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Car and Accessories Database

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  • From: Sioux City, Iowa
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Car and Accessories Database
Posted by GregKenkel on Friday, January 18, 2008 4:03 PM
I looking for a good database to keep track of my rail cars and other accessories. I'm looking for a program in Microsoft Access. I have used Access for several years and tried writing my own database and it worked ok for keeping an inventory of my cars but I'm having a hard time creating a way to rack my building, and other accessories.
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  • From: Bettendorf Iowa
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Posted by Driline on Friday, January 18, 2008 4:20 PM

Forget Microsoft Access. I had a train program I made with it too but wasn't happy with it. I downloaded the free software "Yard Office" and it works great. Much better than any access software I saw out there.

http://www.musicmixradio.com/yardoffice/download.htm

I'm not sure about accessories, but I'm sure you could work it somehow with this program.

Modeling the Davenport Rock Island & Northwestern 1995 in HO
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  • From: Coatsville, PA
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Posted by gshin on Saturday, January 19, 2008 2:54 PM

I cannot speak for any Access-based programs, but RailBase Professional by Albion Software is great for cataloging rolling stock and structures.  I've been using it for about 10 years.

You can even tie it to their ShipIt program to generate switch lists, etc.  Check it out at http://www.albionsoftware.com/.

Regards,
Greg 

Greg Shindledecker Modeling the =WM= Thomas Sub in the mid-70s

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