the root folder on any drive• The folder must be on the same drive as the MSTS files.• If there is an existing Storage Folder, the new folder must not be within the folder

structure of the existing Storage Folder.

Before creating or moving the folder, Train Store will ask you to confirm the process of creation and movement.

Once the creation or move has taken place Train Store will close the window and return to the Train Store main window.0676�/DXQFK�6HWWLQJVThis function allows you to set the location of the program that is to be executed when you launch MSTS, and also set any command line parameters if they are needed. When Train store is started for the first time on an installation it inserts default values in these parameters obtained from the Windows Registry settings for MSTS. These parameters l oad TRAIN.EXE with no command line parameters. This runs MSTS in full screen mode.

Clicking on this menu item will open the 6HW�0676�/DXQFK�3DUDPHWHUV window.

Enter the full path and name of the executable ‘target’ in the Path field, and enter any command line parameters in the Parameters field. You can use the Path button to navigate to the file that you want to run to launch MSTS. This will open the &KRRVH�0676�/DXQFK�([HFXWDEOH window


Navigate to the file you want to execute when you launch MSTS , and click the 2. button. The window will be closed and the full path name of the file will then be stored in the Path field of the 6HW�0676�/DXQFK�3DUDPHWHUV window.

When you are satisfied with the Path and parameters, click on the 2. button and the 6HW0676�/DXQFK�3DUDPHWHUV window will be closed and you will return to the Train Store main window.

A TIP: The various settings for the MSTS command line parameters are not fully documented, but information has been published in the forums at www.uktrainsim.com, and www.trainsim.com .Some information may also available at the Microsoft TrainSim site www.microsoft.com/games/trainsim/default.asp One useful setting is vm:w. This causes MSTS to operate in windowed mode. On of the advantages of this mode is that MSTS displays error messages rather than crashing in some circumstances (e.g. missing Texture files)0676�)ROGHUThis menu item allows you to set a fixed value for the MSTS folder path, or change an existing setting. This is only relevant if you are running multiple copies of MSTS on your system, or you have several copies of MSTS folders on your system.

:$51,1*: Using Train Store avoids the need for multiple MSTS configurations and /or multiple copies of MSTS files. It is not recommended that you use Train Store if your installation contains either of these features . As installed, by default, Train Store uses the Windows Registry settings for MSTS to find out where the MSTS folders are placed. In an installation where there are multiple copies, these entries will change in a manner which is unpredictable for Train Store. Once items have been stored, if the MSTS settings have been changed outside of Train Store, there is the possibility they will be Unstored to another MSTS installation, causing real damage. The 0676�)ROGHU setting allows you to use a ‘fixed’ set of MSTS folders, mainly to allow for the migration from a multi MSTS configuration, so it can co-exist with multiple MSTS configurations. However, there is the ever present danger of forgetting which configuration is being used by Train Store, so caution is necessary.

Clicking on the menu item will first check that there is nothing which is stored in the Train Store Storage Folders. If anything is stored, a message will be displayed and the process terminated without making any change.

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If everything has been Unstored, Train Store will display a warning message.

This is to warn you that the saved Scenario files and the Explore Mode Consists may be incompatible with the change that you are about to make. (e.g. The consists may not exist on the new MSTS path that you are setting). If you continu e Train Store will then open the )ROGHU�6HOHFW��0676�)ROGHU�/RFDWLRQ� window.

Choose the folder that is holding the MSTS folders that you want Train Store to work with. You may change the drive to a suitable drive, but you must remember that the Train Store Storage folder must also then be changed to be on the same drive. When you have chosen the drive and folder required, click on the 2. button. If there is already an existing setting for the MSTS Folders location, then MSTS will warn you that the Trai n Store Storage Folder path is on a different drive and needs to be changed.


When the change has been made Train store will close the folder selection window and confirm the change by displaying a confirmation message.

If instead of choosing OK on the folder selection window, you chose Cancel, and if you had set the MSTS Folder previously, you will be asked whether the Cancel command, means that you actually want to remove the MSTS Folder setting.

This allows you to remove a fixed MSTS Folder se tting if you don’t need it, but it has been set by mistake. If you choose Yes (the option for Train Store to select the setting automatically), Train Store will confirm the setting change.

If you chose No, the change to the MSTS folder setting will not be made, and it will be left as it was before you started this function.6\VWHP�'HIDXOW�76(&7,21�'$7�6HWWLQJVThis function will open the window to allow you to set up or adjust the settings for the default TSECTION.DAT file to be used in the case that there is no specific TSECTION.DAT file specified for an individual Route, or when you have run ‘Unstore Everything!’.


For details on how to use this function see the section in the manual on 76(&7,21�'$7�)LOH�6ZDSSLQJ.9LHZHU�6FUHHQVKRW�)ROGHUThe internal viewer which shows images of Stock Items or complete Consists has a screen -shot facility. This function allows you to specify the folder in which the screen -shots will be stored. If invoked the Folder Selection window will be opened.

Select the drive and folder required, and click on the 2. button. Any screen-shots will then be stored in the folder which was selected. If this function is not used, Train Store will default to using the folder specified for screen-shots by the SVIEW software.


(GLWRU�6HWWLQJVIn Train Store Classic there are functions which will make use of an editor for the MSTS files. By default Train Store will attempt to find and use the WORDPAD application, but you can set the parameters to use another application if you wish, or if Train Store does not succeed in finding the WORDPAD application. This function allows you to set these parameters. Clicking on this menu item will open the 6HW�(GLWRU�/DXQFK�3DUDPHWHUV window.

Enter the full path and name of the program that you want to use in the Path field, and enter any command line parameters in the Parameters field. (Normally the details in this form will have been automatically completed by Train Store for WORDPAD.)

Use the Path button if you wish, to navigate to the file that y ou want to run to launch the editor. This will open the &KRRVH�(GLWRU�/DXQFK�([HFXWDEOH window

Navigate to the file you want to execute when you launch the editor, and click the 2. button. The window will be closed and the full path name of the file wi ll then be stored in the Path field of the 6HW�(GLWRU�/DXQFK�3DUDPHWHUV window.

When you are satisfied with the Path and parameters, click on the 2. button and the 6HW�(GLWRU�/DXQFK�3DUDPHWHUV window will be closed and you will return to the Train Store main window.



&RQ%XLOGHU�6HWWLQJVIn Train Store Classic there are functions which will allow use of ConBuilder to check and edit the MSTS files. By default Train Store will attempt to find and use the ConB uilder application, but you can set the parameters if Train Store does not succeed in finding the ConBuilder application. This function allows you to set these parameters. Clicking on this menu item will open the 6HW�&RQ%XLOGHU�/DXQFK�3DUDPHWHUV window.

Enter the full path and name of the program that you want to use in the Path field. (Normally the details in this form will have been automatically completed by Train Store.)

Use the Path button if you wish, to navigate to the file that you want to run to launch ConBuilder. This will open the &KRRVH�&RQ%XLOGHU�/DXQFK�([HFXWDEOH window

Navigate to the file you want to execute when you launch ConBuilder, and click the 2.button. The window will be closed and the full path name of the file will then be stored in the Path field of the 6HW�&RQ%XLOGHU�/DXQFK�3DUDPHWHUV window.

When you are satisfied with the Path, click on the 2. button and the 6HW� &RQ%XLOGHU�/DXQFK� 3DUDPHWHUV window will be closed and you will return to the Train Store main window.



5RXWHB5LWHU�6HWWLQJVIn Train Store Classic there are functions which will allow use of Route_Riter to check and edit the MSTS files. By default Train Store will attempt to find and use the Route_Riter application, but you can set the parameters if Train Store does not succeed in finding the Route_Riter application. This function allows you to set these parameters. Clicking on this menu item will open the 6HW�5RXWHB5LWHU�/DXQFK�3DUDPHWHUV window.

Enter the full path and name of the program that you want to use in the Path field. (Normally the details in this form will have been automatically completed by Train Store.)

Use the Path button if you wish, to navigate to the file that you want to run to launch Route_Riter. This will open the &KRRVH�5RXWHB5LWHU�/DXQFK�([HFXWDEOH window

Navigate to the file you want to execute when you launch Route_Riter, and click the 2.button. The window will be closed and the full path name of the file will then be stored in the Path field of the 6HW�5RXWHB5LWHU�/DXQFK�3DUDPHWHUV window.

When you are satisfied with the Path, click on the 2. button and the 6HW� 5RXWHB5LWHU�/DXQFK� 3DUDPHWHUV window will be closed and you will return to the Train Store main window.



5DLO'ULYHU�/DXQFK�6HWWLQJVTrain Store will normally automatically detect the presence of RailDriver software, and additional µ8VH�5DLO'ULYHU¶ checkboxes will appear on the Easy and Classic windows. If, for some reason, Train Store does not detect your RailDriver setup, you can use this function to set these parameters. Clicking on this menu item will open the 6HW� 5DLO'ULYHU� /DXQFK�3DUDPHWHUV window.

Enter the full path and name of the RailDriver executable ‘target’ in the Path field.

Use the Path button if you wish, to navigate to the file that you want to run to launch RailDriver. This will open the &KRRVH�5DLO'ULYHU�/DXQFK�([HFXWDEOH window

Navigate to the file you want to execute when you launch RailDriver, (RDMgr.EXE) and click the 2. button. The window will be closed and the full path name of the file will then be stored in the Path field of the 6HW�5DLO'ULYHU�/DXQFK�3DUDPHWHUV window.

When you are satisfied with the Path and parameters, click on the 2. button and the 6HW�5DLO'ULYHU�/DXQFK�3DUDPHWHUV window will be closed and you will return to the Train Store main window.


69,(:�6HWWLQJVTrain Store will automatically detect the presence of the SVIEW software on your system and set up the necessary launch parameters. If, for some reason, Train Store does not detect your SVIEW installation you can use this function to set these parameters. Clicking on this menu item will open the 6HW�69,(:�/DXQFK�3DUDPHWHUV window.

Enter the full path and name of the SVIEW executable ‘target’ in the Path field.

Use the Path button if you wish, to navigate to the file that you want to run to launch SVIEW. This will open the &KRRVH�69,(:�/DXQFK�([HFXWDEOH window

Navigate to the file you want to execute when you launch S VIEW, (SVIEW.EXE) and click the 2. button. The window will be closed and the full path name of the file will then be stored in the Path field of the 6HW�69,(:�/DXQFK�3DUDPHWHUV window.

When you are satisfied with the Path and parameters, click on the 2. button and the 6HW�69,(:�/DXQFK�3DUDPHWHUV window will be closed and you will return to the Train Store main window.


8VH�69,(:�DV�,WHP�9LHZHUBy default Train Store uses its own internal viewer (which is based on the TRAINLIB.OCX control by Paul Gausden) when showing images of Stock Items or complete Consists.

If you prefer to use the SVIEW software instead, choosing this option to mark the menu selection will cause SVIEW to run instead of the internal viewer whenever an item is to be displayed.

NOTE: At the time of release, SVIEW will not display Consists, and so if this option is chosen there will be no display function available for Consists.5RXWH�&RQWURO�/DXQFK�6HWWLQJVThis menu item will only be visible if Train Store detects that you are using you a re using “Route Control” software on your system.

Because of the way that Train Store and Route Control can interact, it is strongly advised that you always start Route Control using the Route Control Launcher Shortcut provided with this package. For full details see the section later in the manual dealing with Route Control.

For this shortcut to work, Train Store must know the location of the Route Control software. This menu option allows you to set this location.

Clicking on this menu item will open the 6HW�5RXWH�&RQWURO�/DXQFK�3DUDPHWHUV window.

Enter the full path and name of the executable ‘target’ in the Path field, and enter any command line parameters in the Parameters field. (You can find the details of the Path and the Parameters, by looking at the Properties of the existing real Route Control shortcut.)

Use the Path button if you wish, to navigate to the file that you want to run to launch Route Control. This will open the &KRRVH�5RXWH�&RQWURO�/DXQFK�([HFXWDEOH window


Navigate to the file you want to execute when you launch Route Control, and click the 2.button. The window will be closed and the full path name of the file will then be stored in the Path field of the 6HW�5RXWH�&RQWURO�/DXQFK�3DUDPHWHUV window.

When you are satisfied with the Path and parameters, click on the 2. button and the 6HW�5RXWH�&RQWURO�/DXQFK�3DUDPHWHUV window will be closed and you will return to the Train Store main window.

The function is not available in Easy Train Store.5HSRUWVSelecting this menu item opens the Reports sub menu which allows you to choose from the following reports. This menu item is only available in Classic Train Store.6WDWLVWLFVThis menu item starts the Statistics process. The process examines all of the files in the MSTS folders and the Train Store Storage Folders and produces statistics of the contents of the installation. The statistics are displayed in the Information pane on the Train Store main window. The report can be printed using the print function.:KHUH�8VHG��1R�8QXVHG�,WHPV�This menu item starts the Where Used process to report, for the complete MSTS installation, where every item has been used. The resultant report is displayed in the Information Pane. The report can be copied or saved to a file for further use. This repo rt option does not contain any unused items.8QXVHG�,WHPVThis menu item starts the Where Used process to report, for the complete MSTS installation, every unused item. The resultant report is displayed in the Information Pane. The report can be copied or saved to a file for further use. This report option does not contain any used items.:KHUH�8VHG��&RPSOHWH�This menu item starts the Where Used process to report for the complete MSTS installation where every item has been used. The resultant report is dis played in the Information Pane. The report can be copied or saved to a file for further use. This report option contains both used and unused items.


/DQJXDJHTrain Store can be customised with different Language modules. This version is supplied with English and German modules and Dutch French and Spanish modules are also being produced. Other languages can be catered for. When new Language modules become available, they will be released as separate add-on packs, which can be installed to any copy of Train Store Version 2.0.

When Train Store starts, it attempts to load the language which is set as the default language on your system. (Of course, it can only do this for one of the language versions supplied with Train Store) If it fails to do this, because the package is not available, Train Store will default to English. If you would prefer to use a language other than the default selected, or a language other than English, if your default language is not supported by Train Store, click on the Language menu item, a sub-menu of available languages will be displayed.

Click on the language you want to use. The Train Store window will immediately be refreshed into the chosen language. This setting will be remembered, so that Train Store will start up with the chosen language in future.

If you want to stop using a selected language, you can change to another language by selecting it from the menu as before. If you want to go back to using the default for your system, open the Language sub-menu and click on the language which currently has the checkmark against it. The checkmark will be removed and the window will immediately be refreshed into the default language.5HEXLOG�&DFKH�)LOHVTrain Store uses files to cache details of Consist and Stock Item information. Normally these files will be automatically kept up to date by the normal running of Train Store. If however files have been moved outside of Train Store, or some changes have been made to the installation which results in error conditions, it may be neces sary to rebuild these files completely.

Clicking on this menu item will start this process. The process will take several minutes to complete. The cursor will change to an hour-glass and the progress of the process will be monitored in the Status Bar at the bottom of the Train Store Main window. When the process is complete the cursor will return to its normal image. If you selected the Confirm Completion option then a confirmation dialogue box will also be displayed, requiring you to click OK to continue.

This process can be run at any time, running it will clear all Lot Number parameters for Consists and Stock Items.


5HVHW�3DQH�:LGWKVThe Train Store Main window can be resized by dragging its borders. The relative size of the Routes pane, and the Information Memo pane can be altered by dragging the divider between the panes, left or right to the position required.

Clicking on this menu item will reset the window and pane sizes back to their original default values. If the Train Store window is Maximized, the relative sizes of the panes will be rest, but the window will remain Maximized.6WDUW�&RQ%XLOGHUClicking on this menu item will start ConBuilder. Train Store will be minimised, and not be accessible until ConBuilder is closed.

The function is not available in Easy Train Store, nor in Classic Train Store Simulation Mode. After using ConBuilder, and returning to Train Store, it is advisable to refresh the Main window before continuing, if you have updated any files.6WDUW�5RXWHB5LWHUClicking on this menu item will start Route_Riter. Train Store will be minimised, and not be accessible until Route_Riter is closed.

The function is not available in Easy Train Store, nor in Classic Train Store Simulation Mode. After using Route_Riter, and returning to Tra in Store, it is advisable to refresh the Main window before continuing, if you have updated any files.8QVWRUH�(YHU\WKLQJ�Clicking on this menu item removes everything from the Train Store Storage Folders and returns it to the MSTS folders. This complete ly removes the effect of Train Store on your MSTS installation. This function can also be started by clicking on the toolbar button for ‘Unstore Everything!’.

After running, the process checks to see whether there are any items left in the Train Store Storage Folder. (This might happen if you have opened one of the files with an editor and it is still open, or, possibly the files have been very recently stored and the Windows Indexer is attempting to re-index the files.) If there are any files remaining, a warning dialogue message will be displayed.

You should follow the instructions on this warning dialogue, then run ‘Unstore Everything!’ again. If you do not do this, some files will be left behind, probably causing you later problems with MSTS.

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+HOSThe Help menu item contains two entries, $ERXW, which displays information about Train Store.

and 7UDLQ�6WRUH�0DQXDO, which opens a copy of this manual (assuming Adobe Acrobat is installed on your system).8QLQVWDOO�7UDLQ�6WRUHThis menu item ensures that all items in the Train Store Storage Folder are returned to the MSTS installation and then removes the Windows Registry entries for Train Store. Once this has been done you can use the Click Team Uninstaller to remove Train Store from the system.

Click on the menu item to start the process. The process will not start unless the installation is in the ‘Everything Unstored!’ state. If not, a warning message will be dis played, and the process stopped.

If the installation is in the correct state, Train Store first asks for confirmation that you want to use the uninstall process.


If you choose to continue, Train Store will again check that the installation is in th e “Everything Unstored!” state, and then check the number of files which are contained in the Train Store Storage folder. A warning will be issued if either of these checks fails and the process will terminate.

If the checks are successful, the process will then remove the Train Store settings from the Windows Registry.

NOTE: Removing these entries will remove all Train Store option settings.

Finally, Train Store will close and the Train Store ClickTeam © installer uninstaller will be run.

Click on the 2. button to continue and the Train Store software will be completely removed from your system.

WARNING: Train Store must always be uninstalled from this function within the Train Store menu. If you do not do this, and run the uninstall from the Wi ndows Control Panel or other software, or just delete files, there is the possibility that there may still be some files within the Train Store Storage folder. Running the installation from the Train Store menu ensures that all the proper checks are carried out.


3RSXS�0HQX�,WHPVThe following items are not accessible by any buttons on the Train Store forms, nor do they appear on any conventional menu bar. They are only accessible form the context menus which appear when you right-click on items within the Train Store windows.,PPHGLDWH�8QVWRUHThis function is only available in the list editors for ‘Explore Mode Consists’, ‘Maintenance Mode Consists’, and ‘Maintenance Mode Stock’. If chosen, this function will immediately unstore the items which are currently selected. If the item is a Consist, then all of the Stock Items which belong to that Consist will also be unstored, so that the MSTS installation remains consistent.(GLWThis function is only available in the list editors for ‘Explore Mode Consists’, ‘M aintenance Mode Consists’, and ‘Maintenance Mode Stock’. The function can only be chosen when 1 item is selected. If chosen, this function will immediately unstore the item which is selected. (If the item is a Consist, then all of the Stock Items which belong to that Consist will also be unstored, so that the MSTS installation remains consistent.)

After the item has been unstored, the editor which has been set up to edit MSTS files (this is WORDPAD by default) will be started up with the selected file opened within it. Train Store will be minimised and not be accessible, until the editor has been closed.

After you have finished editing, and closed the editor, Train Store will be restored. It is advisable to use the Refresh List button to refresh the Train Store data if you have changed any files whilst using the editor.(GLW�/RW�1XPEHUThis function is only available in the list editors for ‘Explore Mode Consists’, ‘Maintenance Mode Consists’, and ‘Maintenance Mode Stock’. The function can be chosen when 1 or more items are selected. If chosen, a window be opened to allow you to set the /RW�1XPEHU for the selected items. Enter the new Lot Number, and then click on 2. to update the items with the new Lot Number. For details of the uses of Lot Number see the sections on ‘Explore Mode Consists’, ‘Maintenance Mode Consists’ and ‘Maintenance Mode Stock Items’.


76(&7,21�'$7�)LOH�6ZDSSLQJThe TSECTION.DAT file is a very important file in MSTS. It exists in the GLOBAL folder within the MSTS folder. It contains al l of the definitions for the track sections used within the installation, apart from dynamic track sections. There was no provision made in the MSTS design for multiple TSECTION.DAT files, so the one file generally has to contain all of the definitions. In the early days of MSTS there were several conflicting TSECTION.DAT extensions which were produced, and this caused problems when an installation contained Routes which required conflicting specifications. Since then, the community has developed the concept of the standardised TSECTION.DAT file, which allows new track definitions to be added in a way which is still compatible with the original MSTS track sections and later developments.

However, there are still requirements for some Routes which use a non -standardised TSECTION.DAT. This might be because the Route is an older Route which was developed before the standardised TSECTION.DAT was developed, or rarely, the Route has not been developed with the standardised TSECTION.DAT file in mind. Also, Route de velopers, sometimes need to work on Routes with track sections which are not yet standard, so they are not included in the standardised TSECTION.DAT file. They therefore need to change the TSECTION.DAT file as they move from Route to Route.

The actual TSECTION.DAT requirements for any Route may differ, but generally the following guidelines can be followed. If the Route has been developed with the standardised TSECTION.DAT file, then a TSECTION.DAT file with that Build Number, or a higher one, will be compatible with it for simulation and editing. Earlier Routes, which do not use any extensions to the basic track sections supplied by MSTS will also be compatible for simulation. If you are editing a Route, it might be safer to always use the TSECTION.DAT file that was used when the Route was created. A good source of information for this can be found at the XTracks web site on the page

http://www.geocities.com/okrasaghia/tk/documents/routes.htm

The TSECTION.DAT file swapping in Train allows you to specify : -• A ‘default’ TSECTION.DAT to be used when you use ‘Unstore Everything’ or for any

Route for which you have not specified a TSECTION.DAT.• For any Route, a specific TSECTION.DAT file, and how it will be used on unstoring

that Route, in Simulation mode and in Maintenance mode.

When multiple Routes are being unstored, processing is included which automatically checks for conflicting TSECTION.DAT requirements and provides you with an easy visual method of removing the conflicting Routes.

The TSECTION.DAT file processing is optional. It is only invoked when you have specified a default TSECTION.DAT file, and at least one Route specific TSECTION.DAT file.

You do not need to use this feature unless you already swap TSECTION.DAT file with your installation, and you want to automate this.


6HWWLQJ�XS�76(&7,21�'$7�6ZDSSLQJ6HW�XS�D�76(&7,21�'$7�/LEUDU\Make a list of which TSECTION.DAT files you want to use, and where you are going to store them. It is important that once you have specified the TSECTION.DAT files to use in Train Store, they are not removed from those locations. So, it is probably better to set up a particular folder, or group of folders to accommodate them. Note, this is not essential, Train Store will allow you to keep the files DOPRVW anywhere, and there is nothing restricting the files to one location. But, it is probably easier to remember what you are doing if everything is in one place.

The files that you specify must :-• not be located anywhere within the Train Store Storage folder• must not be the actual GLOBAL\TSECTION.DAT file• must not be the TSECTION.DAT file within a Route (MSTS uses this to store the

dynamic track information).

WARNING: When setting up this library, if you move, or copy files to do this, you must QHYHU overwrite a TSECTION.DAT file anywhere within the MSTS installation. It is not necessary, and will damage your installation.

The Train Store TSECTION.DAT processing will accept files with any name, (it does make very simple some format checks to make sure that the file looks like a TSECTION.DAT file) so if you wish, you can store your TSECTION.DAT files in one folder with different names (e.g. TSECTION 00019.DAT, TSECTION 00023.DAT etc.) On the other hand, you may prefer to store files named TSECTION.DAT in separate folders which denote their Build Number, or origin. (e.g. Build0019\TSECTION.DAT, Build00023\TSECTION.DAT etc.) You can use whichever method you are more comfortable with. 6SHFLI\LQJ�WKH�6\VWHP�'HIDXOW�76(&7,21�'$7Choose 7RROV�2SWLRQV�6\VWHP�'HIDXOW�76(&7,21�'$7 6HWWLQJV from the menu. This will open the 6\VWHP�'HIDXOW�76(&7,21�'$7�3DUDPHWHU window.

Enter the full path and name of the file that you want to specify to be used for the System Default TSECTION.DAT file. Use the Path button if you wish, to navigat e to the file that you want to use. This will open the &KRRVH�76(&7,21�'$7�)LOH window


Notice that the file name you choose does not have to be TSECTION.DAT. If you chose to use the convention of keeping your TSECTION.DAT files in one folder with diffe rent names to differentiate them, this where you would choose for example ‘TSECTIONBuild00023.DAT’. Train Store takes care of the name change when it swaps the file into the GLOBAL\TSECTION.DAT location.

When you have chosen the file, click on the 2. button, the window will be closed and the path and file name you chose will be entered in the Path field in the 6\VWHP� 'HIDXOW�76(&7,21�'$7�3DUDPHWHU window.

You can enter a description in the form if you want to make any special note about this setting. The description is stored with the Train Store data, and will be displayed whenever information about this TSECTION.DAT setting is displayed. No changes are made to the actual TSECTION.DAT file.

Now choose the actions to be used. The actions in this form r efer to ‘Unstore Everything!’, or to Routes which do not have their own TSECTION.DAT specification. Notice that there are two sets of actions, one for use when a Route is being unstored in Simulation mode, and the other when a Route is being unstored in Maintenance mode.


The Action settings which are available are : -• Use any TSECTION.DAT.• Use any TSECTION.DAT with this Build No. or a higher one. The Build No. from the

TSECTION.DAT file that you have chosen is shown. In the case of early TSECTION.DAT files where there was no Build No, the file’s date and time details will be displayed instead of the Build Number. All TSECTION.DAT files without Build Nos. are considered earlier than those with Build Nos.

• Use this specific file.Click on the 2. button to update the settings and close the form.6SHFLI\LQJ�WKH�76(&7,21�'$7�IRU�D�5RXWHYou only need to specify a TSECTION.DAT file for a Route if it has requirements that will not be met by the Default TSECTION.DAT specification.

Choose 5RXWHV�76(&7,21�'$7�6HWWLQJV, from the menu, or from the right-click context menu. This will open the 76(&7,21�'$7�3DUDPHWHUV form.

The entries on this form are similar to the entries on the System Default TSECTION.DAT Parameters form except that these parameters refer only to the Route you have selected.

Enter the path and file name to the required TSECTION.DAT file, or else click on the 3DWKbutton to open the &KRRVH�76(&7,21�'$7�)LOH window, and navigate to the file you want to use.

Enter any Description for the settings.

Enter the Action for Simulation and Maintenance Modes.

Click on the 2. button to update the settings and close the form.


8VLQJ�WKH�76(&7,21�'$7�6ZDSSLQJThere are no special actions that you need to take once you have set the TSECTION.DAT swapping parameters. If you add new Routes, be sure to review their requirements, and add parameters for them if necessary. Remember, you only need to add Route specific parameters if the System Default TSECTION.DAT settings are not suitable for the Route. The TSECTION.DAT swapping processing takes place automatically whenever Train Store surveys the MSTS installation in preparation to moving files. The processing checks to see if there are any conflicts in the Route specifications for the Routes which are going to be unstored. Conflicts can only occur if more than one Route is being unstored, and if more than one Route has a specific TSECTION.DAT setting. Even then, a conflict may not arise because the specific settings which will be in operation may be compatible. If there a re conflicts found, Train Store will display the 5HVROYH� &RQIOLFWLQJ� 76(&7,21�'$7�6SHFLILFDWLRQV window.

This lists each Route which is being unstored, together with the Build No. from the TSECTION.DAT specified for it (either specifically, or as a res ult of the System Default TSECTION.DAT specification), and the Action which has been specified. The actual file name being used is also displayed (to the right of the Action, but it is not visible in this screenshot).

On the left hand side of the window there are a series of checkboxes. Each one ticked means that the Route is selected to be unstored.

An asterisk ( ) next to it means that the Route is in conflict with at least one other Route. The list is displayed in the order of descending conflicts. i. e. the Route at the top of the list has the most conflicts.

To resolve the conflicts, simply uncheck the checkbox against one or more Routes which have conflicts, so those Routes will not be unstored, until no conflicts remain. When this happens the asterisks disappear, and the information in the top of the window changes. For example in the situation above, if the first Route is unchecked the result is as follows


There are no conflicts remaining, and the 2. button is enabled, so you can go ahead and the remaining 4 Routes will be unstored with no conflicts. The TSECTION.DAT file to be used will be the file from the 3rd Route in the picture.

The conflicts can be resolved in any way that you prefer, for example, in the above pictures, if you really wanted to retain the first Route in the window, you would need to uncheck the second and third Routes which are conflicting. The result would be as follows

Notice in this case that a different TSECTION.DAT has been selected, which is compatible with the remaining Routes.

When you are satisfied with the settings, click on the 2. button, and the unstore processing will go ahead, unstoring all of the routes which were still selected to be unstored.


0DLQWHQDQFH�0RGH��8QVWRUH�(YHU\WKLQJ��DQG�8QLQVWDOO0DLQWHQDQFH�0RGHMaintenance Mode is provided to make sure you can edit Routes, Activities and Consists as efficiently as possible, but ensuring that you have all the files necessary.

It is essential that you use Train Store in Maintenance Mode, before you edit any Routes, Activities or Consists. If you do not do this, you are quite likely to find items missing from your Routes, and problems in editing.

(GLWLQJ�0676�5RXWHV��$FWLYLWLHV�DQG�&RQVLVWVWhen editing a Route all of the files for the Route that you are editing must be available to MSTS. In Maintenance Mode, Train Store ignores the usual optimisations that are used when it is running in Simulation Mode, and instead it moves all of the Route based files to MSTS for the Routes which are being Unstored. This means that you will have all of the files needed so that you will have access to all of the facilities, but without the delay of loading Routes that you are not working on.

Activities however, whilst they are based on a Route, still make use of Consists and Stock Items. There is the definite possibility that unless all of the needed Consists and Stock Items are available to the Activity Editor, you will have problems. For example, it may not be possible to complete the Activity editing because some Consi st or Stock Item is not available in the MSTS installation because it has been stored. In Maintenance Mode, Train Store provides the facilities to make sure that all of the files needed are available.

To use Maintenance Mode, click on the 0DLQWHQDQFH tab at the top of the Controls section. The Maintenance tab will be displayed.

Select the Routes you want to work on and UnStore them using the Routes/Activities Unstore button. Notice that in this mode the default action is to Store or Unstore all of the Activities in a Route. If you don’t want to unstore the complete Route, click on the 3DUWLDO� 5RXWHcheckbox to mark it. This will allow you to select individual Activities that you want to unstore. But please note that if the Activity you select uses files which are shared with other Activities, those Activities will also be unstored. This is to make sure that all of the shared files that an Activity uses are unstored.

Make a list of any new Consists, or Stock Items that you want included so that you can w ork with them during the editing session. Add these Consists or Stock Items to the ‘Maintenance Mode Consist’ list or the ‘Maintenance Mode Stock’ list for the Route as appropriate. You


don’t have to add every Consist or Stock Item. You only need add those which have not already been used in Activities in the Route. If you are not actually going to create any new Consists, you don’t need to include any Stock Items as any needed will automatically be included by specifying any Consists that you want to use.

For details of how to add the Consist or Stock items to the lists, see the sections in this manual on ‘Maintenance Mode Consists’ and ‘Maintenance Mode Stock’.

If you want to launch the MSTS editor, click on the /DXQFK�0676�(GLWRU checkbox to mark it.

If you are preparing for the installation of a new Route, which requires the MSTS Default Routes to be available, click on the ��'HI��5RXWHV checkbox to mark it. This will ensure that all of the MSTS Default Routes are present and will be Unstored.

Click on the 3UHSDUH button to start the process. A confirmation dialogue will be displayed.

Click on the Yes button to proceed, and the processing will be carried out with the progress being monitored in the Train Store Status bar. The mouse cursor returns t o its normal state and the Status bar is cleared when the process is complete. If you selected the Confirm Completion option then a confirmation dialogue box will also be displayed, requiring you to click OK to continue. If you selected Launch the MSTS Edi tor option, the MSTS Editor will be started.

You can then start on your editing.

There are no problems with creating new Activities, or Consists whilst you are using the editors, or creating them with ConBuilder. When you next start Train Store, it will pick up the additional or changed items and deal with them accordingly.8QVWRUH�(YHU\WKLQJ�Unstore Everything! Allows you to temporarily remove all of the files from the Train Store storage folder, and return the files to the MSTS installation. After it h as run, the effect (on MSTS) is as though Train Store has not been in use at all. All of your option settings Scenarios, and Consist information are still retained by Train Store, so it is easy to continue using it, when you need to.

It is important to understand that there is a difference between the situation where all Routes are ‘In Use’ and ‘Everything Unstored!’. When ‘Everything Unstored!’ is true, then all Routes are ‘Unstored’, but when all Routes are ‘Unstored’ not HYHU\WKLQJ has been ‘Unstored’. This is by design. In normal use Train Store will only take out from store items which are needed. Most MSTS installations include large numbers of unused stock and consists. So, even with everything in the installation ‘In Use’ there is likely to be a la rge number of files ‘In Store’.

For details about running Unstore Everything!, see the sections describing Train Store Windows and Functions.


8Q,QVWDOO�7UDLQ�6WRUHIf you need to uninstall Train Store, click on 8QLQVWDOO�7UDLQ�6WRUH in the menu bar. Do not use Uninstall from the Start Menu, or Control Panel, because this will not check that everything has been unstored before removing the software.

This function first checks the installation is in the ‘Everything Unstored’ state. If so, you will be asked to confirm that you do want to uninstall the software. If you confirm this, then a final check will be made that there are no files present in the Train Store storage folders and then all of the Train Store settings are removed from the Windows Registry. F inally, Train Store will run the ClickTeam © Uninstaller and remove itself from your installation. For full details of this process see the section in this manual describing the menu functions.

Note that if you choose and confirm this function it will remove all of your Train Store option settings.


6FHQDULRVIt is likely that when you use Classic Train Store, you will have a number of favourite simulations that you use. Train Store can be used to switch from one to another, as described in the previous sections, but it also provides a facility to store any number of Scenarios. These can be called up on demand. When they are opened, they will set the Train Store tree or map to the situation when the Scenario was saved. Simply pressing the *R� Button will commit any necessary changes to the MSTS installation, and you are ready to start.&UHDWLQJ�D�6FHQDULR�)LOHTo create a Scenario, simply click on the Save button in the Train Store toolbar, or choose 6DYH�from the )LOH menu. A FileSave dialogue box will be opened for you to enter the file name you want to use, and to navigate to the folder where you want to store your Scenarios.

Enter the file name you have chosen, and click on the 2. button to save the Scenario. Train Store will save the map which is currently in the Routes pane of the Train Store main window./RDGLQJ�D�6FHQDULR�)LOHTo load a previously saved Scenario, simply click on the Open button in the Train Store toolbar, or choose 2SHQ from the )LOH menu. A FileOpen dialogue box will be opened for you to enter name of the Scenario you want to use, or you can navigate to the file using the dialogue box.


Choose the Scenario that you want open, and then click on the 2. button to open the Scenario. The Scenario will be loaded and the map in the Routes pane of the Train Store main window will be displayed.

If the MSTS installation has been updated by having Routes or Activities added, modified or removed, since the Scenario was saved, then Train Store will automatically bring the loaded Scenario up to date and display a warning message so that you can decide whether to save the updated Scenario.

Train Store remembers the folder where you last opened or saved a scenario to save navigating through the file system from the top every time. You can store Scenarios anywhere on your system apart from the MSTS folders, or the Train Store Storage folders. It is advisable to use meaningful names to allow you to quickly choose a Scenario from the list you have saved.8VLQJ�D�6FHQDULR�DV�DQ�0676�/DXQFKHUOnce you have set up Scenarios, you can use them to launch MSTS directly (MSTS will be launched after the required Scenario has been set up by Train Store automatically). To do this you first need to create the File Association in Windows to tell Windows to open .TSS files with Train Store. (See the Appendix for details).

Once this has been done, double clicking on a Scenario file will cause Train Store to be loaded in automatic mode. This will, load the specified Scenario, commit any changes needed to achieve it to the MSTS installation, and then launch MSTS. (You may see Train Store peeping at the bottom of the screen whilst it does this.)

This allows you to set up (if you want) a series of desktop shortcuts, pointing to your Scenario files. To start MSTS, you just click on any of the desktop shortcuts.


&UHDWLQJ�D�6KRUWFXW�IRU�D�6FHQDULRIf you create a shortcut for any Scenario, you can place the shortcut on the Windows desktop, and by double-clicking on it, you will start MSTS with the selected Scen ario already loaded.

The steps needed to do this are :-�� Create the Shortcut�� Rename the shortcut (optional)�� Change the shortcut icon (optional)&UHDWH�7KH�6KRUWFXWTo create a shortcut :-

• Open the folder containing the Scenario in Windows Explorer.• Select the Scenario by clicking (not double-clicking) on it.• Right-click, and a context menu will be opened.• Choose the &UHDWH� 6KRUWFXW option. A shortcut to the selected Scenario will

immediately be created in the same folder.5HQDPH�WKH�6KRUWFXWThe shortcut will be named ‘Shortcut to xxxxx’, where xxxxx is the original name of the Scenario. You can change the name of the shortcut by : -

• Clicking (not double-clicking) on it to select it• Then pressing >)�@ or choosing )LOH�5HQDPH from the Explorer menu. Type in the

new name you want to use.&KDQJH�WKH�6KRUWFXW�,FRQIf you would like to customise the shortcut by giving it a particular icon, you can change the icon that the shortcut uses by :-

• Clicking (not double-clicking) on it to select it• Then right-clicking will open a context menu.• Choose 3URSHUWLHV. The Properties window for the shortcut will then be opened.


Click on the &KDQJH�LFRQ button and a &KDQJH�LFRQ window will be opened.

• Choose any icon from those displayed by clicking on it and then pressing 2. or else by double-clicking on it.

• If you would like different icons, click on the %URZVH button and a &KDQJH�LFRQ file open window will be opened.


• Navigate to the folder with the file containing the icons you want to use• Click on the file you want• Then click on the 2. button. The window will close, and the Change icon window

will contain the icons from the file you have selected e.g.

• Choose the icon you want• Then click on the 2. button, or double click on the icon you want, and the window

will be closed and the shortcut updated with the new icon.

You can use any suitable Windows icon for this. They can be found in most Windows executable files and also in libraries such as C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHELL32.DLL , or C:\WINDOWS\MORICONS.DLL. There is also a small set of icons included in the Train Store package. You can find them in the TrainStore Icons.dll file which will be found in the same folder where you installed the Train Store software. Duncan Harris has also kindly made several sets of icons for this purpose and you can find them in the www.uktrainsim.com file library.

http://www.uktrainsim.com/


([SORUH�ZLWK�/RRVH�6WRFN�DQG�RU�$,�7UDIILF�75$,1�6725(�(;3/25(�If you are using Easy Explore, you also have the option of Exploring us ing the Loose Consists which are specified for any Activity in the Route that you are exploring. You even have the option of exploring with the AI Traffic from a chosen Activity. This can make Exploring in MSTS much more interesting, and opens the possibil ity of creating Activities which have AI Traffic running the mainline timetable whilst the user carries out activities like shunting in whatever order and time suits them.

Please remember though, that this facility effectively places Loose Stock and AI Tr affic into your Explore. It is your responsibility to place your Player train in a suitable start position. If you place your Player train in a position which conflicts with the Loose Stock or the AI Traffic at the starting time, then MSTS will probably no t be able to start the Explore, or else there will be an immediate collision with the AI Traffic and the Player train.6WDUWLQJ�WKH�([SORUHIf you want to use this facility, you must start from the Easy Explore window.

Choose the Locomotive and Consist that you want to drive. Then click on the downward pointing arrow to the right of the field below the $GGLWLRQDOO\��IURP�WKH�$FWLYLW\ heading. This will display a list of the Activities which are available in the Route. Choose one of the Activities from the list by clicking on it with the mouse. The remaining fields in this section of the window will be enabled.


• Click on the /RRVH�6WRFN checkbox to mark it, if you want to include Loose Stock from the Activity.

• Click on the $,�7UDIILF checkbox if you want to Explore with the AI Traffic from the Activity running.

NOTE: If the Activity does not contain Loose Stock, or AI Traffic, the relevant checkbox will not be enabled.

• Choose the Starting Time, the Season and the Weather from the next fields.• Selection of this facility will have reset the starting point for the Explore to the starting

point for the Player in the original Activity. If you want to explore from any other Starting Point, you can now go back and choose it, (and/or a different starting direction), using the 6WDUWLQJ�DW and +HDGLQJ�WRZDUGV drop-down lists.

• Click on the ([SORUH button to start. This will start MSTS.• Choose 'ULYH�D�7UDLQ, and then select the 75$,1�6725(�(;3/25( item from

the list in MSTS. (Do NOT Choose EXPLORE ROUTE, unless you wan t to use the standard MSTS Explore facility).

• Click on the 6WDUW button to start the Explore.When the Explore Activity starts MSTS will display a Briefing which contains reminders about the differences and limitations which are imposed using this mode , and information about saving and reloading the explore session.


5HVWDUWLQJ�IURP�D�6DYHG�75$,1�6725(�(;3/25(�6HVVLRQTo restart from a saved TRAINSTORE EXPLORE, the original starting conditions have to be set up to allow MSTS to reload the simulation. It is possible to do this by choosing the same Activity and starting conditions, starting an Explore, and then choosing to load the saved TRAIN STORE EXPLORE in MSTS. However, Train Store provides a simpler way of doing this, and saves the need for you to remember all the details of your saved explore.

If you want to use this facility, you must start from the Easy Explore window.

Click on the heading $GGLWLRQDOO\��IURP�WKH�$FWLYLW\� or on the downward pointing arrow to the right of that heading. Select 5HORDG� VDYHG� 75$,1� 6725(� (;3/25(. This will change the heading, and open a list of saved TRAIN STORE EXPLORE sessions.


You can examine this list by clicking on any item, or using the arrow keys to move up or down the list. As each saved item is selected, the details of the session will be displayed in the information pane at the bottom of the window. (The items in this list are sorted in descending date order, so you will see your most recent saves at the top of the list.)

When you have chosen the save you want to restart, click on the ([SORUH button and the necessary files will be unstored. Train Store will then display a dialogue box, reminding you to choose /RDG�6DYHG�$FWLYLW\ in MSTS, and which TRAIN STORE EXPLORE to use to restart.

When you have closed this dialogue box MSTS will be started, and you can reload the saved TRAIN STORE EXPLORE.


3RLQWV�WR�1RWH�ZKHQ�XVLQJ�75$,1�6725(�(;3/25(• This is a true ‘Explore’ mode. This means that all points can be changed by the user.

The points will be set to their initial default ‘straight ahead’ positions at the start of the Explore. You may need to change points as necessary to follow a particular path.

• If you run AI Traffic from the Activity you chose, then the points will not be set for each piece of Traffic as when running an Activity. This means that any AI Traffic which requires a different route to the default point settings, is unlikely to run to completion. Instead it will wait at the point which it cannot pass.

• When you choose your starting point, you must be sure that the placing of your Player train does not foul or clash with any Loose Stock, and that the Player train can fit into the track space available at the starting point, otherwise MSTS will fail to start the Explore. Also, be aware that if you choose a starting point which is close to the location of a piece of AI Traffic (i.e. if the AI Traffic is already in the signal section containing your Player train), then you are not protected from collision, the AI train will run into your train. If the AI train is not in your signal section, it will wait until you have cleared the section.

• You may change the starting time for your explore, but remember if you have chosen to use AI Traffic, it will still run at its recorded time.

• Once MSTS has started, you must either start the TRAIN STORE EXPLORE, or you lose it. If you exit MSTS without running the TRAIN STORE EXPLORE, you cannot just re-enter MSTS. You need to start again from Easy Explore. Also, if whilst you are in MSTS, you choose the normal MSTS EXPLORE ROUTE function, you will not subsequently be able to start the TRAIN STORE EXPLORE. You will need to close MSTS and restart from Easy Explore.

• This facility is not compatible with the ‘Use RailDriver’ facility. If the TRAIN STORE EXPLORE facility is chosen the ‘Use RailDriver’ checkbox is disabled. You can still use RailDriver in the TRAIN STORE EXPLORE facility, but you will need to start RailDriver by hand, before starting MSTS.

• If you want to save the simulation whilst running, you can do this in the normal way, using the [F2] key. When you want to restart a saved TRAIN STORE EXPLORE, you must start from Easy Explore, and choose the same Route, and Explore Activity, and click on the Explore button to start MSTS. When you have started MSTS, choose Load a Saved Activity, choose the TRAIN STORE EXPLORE save with the date and time corresponding to the explore that you want to continue, and then continue as normal. Train Store provides an easy way to do this, without having to remember all the details of the Explore session, by using the 5HORDG�7UDLQ�6725(�(;3/25(�facility.


7KH�7UDLQ�6WRUH�9LHZHUTrain Store has an internal viewer which shows images of individual Stock Items or complete Consists. The viewer uses the TRAINLIB.OCX control by Paul Gausden to display the models. This OCX control is installed when the SVIEW software is installed on a system. Train Store will detect whether the OCX control is available, and if so, the viewer functionality will be enabled. If the OCX control is not available, then the viewer functionality is disabled. The viewer can display items or consists without needing to unstore any item.9LHZHU�2SHUDWLRQThe viewer can be started by clicking on a Consist icon or Stock Item icon next to an item in the main Train Store window, or right-clicking on the item and choosing 6KRZ�6HOHFWHG� ,WHP� LQ�9LHZHU. In the Consist or Stock Item Lists the viewer can be started by selecting an item and then clicking the 6KRZ�6HOHFWHG�,WHP�button.

The window that is opened can be moved around or minimised independently from the main Train Store window. To close the window use the normal Windows control commands, or press [Esc]. If Train Store is closed, then all viewer windows will be closed automatically.

Multiple viewer windows can be opened and sized and moved around independently. The only limitation on this is the amount of memory consumed by each version of the viewer. In testing over 30 simultaneous windows each with Consists of 20 or more Stock items have been used successfully.

You can navigate from window to window if you have multiple windows open by pressing [Ctrl]+[F6]. Holding the [Shift] key down whilst closing or minimising any viewer window will close or minimise all of the viewer windows.9LHZHU�:LQGRZ�)RUPDWWhen started the viewer will operate in Restored mode. That is, the window size will be suited to the size of the item to be displayed. A full -width mode is also available. The window mode can be toggled between restored mode and full width mode by pressin g [F12]. When the mode switches to full width, the viewer window occupies the full width of the display monitor, and the height is set to maintain the original aspect ratio.

When displaying Consists, all but the smallest will not fit within the width of a normal display monitor, so the window is displayed at full width on the monitor, and the viewing position is set to display the first item in the Consist. You can navigate to any item in a displayed Consist by using the arrow keys.


With Consists or Stock Items which take up more than the width of the display monitor, there is no difference between the restored and full width display modes.9LHZHU�&RPPDQGVA set of keyboard commands are provided to change the way in which the model is viewed. Generally the commands are the same as the corresponding SVIEW keyboard commands, but there are some differences, because of the simpler nature of the internal viewer. To see the list of viewer keyboard commands, at any time when the viewer is open, press [F1]. A f ull list of the commands is then displayed in a separate window. To close this window press [F1] again, or press [Esc]. The list of commands can be dragged around the screen to a suitable position by using the mouse.

The list of keyboard commands available is as follows:-&RPPDQG $FWLRQ$ Animates the model.5 Shows the other side of the model.�� RU��! moves to the next item in a Consist.>6KLIW@�� RU�>6KLIW@��! Move to the end of the Consist.>6KLIW@�= toggles the FPS display.>+RPH@ Returns to the initial view position.>,QVHUW@ Increases the light in shadows>'HOHWH@ Decreases the light in shadows��3OXV� Moves the viewing position closer to the model� �0LQXV� Moves the viewing position further away from the model>)�@ Toggles the Help display>)�@ Edit DirectX Display options>)�@ Change Background colour


&RPPDQG $FWLRQ>)��@ take screenshot.>)��@ Toggles the 'Full Screen' mode - actually full screen width, at the same apect ratio.>&WUO@>)�@ moves to the next window in the list of open Viewer windows.>&WUO@>6KLIW@>)�@ moves to the previous window in the list of open Viewer windows.>&WUO@�3 Toggles Orthogonal setting.>&WUO@�6 Saves the current settings of Background colour, [F12] toggle, the ambient lighting level, the Viewer window height and the viewing distance.>(VF@ Closes an open Viewer window.>6KLIW@ Holding the [Shift] key down and selecting Close or Minimise will affect all of the open Viewer windows.

75$,1/,%�2&;�9HUVLRQ127(��The version of the OCX file needed to run the Trai n Store viewer is 1.0.0.54. This is normally installed when SVIEW Version 1.4 is installed. Earlier versions of the OCX control will not allow the internal viewer to run successfully.


7UDLQ�6WRUH�/LVW�(GLWRUVThe purpose of Train Store is to keep to a minimum the files that MSTS has to find and load when running a simulation. To do this it examines the Routes and Activities within an MSTS installation and removes all of the files that are not needed for the Activities in the simulation that you want to run.

If Train Store did nothing else this would mean that using Classic Train Store, you would not be able to run any ‘Explore Mode’ activity unless you had first created an Activity using the consist that you wanted to use. Also you would not be able to s tart your exploration at any point other than the Activities’ start points. This would be a big disadvantage, particularly for new users.

It would also mean that it would be difficult (without first using ‘Unstore Everything!’) to build new Activities, or add new Consists or Stock Items to existing Activities because the new items that you wanted to include in the Activities would not be available, because Train Store would have stored them, because they were not needed by the current configuration.

Train Store therefore allows you to specify additional items to be unstored in particular situations. You specify which additional items you want to unstore by adding the items to a list using one of the List Editors.

There are actually 5 types of list :-• ‘Explore Mode Consists’ – additional Consists to be used in Explore Mode• ‘Explore Mode Paths’ – additional Paths to be used in Explore Mode• ‘Maintenance Mode Consists’ – additional Consists to be used in Maintenance Mode• Maintenance Mode Stock’ – additional Stock Items to be used in Maintenance Mode• ‘Maintenance Mode Paths’ – additional Paths to be used in Maintenance Mode

There is a set of these lists for each Route in the MSTS installation. This allows you to specify which additional items you want to have available on a Route by Route basis. In addition there is a set of these lists for ‘Global Settings’ ‘Global Settings’ means a set of lists whose items will be applied to every Route, in addition to the usual lists for the Route. (No Path lists are available in Global Settings, as Paths are specific to individual Routes).

You can create any number of lists of each type for each Route, or for Global Settings. If more than one list exists for a Route, or for Global Settings, then it is possible to specify which of the lists is to be used at any time.

When Classic Train Store commits a Scenario to the MSTS installation, in addition to the files required by the Route(s) and Activity(ies) selected, it will also ensure that the files (Consist , Paths and Stock) required from these lists are also made available to MSTS. When you then run MSTS, you will find that you have access to all of the items essential for the Activity(ies) that you specified, but also you will have access to these additional items.

There is a simple set of procedures for editing these lists. There are detail differences between the list procedures, because the information stored in each type is different, but the basic procedures are consistent. The following sections describe each of these list types in detail.


&UHDWLQJ�D�1HZ�/LVWTo create a new list of any type, right -click on the main heading for the list type in the required Route or in Global Settings and choose &UHDWH�1HZ�/LVW from the context menu which is opened. (The List Type will be included in the caption of the menu item e.g. Create New Consist List) This will open the list editor window for the list type which you have chosen. Add the required items to the list as described in the following sections for each of the list types, and close the window using the 2. button.$FWLYDWLQJ�RU�'HDFWLYDWLQJ�D�/LVWIf there is only one list of a particular type for a Route, or for Global Settings, then the list is always activated. This means that when you press the Go! or Prepare button, if t he particular Route is being unstored, the items in this list will also be unstored.

If there is more than one list of a particular type for a Route or for Global Settings, then each list can be Activated or DeActivated individually. (When a new list is c reated, it is always set to Activated by default) Items in Lists which are not activated will not be unstored. The following picture show examples of a single set of (Consist) lists and a multiple set of (Path) lists within one Route, with activated and deactivated examples in the multiple lists.

To Activate or DeActivate a list, click on the checkbox which appears in the list heading in the Train Store main window. If the checkbox contains a tick mark, then the list is activated. If there is no tick mark, the list is deactivated.

You can also activate or deactivate a list by right -clicking on the relevant list heading and choosing the activate or deactivate option from the context menu which is opened. Alternatively you can choose the activate or deac tivate option from the main menu for the list type you have selected. Either of these methods also allows options to activate or deactivate all of the lists within a Route or within Global Settings, and also allows you to activate the selected item, whilst deactivating all of the remaining lists of the same type.


1DPLQJ�$�/LVWWhen a list is first created it is given a default name. (e.g. Original List, New List (1) etc.) You can change this name by clicking on the (GLW� /LVW� 1DPH button in the list editor window. This will open a window which allows you to change the list name.

The new name you enter must contain at least one non -space character, otherwise no change to the name is made. You may change the name of any list, but the name of a list is onlyvisible if there is more than one list of the same type in use for the specific Route or for Global Settings.'HOHWLQJ�D�/LVWTo delete a list, open the list in the list editor, and remove all of the items from the &XUUHQW�/LVW pane, and then close the window using the 2. button. The list will then be removed from the Train Store configuration.


([SORUH�0RGH�&RQVLVWV�0DLQWHQDQFH�0RGH�&RQVLVWV‘Explore Mode Consists’ are used if you want to explore a Route driving a locomotive or Consist which is not included in any of the Activities you are unstoring.

‘Maintenance Mode Consists’ are used when you want to include any Consists which would not normally be unstored when you are creating or editing Activities.&UHDWLQJ�([SORUH�0RGH�&RQVLVWV�0DLQWHQDQFH�0RGH�&RQVLVWV‘Explore Mode Consists’ are created by adding the Consists you want to use to an ‘Explore Mode Consists’ list. A set of lists is held for each Route, and a separate ‘Global Settings’ set of lists is held for Consists that you want to apply to all Rout es. Note that Explore Mode Consists are only accessible and effective when Train Store is run in Simulation Mode.

‘Maintenance Mode Consists’ are created by adding the Consists you want to use to a ‘Maintenance Mode Consists’ list. A set of lists is held for each Route, and a separate ‘Global Settings’ set of lists is held for Consists that you want to apply to all Routes. Note that Maintenance Mode Consists are only accessible and effective when Train Store is run in Maintenance Mode.

To add a Consist to a list :-• Highlight any ‘Explore Mode Consists’ or ‘Maintenance Mode Consists’ item or

heading for a Route in the Routes pane of the Train Store Main window.• Click on the (GLW��6HOHFWHG�5RXWH� button under the ‘Explore Mode Consists’ section

of the controls. The (GLW� µ([SORUH�0RGH�&RQVLVW¶�/LVW� or the (GLW� µ0DLQWHQDQFH�0RGH�&RQVLVW¶�/LVW window will be opened.


There are three panes in the window. The &XUUHQW�/LVW pane shows the Consists which are already in the list being edited. The &RQVLVWV $YDLODEOH pane shows the available Consists which can be added to the list, and the &RQVLVW�'HWDLOV shows the details of any Consist which is currently selected in either of the first two panes. Items in the Consists Available list are highlighted if they are In Use.

At the bottom of the window there is a &RQVLVW� )LOWHU sub-window which contains the controls which allow you to filter the Consists Available list so that you can more easily find the items you are looking for.

In Maintenance Mode, when you open this window for any Route, if there are no existing Maintenance Mode Consists defined for the Route, Train Store will automatically populate the Current List with all of the Consists which would be Unstored by the Prepare function because they are already referenced by Activities within the Route. It is therefore easy for you to see, by examining the Current List, whether the Consist(s) you need for your editing session are already available.

When editing ‘Explore Mode Consist’ lists, the Available list will on ly show Driveable Consists, and Consists which are driveable for the Route selected (e.g. Electric Locomotives will not be available on a non-electrified Route.$GGLQJ�RU�5HPRYLQJ�&RQVLVWVTo add a Consist to the Current List :-

• Find the Consist you need in the Consists Available List (see the following section for using the Filters).

• Click on the Consist to select it• Then either drag it with the mouse to the Current List pane, or click on the $GG�WR�/LVW

button.

To remove a Consist from the Current List :-• Click on it to select it :-• Then either drag it with the mouse to the Consists Available pane, press the >'HOHWH@

key or click on the 5HPRYH�IURP�/LVW button.

It is possible to deal with multiple Consists in these operations. The usual Windows selectio n conventions apply. If you want to select a contiguous group of Consists, highlight the first one by clicking on it. Hold the >6KLIW@ key down, and then click on the last item in the group. If you want to select a number of non contiguous Consists, Click on the first to select it, press and hold the >&WUO@ key and then click on the other Consists you need.

When you have completed your changes to the list, click on the 2. button to close the window and update the changes to the Current List. If you don’t w ish to update the Current List, press &DQFHO, the window will be closed and the Current List will not be updated.

When a Consist is already included in a Scenario, because it is used in an Activity(ies), this does not cause a problem, Train Store will ensure only one copy of the consist is available for use in Activity(ies) or Explore Mode.)LOWHULQJ�WKH�&RQVLVWV�$YDLODEOHThe Consists Available list can be filtered by Locomotive Name, Consist Name, Type of Consist, Status, Type of Motive Power or Lot Numb er. For full details of the filtering mechanism see the section on Selection Filters.


$GGLWLRQDO�,QIRUPDWLRQIn Simulation Mode there is an option which allows you to specify whether you want to include the ‘Explore Mode Consists’ specified. If this is not set, the ‘Explore Mode Consists’ will not be included. The setting of this parameter will be remembered from the previous run of Train Store, but you can change it at any time. If you only want to run an Activity in MSTS there is no point in including the ‘Explore Mode Consists’. Any Consists needed for the Activities will be made available to MSTS automatically. You only need to include the ‘Explore Mode Consists’ if you want to run one of those Consists in ‘Explore Mode’.

In Maintenance Mode, Consists from any activated ‘Maintenance Mode Consist’ lists will always be unstored for any Route being Prepared. Because the Prepare function automatically includes all of the Consists which are used within the Route, you only QHHG to put in this list any Consists which are not already used by Activities in the Route, and which you need for editing. The automatic population of this list is for information purposes. By using the populated Current list in conjunction with the Available list you can more easily decide which items you need to add. Once you have completed your editing, you can remove the items from the list, as they are not needed because Train Store will automatically include all of the Consists used when the Prepare function is used.

‘Maintenance Mode Consists’ are only accessed during Maintenance Mode processing and will only be Unstored by the Prepare function. They have no affect on the selections made during Simulation Mode, when the normal optimisation process is used to select files to be Unstored. Of course, once a Consist has been associated with an Activity, as part of your editing process, then it will also automatically be selected when required to be Unstored in Simulation Mode.

Because Consist lists are specifically intended for use outsi de of Activities, they are only stored as lists of consists within Train Store. By this means they can be enabled or disabled on any Scenario without needing to save additional copies for each Route. So, whatever Scenario you have chosen, the Consists lists will be the same (as for any other scenario). When you save a Scenario, it is saved independently of the ‘Explore Mode Consists’ and the ‘Maintenance Mode Consists’.

Notice also that, because of the way MSTS stores information in Activities, only the Pl ayer consist, and the AI traffic consists are actually identified by MSTS as consists within the Activity. Loose stock included in an Activity is not actually stored as a consist by MSTS, so their owning consists will not appear in the consists available f or Explore Mode in a Route unless they have also been used either in a Player or AI traffic consist, or else if they have been included as an ‘Explore Mode Consist’. It does not matter whether the ‘Explore Mode Consists’ have been included or not because of your option settings, the actual stock used by the ‘Loose Consists’ will always be available to the Route for its Activity(ies).


([SORUH�0RGH�3DWKV�0DLQWHQDQFH�0RGH�3DWKV‘Explore Mode Paths’ are used if you want to explore a Route, starting from a poin t which is not included in any of the Activities which you are unstoring.

‘Maintenance Mode Paths’ are used when you want to include any Paths which would not normally be unstored when you are creating or editing Activities.&UHDWLQJ�([SORUH�0RGH�3DWKV�0DLQWHQDQFH�0RGH�3DWKV‘Explore Mode Paths’ are created by adding the Paths you want to use to an ‘Explore Mode Paths’ list. A set of lists is held for each Route.

‘Maintenance Mode Paths’ are created by adding the Paths you want to use to a ‘Maintenance Mode Paths’ list. A set of lists is held for each Route.

Note that Explore Mode Paths are only accessible and effective when Train Store is run in Simulation Mode. (In Maintenance Mode either all of the Paths for a Route are unstored, or, if the Partial Route facility is used, all of the Paths that are referenced by the Activities and Services that are unstored are themselves unstored together with any Paths in activated ‘Maintenance Mode Paths’ lists.)

To add a Path to a list :-• Highlight any ‘Explore Mode Paths’ or ‘Maintenance Mode Paths’ item or heading for

a Route in the Routes pane of the Train Store Main window.• Click on the (GLW� �6HOHFWHG� 5RXWH� button under the ‘Explore Mode Paths’ or the

‘Maintenance Mode Paths’ section of the controls. The (GLW� µ([SORUH�0RGH�3DWK¶�/LVW�or the (GLW�µ0DLQWHQDQFH�0RGH�3DWK¶�/LVW window will be opened.


There are three panes in the window. The &XUUHQW� /LVW pane shows the Paths which are already in the list being edited. The 3DWKV $YDLODEOH�pane shows the available Paths which can be added to the list, and the 3DWK�'HWDLOV shows the details of any Path which is currently selected in either of the first two panes. Items in the Paths Available list are highlighted if they are In Use.

At the bottom there is a 3DWKV�)LOWHU sub-window which contains the controls which allow you to filter the Paths Available list so that you can more easily find the items you are looking for.

When editing ‘Explore Mode Paths’ lists the Available list will only show Driveable Paths.$GGLQJ RU�5HPRYLQJ�3DWKVTo add a Path to the Current List :-

• Find the Path you need in the Paths Available List (see the following section for using the Filters).

• Click on the Path to select it• Then either drag it with the mouse to the Current List pane, or cli ck on the $GG�WR�/LVW

button.

To remove a Path from the Current List : -• Click on it to select it :-• Then either drag it with the mouse to the Paths Available pane, press the >'HOHWH@ key,

or click on the 5HPRYH�IURP�/LVW button.

It is possible to deal with multiple Paths in these operations. The usual Windows selection conventions apply. If you want to select a contiguous group of Paths, highlight the first one by clicking on it. Hold the >6KLIW@ key down, and then click on the last item in the group. If you want to select a number of non contiguous Paths, Click on the first to select it, press and hold the >&WUO@ key and then click on the other Paths you need.

When you have completed your changes to the list, click on the 2. button to close the window and update the changes to the Current List. If you don’t wish to update the Current List, press &DQFHO, the window will be closed and the Current List will not be updated.

When a Path is already included in a Scenario, because it is used in an Activity(ies ), this does not cause a problem, Train Store will ensure only one copy of the Path is available for use in Activity(ies) or Explore Mode.)LOWHULQJ�WKH�3DWKV�$YDLODEOHThe Paths Available list can be filtered by starting point (From), ending point (To), P ath Name and Status. For full details of the filtering mechanism see the section on Selection Filters.$GGLWLRQDO�,QIRUPDWLRQIn Simulation Mode, there is an option which allows you to specify whether you want to include the ‘Explore Mode Paths’ specified. If this is not set, the ‘Explore Mode Paths’ will not be included. The setting of this parameter will be remembered from the previous run of Train Store, but you can change it at any time. If you only want to run an Activity in MSTS there is no point in including the ‘Explore Mode Paths’. Any Paths needed for the Activities will be made available to MSTS automatically. You only need to include the ‘Explore Mode Paths’ if you want to run one of those Paths in ‘Explore Mode’.


In Maintenance Mode if the Part ial Route option is checked, then any Paths in activated ‘Maintenance Mode Paths’ lists will also be unstored for the Routes being prepared. If the Partial Route option is unchecked, than DOO Paths for the Routes being prepared will also be unstored.

‘Maintenance Mode Paths’ are only accessed during Maintenance Mode processing and will only be Unstored by the Prepare function. They have no affect on the selections made during Simulation Mode, when the normal optimisation process is used to select files to be Unstored. Of course, once a Path has been associated with an Activity, as part of your editing process, then it will also automatically be selected when required to be Unstored in Simulation Mode.

Because Paths lists are specifically intended for use outside of Activities, they are only stored as lists of Paths within Train Store. By this means they can be enabled or disabled on any Scenario. So, whatever Scenario you have chosen, the Paths lists will be the same (as for any other scenario). When you save a Scenario, it is saved independently of the ‘Explore Mode Paths’ and ‘Maintenance Mode Paths’.


0DLQWHQDQFH�0RGH�6WRFN�,WHPV‘Maintenance Mode Stock Items’s are used if you want to edit Stock Items or Consists or Activities in a Route.&UHDWLQJ�0DLQWHQDQFH�0RGH�6WRFN�,WHPVCreating ‘Maintenance Mode Stock Items’ is carried out by means of adding the Stock Items you want to use to a ‘Maintenance Mode Stock Items’ list. A set of lists is held for each Route. Note that Maintenance Mode Stock Items are onl y accessible and effective when Train Store is run in Maintenance Mode. (For details of ‘Explore Mode Consists’ and ‘Maintenance Mode Consists’ see the specific sections dealing with them.)

To add a Stock Item to a list :-• Ensure the Train Store controls are switched to Maintenance Mode. The 0676�0DLQWHQDQFH caption should be visible on the Maintenance Controls tab. If not, just

click on the Maintenance label and the tab will change to display the Maintenance Mode controls.

• Highlight any ‘Maintenance Mode Stock’ item or heading for a Route in the Routes pane of the Train Store Main window.

• Click on the (GLW� �6HOHFWHG� 5RXWH� button under the ‘Maintenance Mode Stock’ section of the controls. The (GLW� µ0DLQWHQDQFH�0RGH�6WRFN¶�/LVW� window will be opened.

There are three panes in the window. The &XUUHQW�/LVW pane shows the Stock Items which are already in the list being edited. The 6WRFN�,WHPV $YDLODEOH�pane shows the available Stock Items which can be added to the list, and the 6WRFN�,WHP�'HWDLOV shows the details of any Stock Item which is currently selected in either of the first two panes. Items in the Stock Items Available list are highlighted if they are In Use.


At the bottom of the window there is a 6WRFN�)LOWHU�sub-window which contains the controls which allow you to filter the Stock Items Available list so that you can more easily find the items you are looking for.

When you open this window for any Route, if there are no existing ‘Maintenance Mode Stock’ items defined for the Route, Train Store wi ll automatically populate the Current List with all of the Stock Items which will be Unstored by the Prepare function because they are already referenced by Activities within the Route. It is therefore easy for you to see, by examining the Current List, whether the Stock Item(s) you need for your editing session are already available.

Note: Because the Prepare function automatically includes all of the Stock Items which are used within the Route, you only QHHG to put in this list any Stock Items which are not already used by Activities in the Route, and which you need for editing. The automatic population of this list is for information purposes. By using the populated Current list in conjunction with the Available list you can more easily decide which items you need to add. Once you have completed your editing, you can remove the items from the list, as they are not needed because Train Store will automatically include all of the Stock Items used when the Prepare function is used.$GGLQJ�RU�5HPRYLQJ�6WRFN�,WHPVTo add a Stock Item to the Current List : -

• Find the Stock Item you need in the Stock Items Available List (see the following section for using the Filters).

• Click on the Stock Item to select it.• Then either drag it with the mouse to the Current List p ane, or click on the $GG�WR�/LVW

button.

To remove a Stock Item from the Current List : -• Click on it to select it.• Then either drag it with the mouse to the Stock Items Available pane, press the >'HOHWH@ key, or click on the 5HPRYH�IURP�/LVW button.

It is possible to deal with multiple Stock Items in these operations. The usual Windows selection conventions apply. If you want to select a contiguous group of Stock Items : -

• Highlight the first one by clicking on it.• Hold the >6KLIW@ key down• Then click on the last item in the group.

If you want to select a number of non contiguous Stock Items : -• Click on the first to select it• Press and hold the >&WUO@ key and then click on each of the other Stock Items you

need.

When you have completed your changes to the list• Click on the 2. button to close the window and update the changes to the Current

List. If you don’t wish to update the Current List, press &DQFHO, the window will be closed and the Current List will not be updated.


When an ‘Maintenance Mode Stock’ item is already included in a Scenario, because it is used in Activities, this does not cause a problem, Train Store will ensure only one copy of the consist is available for use in the editors.)LOWHULQJ�WKH�6WRFN�,WHPV�$YDLODEOHThe Stock Items Available list can be filtered by Stock Name, Type of Stock, Status, Type of Motive Power or Lot Number. For full details of the filtering mechanism see the section on Selection Filters.$GGLWLRQDO�,QIRUPDWLRQ‘Maintenance Mode Stock’ items are only accessed during Maintenance Mode processing and will only be Unstored by the Prepare function. They have no affect on the selections made during Simulation Mode, when the normal optimisation process is used to select files to be Unstored. Of course, once a Stock Item has been associated with an Consist which is associated with an Activity, as part of your editing process, then it will also automatically be selected when required to be Unstored in Simulation Mode.


6HOHFWLRQ�)LOWHUVThe selection fields in the &RQVLVW�)LOWHU� 3DWK�)LOWHU, or 6WRFN�)LOWHU sub-windows are used to restrict the items in the Consists Available, Paths Available or Stock Available lists to just those which you specify, to make the items easier to find. The filters for each type of list are slightly different so they are described separately.6HOHFWLRQ�)LHOGVIn each of the filter sub-windows there are several selection fields where you can enter or choose the values that are going to be used to filter the Available List.

Some of the selection fields (e.g. Consist Name) are text fields. Any value entered in them restricts selection to items which satisfy the selection text.

The remaining fields (e.g. Type of Consist) are checkboxes or choice fields. They are only operative, if they are selected. Within each group of these fields (e.g. Type of Consist) the selections are inclusive (e.g. if Light Engine DQG Passenger are checked, then the list will contain Light Engine Consists and Passenger Consists)

Generally the filtering fields operate together in a more restricting fashion. For example, if you select a specific Stock Name, and you click the Passenger checkbox, then only Passenger type Stock Items whose name matches the selection text will be displayed in the Stock Items Available List. However, within the Type of Stock, and Type of Motive Power sets of filters, the filtering is additive. For example, if you select Passenger and Freight, then the results will contain Passenger + Freight type Stock Items

The Filter items can be used in any combination that is relevant. No one filter is essential. If there are no filters applied, you will see all of the Consists Available.

The last used settings for the checkboxes are restored each time you open the window, and for the text fields the most recently used filters appear in the drop-down list, followed by (in the case of Path From, Path To, Locomotive Name and Lot Number only), the complete list of entries available for that filter.

Notice that if the selection is for ‘Explore Mode Consists’ or ‘Expl ore Mode Paths’ there is a preliminary permanent filter applied. That is the Consist or Path must be Driveable. In addition for Consist selection, (if the Route is not electrified) electric locomotives are not allowed. For this reason the selections for Driveable, and Electric Motive Power are disabled under these conditions.

:LOG�&DUG�0DWFKLQJFor the text fields, Locomotive Name, Consist Name and Lot Number, From, To, Path Name, and Stock Name, wild card matching can be used. This allows the filtering t o be based on partial matching and so you can search for sets of items.

The syntax for entering the ‘wild card’ matches follows the usual conventions.

The character * means any character or group of characters. The character ? means 1 character of any value. In addtion you can specify ranges of characters using the notation [a-d] or [a,d] The matching is not case sensitive. So some examples might be : -


(QWU\ 0DWFKHV�ZLWK*:5 Any items beginning with the letters GWR *:5 Any items containing the letters GWR anywhere within the field *:5 Any items ending with the letters GWR*:5 � Any items beginning with the letters GWR followed by a 5 somewhere in the field*"5 Any items beginning with ‘G’ followed by any character, followed by ‘R’*:5 ��>��@>��@ Any items beginning with ‘GWR 50’ followed by 2 numeric characters >��@>��@>��@>��@ Any item with a 4 digit number in the ranges 2000 – 2999 or 5000-5999

When you have entered your selection in any of the text fields, press >(QWHU@ or click the $SSO\�)LOWHU button to see the results of the selection.&RQVLVW�)LOWHUVThese filters are used to select Consists for the ‘Explore Mode Consists’ and ‘Maintenance Mode Consists’ editing windows.

The fields available for filtering are: -• Locomotive Name• Consist Name• Type of Consist

• Driveable• Light Engine• Passenger• Freight

• Type of Motive Power• Diesel• Steam• Electric

• Lot Number/RFRPRWLYH�1DPHThis field selects Consists which are headed by the named locomotive. The locomotive for a Consist is taken to be the first locomotive found within a Consist.&RQVLVW�1DPHThe field selects Consists whose Name matches the entry.8VHG�LQ�5RXWHThis field allows you to select any of the Routes which are in the MSTS installation (it doesn’t matter if they are Stored or In Use). It also allows selection of the ‘MSTS Default Routes’ i.e. all of the MSTS Default Routes combined. Press >(QWHU@ after you have made your selection and the Available List will be filter to show only those Consists which have been used in the Route selected. This field does QRW allow for wild card matches, and the selection entered must match with one of the Route entries in the drop -down list.


7\SH�RI�&RQVLVW'ULYHDEOHThis field is a choice from 3 options. Driveable (ü), Non-Driveable (û) and not important (blank). A Consist is only driveable if it has a locomotive which has a CabView. If the Driveable or Non-driveable options are selected in this field the Consist must satisfy the condition to be selected.

/LJKW�(QJLQHMark this checkbox to restrict Consists to those which are light engines (This is single engine, or engine and tender combinations). Note: Multiple unit, diesel and electric, consists might contain only power cars, but they are treated as Passenger Consists if the ‘locomotives’ contain Passenger parameters.

3DVVHQJHUMark this checkbox to restrict Consists to those which are predominantly Passenger vehicles.

)UHLJKWMark this checkbox to restrict Consists to those which are predominantly Freight vehicles.7\SH�RI�0RWLYH�3RZHU'LHVHOMark this checkbox to restrict Consists to which are diesel powered. (i.e. at least one of the locomotives, if there is more than one, are diesel powered)

(OHFWULFMark this checkbox to restrict Consists to which are electrically powered. (i.e. at least one of the locomotives, if there is more than one, are electrically powered)

6WHDPMark this checkbox to restrict Consists to which are steam powered. (i.e. at least one of the locomotives, if there is more than one, are steam powered)6WDWXVThis field is a choice from 4 options. In Use, In Store, In Error and not important (blank). If the In Use, In Store, or In Error options are selected, a Consist must satisfy the condition to be selected./RW�1XPEHUThis field selects Consists whose Lot Number matches the entry.3DWK�)LOWHUVThese filters are used to select Paths for the ‘Explore Mode Paths’ and ‘Maintenance Mode Paths’ list editing windows.

The fields available for filtering are: -• From• To• Path Name


)URPThis field selects Paths whose starting point matches the entry. 7RThis field selects Paths whose ending point matches the entry.3DWK�1DPHThis field selects Paths whose Name matches the entry.7\SH�RI�3DWK'ULYHDEOHThis field is a choice from 3 options. Driveable (ü), Non-Driveable (û) and not important (blank). A Path is only driveable if it has a particular bit set by MSTS in one of the parameters in the Path file. If the Driveable or Non-driveable options are selected in this field the Path must satisfy the condition to be selected.6WDWXVThis field is a choice from 4 options. In Use, In Store, In Error and not important (blank). If the In Use, In Store or In Error options are selected, a Path must satisfy the condition to be selected.6WRFN�)LOWHUVThese filters are used to select Stock Items for the ‘Maintenance Mode Stock’ editing windows.

The fields available for filtering are: -• Stock Name• Type of Stock

• Locomotives• Tenders• Carriages• Freight

• Type of Motive Power• Driveable?• Diesel• Steam• Electric

• Lot Number6WRFN�1DPHThis field selects Stock Items whose Name matches the entry.8VHG�LQ�5RXWHThis field allows you to select any of the Routes which are in the MSTS installation (it doesn’t matter if they are Stored or In Use). It also allows selection of the ‘MSTS Default Routes’ i.e. all of the MSTS Default Routes combined. Press >(QWHU@ after you have made your selection and the Available List will be filter to show only those Stock Items which have


been used in the Route selected. This field does QRW allow for wild card matches, and the selection entered must match with one of the Route entries in the drop -down list.7\SH�RI�6WRFN/RFRPRWLYHVMark this checkbox to restrict Stock Items of the type Locomotive.

7HQGHUVMark this checkbox to restrict Stock Items of the type Tender.

3DVVHQJHUMark this checkbox to restrict Stock Items of the type Passenger.

)UHLJKWMark this checkbox to restrict Stock Items of the type Freight.7\SH�RI�0RWLYH�3RZHU'ULYHDEOHThis field is a choice from 3 options. Driveable (9), Non-Driveable (8) and not important (blank). A Stock Item is only driveable if it is a locomotive which has a CabView. If the Driveable or Non-Driveable options are selected in this field the Stock Item must satisfy the condition to be selected.

'LHVHOMark this checkbox to restrict Stock Items to which are diesel powered. (affects Stock Items of type Locomotive only)

(OHFWULFMark this checkbox to restrict Stock Items to which are electrically powered. (affects Stock Items of type Locomotive only)

6WHDPMark this checkbox to restrict Stock Items to which are steam powered. (affects Stock Items of type Locomotive only)6WDWXVThis field is a choice from 4 options. In Use, In Store, In Error and not important (blank). If the In Use, In Store or In Error options are selected, a Stock Item must satisfy th e condition to be selected./RW�1XPEHUThis field selects Stock Items whose Lot Number matches the entry.


/RW�1XPEHUV:KDW�DUH�7UDLQ�6WRUH�/RW�1XPEHUV"A Lot Number is a simple mechanism for categorising Consists or Stock Items within your MSTS installation.

The term Lot Number has been used because it used to be customary for railway companies to order new locomotives or rolling stock against a contract or Lot Number covering one or more items. Often, the Lot Number would be inscribed on a maker’s plat e attached to the piece of rolling stock.+RZ�$UH�7KH\�8VHG"A Lot Number can be assigned to any Consist or Stock Item. The Lot Number can be used in the Selection Filters when examining the lists of ‘Explore Mode Consists’, ‘Maintenance Mode Consists’ and ‘Maintenance Stock’ items.

Train Store always assigns a Lot Number when it detects new Consists or new Stock Items. The Lot number assigned by Train Store is a number. The number is the same for all new Consists and Stock found within a Train Store sessi on. The number is incremented automatically each session if new Consists or Stock Items are found during that session.

You can use the Lot Number as a Selection Filter when selecting Stock Items or Consists for the editing of ‘Explore Mode Consists’, ‘Maintenance Mode Consists’ or ‘Maintenance Mode Stock’ lists.

Whilst the term used is Lot Number, you can assign a Lot Number which is alphabetic to Consists or Stock items, and you can use the field for any categorisation purpose e.g. ‘LMS 1930s’, ‘DMUs’, ‘Settle & Carlisle’ etc. The only restriction is that any Lot Number you create PXVW begin with a non-numeric character.$VVLJQLQJ�RU�&UHDWLQJ�/RW�1XPEHUVLot Numbers can be created or assigned directly from the Edit ‘Maintenance Mode Consist’ List window, or the Edit ‘Maintenance Stock’ List window.

Note: Lot Numbers cannot be assigned from the Edit ‘Explore Mode Consists’ List window, because it is not possible to see all of the Consists from this window (only Driveable consists are shown).

Select any number of items from the ‘Available’ or the ‘Current List’ list pane, right -click and a &KDQJH�/RW�1XPEHU window will be opened.

You can either enter a new Lot Number directly in the &KDQJH�/RW�1XPEHU�WR field, or you can select an existing Lot Number, by selecting it from the drop-down list of all Lot Number used which will be displayed if you click on the downward pointing chevron at the right of the field. (It is better to select from the list if you want to assign an existing Lot Number, as this removes the possibility of typing errors in the Lot Number).


The Lot Number that you enter is validated simply. If it begins with a non -numeric character then it is assumed that you are using a Lot Number of your own design, and no validation is carried out. If the entered Lot Number begins with a numeric character, then it is assumed that you wish to assign a Train Store generated Lot Number to the selected items. A check is then made to ensure that this Lot Number has been assigned by Train Store. If this is so, then the number is valid. If the number has not been assigned an error dialogue message will be opened.

Click 2. to return to the Change Lot Number window.

When the required Lot Number has been entered successfully, click on the 2. button, and the Lot Number entered or selected will be assigned to all of the items which were selected in the ‘Available’ List.1RWLILFDWLRQ�RI�1HZ�&RQVLVWV�RU�6WRFN�,WHPVWhenever Train Store opens the edit ‘Explore Mode Consists’ List window, the Edit ‘Maintenance Mode Consists’ List window or the Edit ‘Maintenance Mode Stock’ List window Train Store checks to see if there have been any new Consists or Stock Items found. If new items have been found, then an additional highlighted panel appears below the Lot Number field.


This alerts you to the fact that new items have been found but also allows you to immediately use the Lot Number filter to display the new items in the ‘Available’ List by entering the new Lot Number in the Lot Number filter field.

This alert will disappear once Train Store has been closed and started again, but you can still access the most recently loaded items by selecting the highest numeric Lot Number from the drop-down list in the Lot Number filter field. (assuming you have not assigned new o r different Lot Numbers to the relevant items).


0676�6DYHG�$FWLYLWLHVIt has been found that when an Activity is saved in MSTS, if the Scenario which is in effect at the time when the Activity is saved, is not the same Scenario which is in effect when y ou go back to MSTS and attempt to Load the Saved Activity and restart it, then VRPHWLPHV MSTS will fail to restart the saved Activity.

For example you may have Routes A and B InUse and a number of other Routes in Storage. You run an Activity from Route A, and then save it, part way through. You then go back in to Train Store, and store Route B. You PLJKW find, when you come to restart the saved Activity in Route A, that MSTS will not restart it.

To counter this, when Train Store starts, it checks to see whether any Activities have been saved since the last time Train Store was closed down. If any Activities have been saved since the last Train Store session, and, at the time when Train Store was last closed, there was no Loaded Scenario in effect, then a warning dialogue is displayed.

1RWH� This assumes that you have not changed the Scenario outside of MSTS. If so, the Scenario which is available on loading MSTS is therefore the Scenario which was in effect when the Activity(ies) was (were) saved.

You have the choice of saving the current Scenario (<HV�, or continuing without a save (1R) at this point.

This is only a check and a warning to remind you, in case the Scenario has not been saved previously. You do not need to save the Scenario every time you save an Activity. In fact, it is not essential to save the Scenario at all. You can reset it by choosing the items which make up the Scenario again before you restart the Activity from the saved point.

There is an option to suppress this Activity Saved Warning message. See the section describing the 7RROV��2SWLRQV menu for details of this.


8VLQJ�7UDLQ�6WRUH�ZLWK�5DLO'ULYHUTrain Store will detect the presence of the RailDriver software and automatically add items to the Train Store menus and windows to allow you to use RailDriver naturally with Train Store.6HWWLQJ�XS�WR�XVH�5DLO'ULYHU�ZLWK�7UDLQ�6WRUHTrain Store will normally automatically detect the presence of RailDriver software, and additional µ8VH�5DLO'ULYHU¶ checkboxes will appear on the Easy and Classic windows. If, for some reason, Train Store does not detect your RailDriver setup, you can set up the connection manually by choosing 5DLO'ULYHU�/DXQFK�6HWWLQJV from the Options menu.6SHFLI\�WKH�/RFDWLRQ�RI�WKH�5DLO'ULYHU�6RIWZDUHOpen Train Store. Choose 7RROV��2SWLRQV��5DLO'ULYHU�/DXQFK�6HWWLQJV from the Train Store menu.

Clicking on this menu item will open the 6HW�5DLO'ULYHU�/DXQFK�3DUDPHWHUV window.

Enter the full path and name of the RailDriver executable ‘target’ in the Path field .

Use the Path button if you wish, to navigate to the file that you want to run to launch RailDriver. This will open the &KRRVH�5DLO'ULYHU�/DXQFK�([HFXWDEOH window


Navigate to the file you want to execute when you launch RailDriver, (RDMgr.EXE) and click the 2. button. The window will be closed and the full path name of the file will then be stored in the Path field of the 6HW�5DLO'ULYHU�/DXQFK�3DUDPHWHUV window.

When you are satisfied with the Path and parameters, click on the 2. button and the 6HW�5DLO'ULYHU�/DXQFK�3DUDPHWHUV window will be closed and you will return to the Train Store main window.8VLQJ�5DLO'ULYHU�ZLWK�7UDLQ�6WRUHOnce the connection between Train Store and RailDriver has been set up, 8VH�5DLO'ULYHUcheckboxes will become visible on the Easy and Classic windows.

If you want to use RailDriver with MSTS, simply click on the 8VH�5DLO'ULYHU�checkbox to mark it. When you click on the Go! or Run, or Explore button, after unstoring the required files, Train Store will start the RailDriver software, and you can start MSTS from there as usual with RailDriver.

NOTES: • The 8VH�5DLO'ULYHU�checkboxes are only available in the windows that allow you to

start MSTS in simulation mode. (It is not relevant to use with the MSTS editors).• The 8VH�5DLO'ULYHU�checkboxes are disabled if the other settings you have chosen do

not allow for Train Store to automatically launch MSTS. In the case of Classic Train Store this means that the /DXQFK�0676 checkbox PXVW be checked. In the case of Easy Train Store this means that the menu option 6XSSUHVV�0676�/DXQFK�must QRWbe checked.

• Because of the way that the TRAIN STORE EXPLORE facility works, the 8VH�5DLO'ULYHU�checkbox is always disabled when this facility is chosen. If you want to use RailDriver in a TRAIN STORE EXPLORE you need to start RailDriver manually before starting MSTS.


8VLQJ�7UDLQ�6WRUH�ZLWK�5RXWH�&RQWUROTrain Store and the Route Control software package will work together. However, because of the way that Route Control works when it swaps Routes out of the MSTS installation, you must be very careful that no part of the ‘Route Control Route is Stored by Train Store, before Route Control runs. If you fail to do this you may end up with Activities mixed up between Routes.7KH�3UREOHPThe problem occurs because Route Control uses one physical folder which it uses to swap Routes into and out of (irrespective of the original folder name used by the Route being swapped), and Train Store may store some of the items from that Route when it is in its normal operation. When route Control subsequently swaps the Route, either items will be missing when the Route is swapped out by Route Control, or Route Control may swap in another Route which is nothing to do with the Route for which Train Store stored the items .7KH�6ROXWLRQBefore Route Control is started, checks must be made to make sure that none of the possible conflicting situations exist. Train Store provides a shortcut which you are strongly advised to use to start Route control. This shortcut examines the current situation and checks if there is any potential conflict between Train Store and Route Control. If there is, a warning dialogue message will be displayed, and Route Control will not start. If there is no conflicting situation then Route Control will start as normal.

You should always use this shortcut to start Route Control and never start Route Control directly. If you do start Route Control directly, then none of these checks will be applied, and Train Store has no way of knowing what has happen ed during the Route Control Session.


,PSOHPHQWDWLRQ�RI�WKH�6ROXWLRQThere are two steps :-�� Specify the Location of the Route control Software�� Place the Shortcut6SHFLI\�WKH�/RFDWLRQ�RI�WKH�5RXWH�&RQWURO�6RIWZDUHOpen Train Store. Choose 7RROV��2SWLRQV��5RXWH�&RQWURO�/DXQFK�6HWWLQJV from the Train Store menu. Clicking on this menu item will open the 6HW� 5RXWH� &RQWURO� /DXQFK�3DUDPHWHUV window.

Enter the full path and name of the executable ‘target’ in the Path field, and enter any command line parameters in the Parameters field. (You can find the details of the Path and the Parameters, by looking at the Properties of the existing real Route Control shortcut.)

Use the Path button if you wish, to navigate to the file that you want to run to launch Route Control. This will open the &KRRVH�5RXWH�&RQWURO�/DXQFK�([HFXWDEOH window


Navigate to the file you want to execute when you launch Route Control, and click the 2.button. The window will be closed and the full path name of the file will then be stored in the Path field of the 6HW�5RXWH�&RQWURO�/DXQFK�3DUDPHWHUV window.

When you are satisfied with the Path and parameters, click on the 2. button and the 6HW�5RXWH�&RQWURO�/DXQFK�3DUDPHWHUV window will be closed and you will return to the Train Store main window.3ODFH�WKH�5RXWH&RQWURO�6KRUWFXWClick (not double-click) on the shortcut to select it. Press >&WUO@�& or choose (GLW�&RS\ from the Explorer menu. Move to the folder where you want to place the shortcut, and press >&WUO@�9 or choose (GLW�3DVWH from the Explorer menu. You can paste the shortcut anywhere that you find convenient for starting Route Control (e.g. the desktop, the Start menu, or the Launcher bar)8VLQJ�5RXWH�&RQWUROAfter this has been done, always use one of the shortcuts you placed to s tart Route Control. If there are no conflicting situations Route Control will start as normal. If there are conflicts one of the following warning dialogue windows will be displayed. Follow the instructions given in the messages.

In this case, Route Control will start to allow you to follow the instructions in the message. But it is essential that you sort out the issue that has been identified before using Route Control for anything else.

In the following example, Train Store has determined that it is not safe to run Route Control at all until the relevant Route has been Prepared in Train Store. Route Control will therefore not start.


6DYLQJ�7UDLQ�6WRUH�'DWDTrain Store creates files which are used for storing system information, and files which store information about your ‘Explore Mode Consist’, Maintenance Mode Consists’ and ‘Maintenance Mode Stock’ lists.

If you want to save this information, you should make a back-up of the 76'$7$ folder and all its subfolders. This folder will be found in the Train Store Storage folder. (The location of your Train Store Storage folder can be seen by choosing +HOS, $ERXW from the Train Store Main window menu.)

You should only back-up this folder when Train Store is closed, in case it has files open which would invalidate the back-up.

Do not add, remove or edit any of the files in this folder or its sub -folders. If you have a problem and you wish to restore the Train Store data, restore the complete set of files that you backed up.%DFNLQJ�XS�0676�)LOHVIf you are backing up your MSTS files, before doing so, you must use ‘Unstore Everything!’.

The reason for this is that unless you have used ‘Unstore Everything!’ it is almost certain that some files will still be in store. Thus your backup of the MSTS files would be incomplete.


7UDLQ�6WRUH�&RPPDQG�/LQH�3DUDPHWHUVTrain Store uses command line parameters to automatically load Scenarios, and automatically start certain processes. The command line parameters which can be used, and their actions, are listed in the following table :-

3DUDPHWHU )XQFWLRQ 6KRUWFXW�3URYLGHG"�VV Start Train Store Classic Yes�VP Start Train Store Classic (Maintenance Mode) Yes�VH Start Train Store Easy Explore Yes�VD Start Train Store Easy Activity Yes�XF Start Train Store and run ‘Unstore Everything!’ Yes�UF Start RouteControl after applying safety checks Yes

6FHQDULR�)LOH�1DPH Open the specified Scenario file and set up the Scenario.

User created

Shortcuts are provided for the specialised start -up actions. These are installed in the folder where the Train Store software is installed. They can be copied or moved to anywhere that you find convenient (e.g. the desktop, the Start menu, or the Launcher bar)


)UHTXHQWO\�$VNHG�4XHVWLRQV,�KDYH�MXVW�LQVWDOOHG�7UDLQ�6WRUH�DQG�QRZ�PRVW�RI�P\�6WRFN�LV�PLVVLQJ��:K\�LV�WKLV"Don’t worry, your Stock is not missing.

Train Store operates by removing all files from the MSTS installation which are not required for the Scenario which you selected when you activated your selections using the Go! Button. Any Consists or Stock Items not needed for the Activity(ies) which are In Use in your Scenario are removed.

If your problem is that you want to run a particular Consist in Explore Mode, and it is missing because it is not used in any Activity that is In Use, then you need to add it to the ‘Explore Mode Consist’ list for the Route where you want to run it.

If the problem is that you want to use a particular Consist in an editing session to create or modify an Activity, and it is missing because it is not used in any Activity that is In Use. First, you must DOZD\V use Maintenance Mode to Prepare a Route for editing. If the Consist is not available because it has not already been used in an Activity in the Route, then you need to add it to the ‘Maintenance Mode Consist’ list for the Route where you want to run it.

If the problem is that you want to use a particular Stock Item in an editing session to create or modify a Consist, and it is missing because it is not used in any Consist th at is In Use. First, you must DOZD\V use Maintenance Mode to Prepare a Route for editing. If the Stock Item is not available because it has not already been used in a Consist in the Route, then you need to add it to the ‘Maintenance Mode Stock’ list for th e Route where you want to run it.,�KDYH�MXVW�LQVWDOOHG�7UDLQ�6WRUH�DQG�,�FDQ¶W�VWDUW�H[SORULQJ�IURP�D�ORFDWLRQ�WKDW�,�ZDQW��:K\�LV�WKLV"Train Store operates by removing all files from the MSTS installation which are not required for the Scenario which you selected when you activated your selections using the Go! Button. Any Paths not needed for the Activity(ies) which are In Use in your Scenario are removed.

If the problem is that you want to explore from a particular start point in MSTS, and it is missing because it is not used in any Activity that is In Use, and you want to use Classic Train Store to unstore Activities, then you need to add it to the ‘Explore Mode Path’ list for the Route concerned. Alternatively you could use Easy Train Store to Explor e the Route, and you will be able to select the Path starting point and ending point directly.

If the problem is that you want to use a particular Path in an editing session to create or modify an Activity, and it is missing because it is not used in any Activity that is In Use. First, you must DOZD\V use Maintenance Mode to Prepare a Route for editing. If the is not available because it has not already been used in an Activity in the Route, then you need to ensure that the 3DUWLDO�5RXWH option is QRW selected when you Prepare the Route. Train Store will then unstore all of the Paths for the Route concerned, and it will be available for you to use. ,�DP�XVLQJ�(DV\�7UDLQ�6WRUH�WR�([SORUH�DQG�,�FDQ¶W�ILQG�WKH�ORFRPRWLYH�,�ZDQW�WR�XVH��:K\�LV�WKLV"Check that the drop-down list at the top of the Explore Tab is set to $OO�/RFRV� All driveable locomotives within MSTS will then be displayed. This setting is remembered by Train Store.


Check that you are not trying to drive an electric locomotive on a non -electrified Route.7KHUH�DUH�WRR�PDQ\�ORFRPRWLYHV�LQ�WKH�OLVW�LQ�(DV\�7UDLQ�6WRUH��+RZ�FDQ�,�JHW�ULG�RI�WKH�RQHV�,�GRQ¶W�ZDQW"There is a drop-down list at the top of the Explore tab. There are four options : -

• All Locos – This causes the list of locomotives to include all driveable locomotives in the MSTS installation.

• Explore Mode Locos – This causes the list of locomotives to show only those which are included in the Consists which are listed in the Explore Mode Consists list for the Route selected + Global Settings

• Route Expl. Mode Locos – This causes the list to show only those locomotives which are included in the Consists which are listed in the Explore Mode Consists List for the Route selected.

• Used In Route Locos – This causes the list to show only those locomotives which are used in the Activities in the Route.

Choose the option which suits your purpose. The setting is remembered by Train Store.+RZ�FDQ�,�VHH�DOO�RI�WKH�&RQVLVWV�IRU�WKH�GLVSOD\HG�ORFRPRWLYHV�LQ�(DV\�7UDLQ�6WRUH"By default, when you have chosen to display a restricted set of locomotives, Easy Train Store only shows the Consists for the locomotives from the Explore Mode Lists. If you want to see all of the Consists which are available for any selected locomotive, choose the item 6KRZ�$OO�&RQVLVWV�IRU�D�/RFRPRWLYH from the Tools/Options menu, so that the menu item is checked. This setting is remembered by Train Store.:KDW�LV�0DLQWHQDQFH�0RGH�DQG�ZKHQ�VKRXOG�,�XVH�LW"In normal use Train Store runs in Simulation Mode. This means that when it is selecting the files to be Unstored to suit the Scenario that you have chosen, it makes sure that only files which are needed by MSTS to run the simulation are actually Unstored. When you are editing Routes, Activities, or Consists then this is not sufficient. All of the files for a Route need to be present in MSTS, and all of the Consists and Stock Items for all of the existing Activities and Consists used in the Route, need to be present.

Maintenance Mode provides this additional set of files when a Ro ute is Prepared in Maintenance Mode.

You should use Maintenance Mode to Prepare a Route whenever you are going to edit a Route, an Activity or a Consist. If you are going to edit an Activity by adding or changing it to use a Consist which has not been used before with the Route, then you need to add the Consist to the ‘Maintenance Mode Consists’ list for the route. If you are going to create or edit a Consist, and you intend to use a Stock Item which has not been used in the Route before, then you will need to add it to the Maintenance Mode Stock Items’ list for the Route.:K\�GRHV�7UDLQ�6WRUH�OHDYH�VRPH�ILOHV�LQ�6WRUH"Train store always tries to optimise the installation when running in Simulation Mode. So it is quite normal for various files to be left In Store. If you have any suspicion that files necessary for the Scenario you have selected are not being Unstored properly, verify the installation by using a program such as Route_Riter or ConBuilder. The only time that you can be certain that there are no files in store is when you have used ‘Unstore Everything!’.


:K\�VKRXOGQ¶W�,�SXW�DOO�RI�P\�&RQVLVWV�LQ�([SORUH�0RGH�/LVWV"You should only put Consists in ‘Explore Mode Consists’ when you want to run the Consists in Explore Mode, and there are no Activiti es that use these Consists. If you add unnecessary Consists to the ‘Explore Mode Consist’ list, then this will slow down the operation of MSTS handling these files when they are not needed. Be particularly careful of adding Consists unnecessarily to the Global Settings list, as this will affect all Routes.:KDW�DUH�WKH�*OREDO�6HWWLQJV�IRU"The Global Settings lists are provided for convenience. They allow you to (for example) make one addition for a new Consist to the Global Settings ‘Explore Mode Consist’ list, and then you can test drive it, in explore Mode, on any Route.

If you enter a Consist in the Global Settings ‘Explore Mode Consist’ list then, in Simulation Mode and assuming you have checked the ‘Include Explore Mode Consists’ checkbox, the Consists in the list will be made available to any Route which is in Use.

The other use for Global Settings is in Maintenance Mode. By adding Consists to the ‘Maintenance Mode Consists’ list or Stock items to the ‘Maintenance Mode Stock’ list you can cause the Consist or Stock Item to be Unstored whichever Route is In Use. You can use this prior to updating Consists or Stock Items.,�KDYH�VHW�XS�P\�µ([SORUH�0RGH�&RQVLVWV��EXW�,�VWLOO�FDQ¶W�VHH�WKH�&RQVLVW�LQ�0676"You must add the Consist to the ‘Explore Mode Consist’ list for the Route where you want to run the Consist, or else to the Global Settings ‘explore Mode Consists’ list. In addtion you must mark the checkbox ‘Include Explore Mode Consists’ on the Simulation panel in the Controls section , before clicking on the Go! Button. If there are multiple ‘Explore Mode Consist’ lists in the Route, remember that only the activated lists (those with the tick mark) are unstored.

(If you are having a similar problem with Paths, there is a corresponding ‘Include ExploreMode Paths’ checkbox.):K\�GRHVQ¶W�7UDLQ�6WRUH�KDQGOH�PXOWLSOH�0676�IROGHUV"Train Store is designed to make use of the existing standard MSTS folder structure, without the user needing to set up additional copies of MSTS, or additional folders (sometimescontaining copies of Stock Items). The reasons and advantages are covered in the section ‘What Does Train Store Do’. The flexibility of using Train store would be reduced by the fixed allocation of Stock necessary with the multiple folder systems, so the re is little point in making Train Store more complex to cater for a less flexible system.:K\�LV�WKHUH�QR�µ8Q3UHSDUH¶�IXQFWLRQ"There is no ‘Unprepare’ function because this is the normal actions of Train Store when it operates in Simulation Mode already include the checks and decisions that are involved in ‘UnPrepare’, so there is no need for an additional separate function.


'R�,�QHHG�WR�GR�DQ\WKLQJ�EHIRUH�LQVWDOOLQJ�D�QHZ�5RXWH"Generally speaking, Routes are independent items within MSTS and there shoul d be no problem with installing a new Route. Train Store will automatically find it the next time it is run after the installation and will include it automatically. But do read the installation instructions for the Route. Some Routes require all of the De fault MSTS Routes to be present before installation. Others may install Activities, and or Stock Items. Ideally, Routes should not contain items which overwrite existing default items or items created by another Route. However this is the responsibility of the Route author.

If there you have any doubt about what the Route actually expects, you will do no harm by using ‘Unstore Everything!’ prior to the Route install. This means if the installation makes any assumptions about items which are present or not, there can be no confusion caused by the fact that you have installed Train Store.

The one thing that you must do, after the Route installation, before you attempt to run any newly installed Route, is to run Train Store. This is especially true if you are not sure what has been delivered in the Route, and you did not use ‘Unstore Everything!’ before installation. By running Train Store, you can be sure that any items needed which were previously In Store are Unstored ready for you to run the Route.+RZ�VKRXOG�,�LQVWDOO�D�QHZ�$FWLYLW\"Before you install a new or updated Activity, you PXVW Prepare the Route for which the Activity is destined. Then proceed with the Activity installation as normal. If you do not Prepare the Route first, the Activity may not in stall correctly.

If the Activity is expecting Consists and Stock Items that already exist in the Route, these will automatically be Unstored and used when the Activity is run (assuming you do have them in your installation).

After installation, and before running the Activity in MSTS, you must run Train Store to ensure that any items which are referred to by the newly installed Activity, but which were previously In Store, are Unstored.,�KDYH�MXVW�LQVWDOOHG�D�QHZ�$FWLYLW\��DQG�QRZ�7UDLQ�6WRUH�KDV�FDXVHG�HUURUV�ZLWK�PLVVLQJ�&RQVLVWV��:K\�LV�WKLV"Train Store does not ‘cause’ the errors. What you have done is installed an Activity which uses new items which were not previously used in the Route before the Activity was installed. Those previously unused Activities will be In Store. You must run Train Store before attempting to run MSTS after installing an Activity. This will ensure that the items needed are brought out of storage, and MSTS will run without problems. If the new items required by the Activity do not exist in your installation, Train Store will report them as errors.+RZ�VKRXOG�,�LQVWDOO�D�QHZ�&RQVLVW�RU�6WRFN�,WHP"If the item is a new item, then there is nothing special which needs to be done. If, on the other hand, the item is updating an existing item (perhaps it is a patch) it is advisable, to enter the existing item in the Global Settings ‘Maintenance Mode Consist’ list, or the ‘Maintenance Mode Stock Items’ list, as appropriate, and then Prepare any Route in Maintenance Mode. This will ensure the original item’s files are In Use and available to be updated.


The items can be removed from the Global Settings list as soon as the updates have been made.

After you have installed any new Consist, before attempting to run MSTS, you must run TrainStore to ensure that any items which are referred to by the newly installed Consist, but which were previously In Store, are Unstored.+RZ�FDQ�,�RUJDQLVH�P\�VWRFN�VR�LW�LV�QRW�RQH�ELJ�OLVW"You can organise your Consists and your Stock Items in any whiche ver way suits you by using the Lot Number field.

First decide on the set of categories that you want to use. The categories can be named in any way. Next open the Edit ‘Maintenance Consists’ list for any Route and select, in the Consists Available, the Consists for the first category you have chosen. Right -click on the selection, and the Change Lot Number window will open. Enter the category you have chosen as the Lot Number, then press [Enter]. Repeat this for each category you have decided on. Then repea t the process for the Stock Items by using the Edit ‘Maintenance Mode Stock’ list window.

Once you have done this initial categorisation, it will be stored within the Train Store files. Every time you add new Stock Items or new consists to the installatio n there will be a highlight on any of the windows which you use to edit Consist list or Stock Item lists. This lets you know that Train Store has assigned new Lot Numbers to the items you have installed. It is an easy matter to then find these items with the ‘Lot Number’ filter, and you can reassign them quickly to your own categories. (Notice that you only have to assign the new items, you don’t have to do the whole exercise again.)

In future, when you are selecting Stock, or Consists, you can use the ‘Lo t Number’ filter, simply entering (or choosing from the drop down list) the category you need and then pressing [Enter]. The ‘available’ pane will then only contain the items from your selected category.+RZ�FDQ�,�RUJDQLVH�WKLQJV�LQWR�PRUH�WKDQ�RQH�FDWHJRU\"If you structure the categories that you set up, you can have multiple categories. For example you could use a category system that contained say Company/Time Period so you might have examples like LMS/50, LMS/60, LMS/90, ER/90 etc. This would allow you to choose all LMS items (enter LMS*) or all items from the ‘fifties’ (enter */50).:KDW�LV�WKH�SXUSRVH�RI�µ8VHG�LQ�5RXWH¶"�$UH�&RQVLVWV�5RXWH�GHSHQGDQW"Consists are not Route dependant. They can be used on any Route (subject to the MSTS limitation that a Consist with electric motive power is not available to drive on a non -electrified Route).

The purpose of the ‘Used in Route’ filter is to allow Activity builders to ensure that they are selecting Consists or Stock Items from a known ‘reference’ Route. Fo r example, if the Activity builder keeps a set of the MSTS Default Routes (as delivered), then by selecting the ‘MSTS Default Routes’ in the ‘Used in Route’ filter they can be sure that the only items appearing in the Available window in the list editors f or Consists and Stock Items are restricted to those which are already used by those Routes. Thus they can be sure that they do not include additional non-default items in their Activity by oversight. The process can be applied to any other Route not just the MSTS Default Routes.


([DFWO\�ZKDW�VKRXOG�,�SXW�LQ�0DLQWHQDQFH�0RGH�&RQVLVW�OLVWV��RU�0DLQWHQDQFH�0RGH�6WRFN�OLVWV"You only need to include in these lists any items which are not already used in the Route, but which you need for your next editing session. Anything else is redundant. This is because the Prepare function in Maintenance Mode will automatically Unstore all items of Stock and All Consists which have been referenced anywhere in any Route which is Unstored.

After you have completed your editing and, for example, added a Consist to an Activity, you can delete the Consist from the Consist list, because next time you use the Prepare function in Maintenance Mode the Consist will automatically be included in the items to be Unstored anyway.

When you enter the list, and there are no items defined in it, Train Store will automatically populate it with all of the items which the Prepare function will Unstore. This is for information. So that you can see which items are going to be included anyway. You do not need to keep these items in the list if you not wish. Another way of seeing this information would be to use the ‘Used In Route Filter’. This would then restrict the display (in the Available list) to items used in the Route whose list is being edit ed.:K\�'RHV�7UDLQ�6WRUH�SURGXFH�D�µ:KHUH�8VHG¶�$QDO\VLV�HYHU\�WLPH�,�HGLW�WKH�&RQVLVWV�RU�6WRFN�OLVWV"If Classic Train Store finds any error conditions whilst it is surveying a Route during the Go! or Prepare functions or opening the list editors, it aut omatically produces a ‘Where Used’ analysis, so that you can immediately see which items are either causing the errors, or being affected by the errors. Running MSTS with Activities which have errors in them is not recommended, and will almost certainly cause MSTS to crash.

This analysis is time consuming because it has to examine every Consist and every Activity and every Service when errors involving Stock or Consist items are involved. If you would rather not fix the errors but continue running your ins tallation with the errors, you can suppress this automatic analysis. In the Tools/Options menu, click on the 6XSSUHVV�µ:KHUH�8VHG¶�$QDO\VLV�RI�(UURUV item to mark it.,�ZDQW�WR�PDNH�D�FKDQJH�WR�RQH�&RQVLVW�RU�6WRFN�,WHP��'R�,�KDYH�WR�DGG�LW�WR�D�OLVW�DQG�WKHQ�8QVWRUH�LW"If the item is in store, you can do that to make sure it is unstored. A simpler way is to go into the relevant list editor in Maintenance Mode, select the item in the Available or the Current list, right-click on the item, and choose the option ,PPHGLDWH�8QVWRUH. This will immediately unstore the selected item. (If the item is a Consist, all of the relevant Stock Items will also be unstored automatically).

Alternatively, you can choose the item right -click on it and choose either (GLW or &RQ%XLOGHU. This will immediately unstore the item, and open the file editor or ConBuilder. Train Store will be minimised and not available until you have closed the editor or ConBuilder. If you chose to start the editor, it will open with the file that you selected ready for editing.

When you have finished the editing, closing the program will re -activate Train Store. It is advisable to use the 5HIUHVK�/LVW button if you have made any changes to files during this, so that Train Store is made aware of the changes.


:K\�GR�,�KDYH�:DUQLQJ�PHVVDJHV�WHOOLQJ�PH�WKDW�DQ��$69�ILOH�LV�RXW�RI�GDWH"�If a computed activity file (.ASV) is found during an unstore process, then its date is checked with the corresponding .ACT file. If it is dated earlier than the correspond ing .ACT file, a warning is issued and the .ACT file is unstored without the corresponding .ASV file.

This is to prevent the situation where MSTS uses stock information from the .ASV file which is unknown to Train Store. This is not purely a work round fo r Train Store, such outdated .ASV files are NOT valid MSTS items (see MSTS Activity Editor Help file).

You have three choices. You can ignore the warning message because the action taken by Train Store prevents problems arising. Or you can delete the offe nding .ASV file, or else you can recreate the .ASV file by opening the Activity in the MSTS Activity Editor, and then choosing Compute and Save from the File menu.:K\�DUH�VRPH�7UDLQ�6WRUH�PHVVDJHV�µ(UURUV¶�DQG�RWKHUV�DUH�µ:DUQLQJV¶"When Train Store finds some error in a file, or inconsistency between files, it reports the problem with an Error heading if the problem will be seen and reported by MSTS as an error, and possibly cause MSTS to crash. In addition if Train Store is preparing to move files because of a Go1 or Prepare request, after it has examined all of the files it will display a dialogue box reporting the error(s) and asking for confirmation if you want to continue. An example of this type of problem would be a Service file which contains a ref erence to a non-existent Consist.

If the problem that is found will be ignored by MSTS, or only result in a missing item in one of the MSTS displays, then the message will be reported with a Warning heading. If Train Store is preparing to move files it, and there are no Error messages, it will continue to make the file moves without stopping for a confirmation.:K\�DUH�WKHUH�ZDUQLQJ�PHVVDJHV�WHOOLQJ�PH�WKDW�WKHUH�LV�D�GLVFUHSDQF\�LQ�D�WUDIILF�ILOHIn the files which make up an MSTS Activity, Services are specified in more than one place. They are specified in the Activity file, and they are specified in the Traffic file. For MSTS to work correctly, exactly the same Services must be specified in both the Activity, and the Traffic file.

MSTS uses the definitions in the Traffic file as the master reference to decide which services to run. If it cannot find a service specified in the Traffic file, it does not complain, it merely ignores it. If it finds a valid Service in the Traffic file, it runs it, even thou gh the specification in the Activity file is different. Neither condition causes a visible error in MSTS. All that happens is AI traffic may not run as intended.

If Train Store detects any such discrepancy between the Services specified in the .ACT file,and the .TRF file then this warning is produced. It isn't possible to be more specific as the discrepancy might be caused by a single mistake or a combination of mistakes which make it difficult to point out the offending item with any certainty.

The solution is to examine the contents of the Activity file and the Traffic file, in the Activity Editor and ensure the Traffic is set up as you require, and then resave the Activity. This will update both the Traffic and the Activity files. If the Traffic file is shared between several


Activities, then each of the Activities will need to be updated (to a common Traffic specification) in this way. If you did not create the Activity yourself, then you may need to contact the author to resolve the discrepancy. ,�ZDQW�WR�XVH�/RRVH�6WRFN�ZKHQ�,�([SORUH��EXW�0676�GLVSOD\V�DQ�HUURU�DQG�GRHV�QRW�VWDUW�WKH�([SORUHThis can be caused by choosing a start point for the Explore which places your train at a point where there are already Stock Items present from the Loose Sto ck. It can also be caused if you have chosen to include AI Traffic and the start point you have chosen conflicts (in place and time) with the AI Traffic path. A further possibility is that the Consist you have chosen to drive cannot fit into the track space available at the chosen starting point for the Explore.7UDLQ�6WRUH�ZLOO�QRW�VWDUW��7KH�HUURU�PHVVDJH�UHIHUV�WR�6\VWHP�5HVWRUH��:KDW�GRHV�WKLV�PHDQ"System Restore is a function provided by several versions of Windows. It is intended to restore software files to their previous condition if some sort of serious system problem has occurred. The Microsoft documentation states that user data files are not affected, but in some circumstances System Restore seems to restore MSTS files. The problem is that, und er some conditions, it not only restores the files, but creates new sets of folders to restore them to. These folders are named with a numerical suffix e.g. TRAINS(2). System Restore does warn the user that this has happened, but unfortunately, the message seems easily missed by users.

As it is extremely dangerous for Train Store to move files in such conditions, these checks are made before starting, and if the condition is found Train Store will explain that file structures which might have been created by System Restore have been found, and the program will then close. You will need to return the restored files to their correct folders. If you have a large number of files in this condition, there is a utility available from the Train Store author, which will rapidly return all such restored files.

,�ZDQW�WR�([SORUH�XVLQJ�(DV\�([SORUH��EXW�0676�DOVR�VKRZV�PH�DQ�$FWLYLW\��:K\�LV�WKLV"It is a requirement of MSTS that at least one valid Activity is present in the configuration when a simulation is run. When selecting files for Easy Explore, Train Store will first try and use one of the Activities in the Tutorial Route (if that is present) to satisfy this requirement. This is the preferred option, as the Activity does not show on the MSTS list. If the Tutoria l Route is not present, then Train Store will try to select an Activity with the smallest number of Consists from the Route that you want to Explore. This is the Activity that you will see when you start MSTS. If no valid Activity can be found, then MSTS w ill not be able to Explore (using Easy Explore) on that Route.

If you are in the situation where Train Store cannot set up an Easy Explore session, then you can use the Classic page, and unstore at least one Activity on any Route within the installation, and ensure that the Path you want to explore is included in the Explore Mode Path list for the Route where you want to Explore. Mark the checkbox to ‘Include Explore Mode Paths’, and then click on the Go! button. You will then be able to Explore on the Ro ute chosen. Alternatively, you can simply reinstall the Tutorial Route and Easy Explore will work even on Routes with no valid Activities.


:KHQ�,�VWDUW�7UDLQ�6WRUH�WKHUH�LV�D�PHVVDJH�VD\LQJ�µ:LQGRZV�/DQJXDJH�5HVRXUFHV�DUH�QRW�DYDLODEOH¶�:KDW�GRHV�WKLV�PHDQ"It seems that drivers for some types of graphics card corrupt tables within Windows when the screen resolution changes. The effect of this is that when a program requests details of the languages which are available on the system, it cannot get a valid r eply. Under these conditions, Train Store displays this message and continues (in English because it cannot get access to any other language resources), after disabling the Language menu. The situation is resolved by rebooting the machine.:K\�GR�VRPH�RI�P\�OLVWV�KDYH�D�WLFN�ER[�DORQJVLGH"Train Store allows you to have multiple lists for the same type of item within a Route or within Global Settings. This is to allow you to use complete different sets of items on different occasions. e.g. you might keep two lists of Consists for a Route, one for a modern era, the other for a past era. When multiple lists have been defined, you can specify to Train Store which list(s) you want to use. Train Store processes all activated lists. Activated lists are marked with a tick mark. You can activate as many or as few lists as you need.

If only one list has been defined for a Route, or for Global Settings, then the list is activated by default, and there is no need to activate it, or deactivate it individually. The tick box is therefore not visible for these lists. For more details see the section on Train Store List Editors.:K\�GRHV�WKH�9LHZHU�GLVSOD\�DQ�HUURU�ZKHQ�VWDUWLQJ"The internal viewer makes use of Paul Gausden’s TRAINLIB.OCX to provide the viewing capability. To function, it requires a version of TRAINLIB.OCX which has been supplied with SVIEW Version 1.4, or a later version. Earlier versions will not allow the internal viewer to function properly. (The actual file version of TRAINLIB.OCX needs to be 1.0.0.54 o r higher):K\�DUH�VRPH�RI�WKH�LWHPV�LQ�P\�6WRFN�/LVW�LQ�LWDOLF�IRQW"Train Store highlights unstored items in the list editor windows. By default, the highlighting used is italic font. If you wish, you can change the highlighting used to different font characteristics (e.g. colour) by using the &KDQJH�/LVW�+LJKOLJKWLQJ��8QVWRUHG�,WHPV�� This will open a font selection window so that you can choose a different set of highlighting characteristics. (Remember, that the highlighting for items associated with Err ors or Warnings is strikethrough.):K\�DUH�VRPH�RI�WKH�LWHPV�LQ�P\�&RQVLVW�/LVW�µFURVVHG�RXW¶"When Train Store surveys the installation prior to unstoring items, it makes a note of all of the items which were involved in any Warning or Error messages. Whe n any of the list editors is opened, these items are then highlighted with a strikethrough, so that you can easily identify them. This highlighting is regenerated each time the Go! button or the Prepare button is pressed. The highlighting only refers to er rors/warnings found during that survey pass. The format for this highlighting is not changeable.


0LVFHOODQHRXV&KHFNLQJPlease note that whilst Train Store does carry out certain checks to ensure the integrity of the files Routes, Activities and Consists that it processes, it is not a route checking or consist checking utility, and it cannot repair installations which have faulty Routes, Consists or Activities. The excellent utilities Route_Riter (from Mike Simpson) and ConBuilder (from Carlos Gomes) can be used to ensure that an installation is in order before you use Train Store. They can also be used to verify any of the Scenarios that you produce with Train Store. Where Train Store does need to check for some consistency, it will report to you any er rors it finds (e.g. when finding Aliases), but Train Store is not intended to be a Route or Consist Checking program.

Tip: When using ConBuilder to check Consists, don’t forget to use the ‘Check Loose Consists’ option to make sure that there is no missing Stock defined in ‘Loose Consists’.0RYHPHQW�RI�)LOHV�DQG�)ROGHUVOnce Train Store has been used on an MSTS installation, and the selections you made are activated, do not expect to see clear evidence, in the form of the absence or presence of particular folders either in MSTS or the Train Store Storage folder. Optimising the files used within MSTS is not simply a case of moving the Route from MSTS (otherwise Train Store would not be needed). The exact files which are moved depend upon the MSTS installation , the selections made, the Activities used, the Services used, the Consists used and the stock contained in those Consists.

If a Route has been stored, it will no longer appear in the MSTS list of Routes in the Routes & Activities Selection window. If a Consist has been stored, the Consist will no longer appear in the MSTS list of Consists in the Routes & Activities Selection window.

Using Route_Riter, if a Route is ‘In Store’, it will still appear in the list of folders in Route_Riter’s Source Directory list. If you attempt to select it though, Route_Riter will display a 6HOHFWLRQ�(UURU dialogue box, then telling you that you have selected an invalid Route. There is nothing wrong with your Route however, it is ‘In Store’. Route_Riter can only be used on Routes that are ‘In Use’.

Using ConBuilder, you will only see the Consists and the Stock items which are ‘In Use’. All other Consists and Stock items do not appear.

Using EngMod, you will only see the Locomotives which are ‘In Use’. All other Locomotives do not appear.

It is for these reasons that it is essential, EHIRUH�XVLQJ�DQ\�HGLWRU�RQ�\RXU�0676�LQVWDOODWLRQ, that you follow the procedures recommended in the section “0DLQWHQDQFH�� 8QVWRUH�(YHU\WKLQJ��DQG�8QLQVWDOO”,QVWDOODWLRQ�RI�1HZ�5RXWHVMany distributed Routes make use of items from one or more of the MSTS default Routes. As part of their installation process, you have to copy some or all of the files from these Routes. This is usually done with a batch file.

If you are installing a new Route check to see whether it requires the MSTS default Routes to be available for its installation process. If it does, then before installation, in Train Store,


select and set to ‘In Use’ only the MSTS default Routes. Then using the 0676�0DLQWHQDQFHsettings click on the 3UHSDUH button. This will ensure that all of the files for the MSTS default Routes are made available to MSTS. You can then proceed with the new Route installation.

(The MSTS default Routes are :-• Hisatu Line• Innsbruck – St Anton• Marias Pass• Northeast Corridor• Settle & Carlisle Line• Tokyo - Hakone )

There is an option within the Maintenance tab which will Unstore all of the Default Routes, without having to select them individually. This will check that all of the Default Routes are present, and then arrange for them to be Unstored when you click on the Prepare button.(UURU�0HVVDJHVError messages from Train Store should not normally be seen. They are an unusual condition. Validation error responses to a specific entry, or request for action which are usually displayed immediately with a warning or error dialogue referring specifically to the action and the problem found.

However, errors can be detected during a lengthy process of file checking or moving. In this case they are not displayed as a series of error dialogues, but are listed in the Information pane of the Train Store main window. The survey and moving process is basically simple, though it is carried out a very large number of times. The only errors which can occur are of one or two types; a file is not present, and it should be present, or a file is present and should not be present, or a configuration file (e.g. an Activity) contains a reference to a file which cannot be found.

Each error entry therefore contains a statement of what T rain Store regards as ‘the error’, what file is involved, what folder is involved (if relevant) and sometimes if the MSTS system provides it, a Description or Name which is associated with the file.

Error messages during the ‘survey’ part of the movement process are normally caused by missing files within the MSTS installation itself. They may not be serious in themselves, but it is advisable to use a checking program such as Route_Riter, or ConBuilder to sort out such problems. This can only benefit your running of MSTS.

Errors during the ‘move’ part of the movement process are serious. If there were no errors reported during the ‘survey’, then the error message means that Train Store was unable to move a file or folder which was present and checked previously. This requires resolution before making any other changes.

The following checks should be made if such move errors occur : -• Check that no other changes have been made to the MSTS installation whilst Train

Store was moving the files.• Check that the file(s) are not opened by MSTS, or any editor, or that Explorer is not

viewing the folder concerned.• Try ‘Unstore Everything!’. If this is successful, check the consistency of the

installation with Route_Riter and ConBuilder. If it is not successful, the er ror


messages will give further information about the location of the folder or file causing the problem.

• Check in the Event Viewer (Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP) whether any file system errors are contained in the log.

Normally these checks will reveal the source of the problem.5HJLVWU\�3HUPLVVLRQVIn order to be able to store its settings and run, Train Store needs to be able to create a key in the Windows Registry. This is standard software practice, and normally does not cause any problems. However, if you are using a workstation which has had a Security Policy applied by your Administrator, then your normal working user account may not have the relevant permissions to allow Train Store to do this. Train Store will detect this on your first at tempt to use it and it will display an Error dialogue message, then close.

This is only likely to be a problem on windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP systems, as earlier Windows software does not always enforce security in this area.

If you do have this problem, and LI�\RX�DUH�QRW�SURSHUO\�IDPLOLDU�ZLWK�VHWWLQJ�$FFHVV�6HFXULW\�RQ�WKH�:LQGRZV�5HJLVWU\��GR�QRW�DWWHPSW�WR�PDNH�DQ\�FKDQJHV�\RXUVHOI��LQVWHDG��SOHDVH�DVN�VRPHRQH�ORFDOO\�WR�KHOS�\RX. Print this section of the manual and give it to the pe rson who is going to make the change for you. It is a simple change for an experienced person to make.

:DUQLQJ� It can be very dangerous to attempt to make changes to Windows Registry settings if you do not fully understand the changes you are making. Wr ong changes may make your workstation completely inaccessible, completely insecure, or just cause Windows to fail unpredictably.7UDLQ�6WRUH�5HJLVWU\�5HTXLUHPHQWVTo run, Train Store needs to create a key in the +.(<B/2&$/B0$&+,1(?62)7:$5(portion of the registry. If it cannot do this, then it will not run correctly.

The most likely problem causing this is that the Windows User you are running as, does not have the necessary permissions in the Windows Registry.5HVROYLQJ�D�5HJLVWU\�3HUPLVVLRQ�3UREOHPThere are two possible approaches to resolving this problem.$OZD\V�8VH�WKH�$GPLQLVWUDWRU�$FFRXQWThe Administrator account will have the necessary permissions, so you could install Train Store (and Run Train Store) using the Administrator account, or any accou nt which does have Administrator privileges. This approach does not require you to make any changes.


If you do install Train Store using the Administrator account, and you do not do anything about the Registry permissions, then do NOT try and run Train St ore from any other user. (Train Store will work initially, but it will not be able to record any changes in the Windows Registry for those users, causing problems later).&KDQJH�WKH�5HJLVWU\�3HUPLVVLRQVIf you want other accounts to be able to use Train S tore, then, after you have run Train Store the first time using the Administrator account, you will need to change the permissions on the Train Store Registry main key to allow those other accounts, or the Group which contains those accounts to be able to access it with the relevant permissions.

You need to give those other accounts Full permissions on the following key and its subkeys +.(<B/2&$/B0$&+,1(?62)7:$5(?-��$��)RUPRVR'

If you do not know how to do this, you must ask someone locally to help you. It is not difficult, but it is important to do it correctly, as editing the Registry can be very dangerous if you do not know what you are doing. 0676�&RQVLVW�/LPLWThere is a known limit within MSTS of approximately 850 -900 Consists in the whole MSTS installation. It is not a fixed number. It depends upon the installation and the Consists involved. If you install this number of Consists, or more, then you will find that MSTS does not run properly and will frequently report errors and display the Send/Don ’t Send error message.

Train Store removes this problem, because it is extremely unlikely that any one Route, or small number of Routes will actually require this number of Consists. So, it is possible to have an installation with a large number of Consis ts and still run simulations and use the editors without any problem.

Please be aware however, that Train Store resolves the problem because of the way it removes unwanted files from the MSTS installation. If you have this problem with your installation, and you set up a Scenario where such a large number of Consists remain Unstored, then the problem will return. (This could happen for example, if you set up a list of ‘Explore Mode Consists’ containing more than 850 Consists, or if you use Unstore Everythi ng!, and you have more than 850 Consists within your installation.8VLQJ�0XOWLSOH�0676�,QVWDOODWLRQV�ZLWK�7UDLQ�6WRUHUsing Train Store avoids the need for multiple MSTS configurations and /or multiple copies of MSTS files. I do not recommend that you use Train Store if your installation contains either of these features. As installed Train Store uses the Windows Registry settings for MSTS to find out where the MSTS folders are placed. In an installation where there are multiple copies, these entries will change in a manner which is unpredictable for Train Store. Once items have been stored, if the MSTS settings have been changed outside of Train Store, there is the possibility they will be Unstored to another MSTS installation, causing real damage. Train Store has the facility of using a ‘fixed’ set of MSTS folders, mainly to allow for the migration from a multi MSTS configuration, so it can co -exist with multiple MSTS configurations. However, there is the ever present danger of forgetting which configuratio n is being used by Train Store, so it is not recommended as a regular way of working.


$FNQRZOHGJHPHQWI would like to thank everyone for their comments and encouragement particularly those who have helped with reports and diagnostics and suggestions for n ew features.

In particular special thanks are due to :-• Robert Reedy for suggesting the highlighting/selection processing for items with

errors.• Alan Salmon for permission to use the picture for the default background in Easy

Train Store and Duncan Harris for designing a much better set of icons than my original ‘blocky’ versions to illustrate the program functions, and for the included add -on icon sets.

• Henk Bartels, Mogens Balle Bertelsen, Daniel Gaudard, Jarek "DeMoN" Karankiewicz, Juan Manuel Luengo Román, Freddy Soerensen, Peter Vogel, Pavel Volik, alias "Geront" and Dusan Weigel, for their efforts in providing the language translations, and putting up with my numerous unplanned changes during the process.

• Henk Bartels, Mogens Balle Bertelsen, Ian Bowles, Christian Defer, Dennis Gauci, Jeff Isaac, Jarek "DeMoN" Karankiewicz, Juan Manuel Luengo Román, Bill Leighton, Tobias Krag Månsson, Robert Reedy, Alan Salmon, Mike Simpson, Piotr Sobolewski, Freddy Soerensen, Charles Stagg, Joe Smith, Eric Swenson, P eter Vogel, Dusan Weigel and others for beta testing this version.

• Paul Gausden for his excellent MSTS viewer .OCX implementation, and his help in incorporating it into Train Store.

• Martin Wright for the use of his comprehensive image conversion DLL used i n the background image handling in Easy Train Store.

• Lucian Wischik for the use of the use of the ShellLink routines to update shortcuts from the installation program. &RS\ULJKW

All rights reserved. No parts of this work may be reproduced in any form wit hout the written permission of the author.

©Tony Formoso 2003, 2004, 2005


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• Enter 766 in the File Extension field and click 2.. The window will close and the TSS file will be entered in the list of file types.


• Click on &KDQJH. This will open the 2SHQ�:LWK window.

• Wait for Windows to produce the list of programs available. When the list appears, scroll down the list to Train Store. If Train Store appears in the list, click on the 2.


button. If Train Store does not appear in the list click on the 2WKHU« button. This will open the 2SHQ�:LWK window.

• Navigate to the folder where you stored Train Store. (The default is \Program Files\J A Formoso\Train Store’), click on TrainStore.EXE to select it, then click on the 2.�button. The window will close, and you should then see that Train Store is in the list of programs. Click on Train Store to highlight it, then click on the 2. button to close the window.

Click on the 2. button to close the )ROGHU�2SWLRQV window.


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