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RailPro Specific Help & Discussion / Re: Proto 2000 GP7
« Last post by TwinStar on Today at 11:20:09 AM »
Pat;

For full disclosure, I've abandoned RailPro and went back to DCC using ESU LokSound. I'm got tired of having to reinvent the wheel every time I wanted to run a locomotive. Good luck to you if you decide to mill frames.

Jacob
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RailPro Specific Help & Discussion / Re: Proto 2000 GP7
« Last post by LVRR1856 on Today at 11:14:47 AM »
Old post I know, but - to the subject I am curious about.

Proto GP7s, GP9s, GP18s GP38s ..... I own quite a few of them and hoping the installs were not too terrible ?

I like Jacob expect to do some milling and cutting. Definitely looking into a drill press with milling bits. I have used a bench grinder in the past
fixing the old Proto GP38s. They are prone to zinc rot chassis syndrome. I just put an Atlas chassis in place and adjust the weights a bit, cut shell tubes .... works well.

Anyway - how did the GP7/9 installs go ? Please elaborate tips and details.
I am sure HO installs in general will require some cutting to make room, just what to expect ?

Thanks
Pat S
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General Discussion / LAST CALL! Deep Discounts on remaining RailPro Stock
« Last post by William Brillinger on May 22, 2025, 08:28:39 AM »
LAST CALL! Deep Discounts on remaining in Stock RailPro Accessories!

(If you don't see the prices, Click the US flag.)
https://www.pdc.ca/rr/catalog/products/railpro-and-accessories/13
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New Users Start Here / Re: Introduce Yourself...
« Last post by LVRR1856 on May 21, 2025, 04:08:28 PM »
Awesome - That is fantastic ! Thanks for the welcome.

I was buried deep into research for Digitrax System, but was not thrilled with how fussy dcc programming is, loconet, jmri, all the extra boxes etc ... track cleaning. Nice when it works, but I wasn't convinced to pull the trigger.

I like RP for the simpleness, speed control with MU's and not have to speed match. That is absolutely beautiful.

Super - can't wait to get up and going now. Look forward to getting into this.





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RailPro Specific Help & Discussion / Re: Mac and RailPro
« Last post by William Brillinger on May 21, 2025, 03:29:52 PM »
Greg is correct, a cheap windows laptop is probably the best solution.
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RailPro Specific Help & Discussion / Re: Mac and RailPro
« Last post by gregeusa on May 21, 2025, 01:03:07 PM »
Another option is to buy a cheap laptop, can be had for $200 new (just bought an Asus L210)

windows 11, brand new...

It's not the end of the world to learn enough of windows to just run a program... then you have the approved platform if you have issues.

The other alternative is get a good MAC friend to set you up with a virtual drive or parallels or a dual boot.. still if it has issues, people may blame the environment for problems.

(surely your Mac Book Pro was WAY over $200 !!! )

Greg
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RailPro Specific Help & Discussion / Re: Mac and RailPro
« Last post by mickey on May 21, 2025, 07:53:45 AM »
I have a MacBook Pro with Parallels installed to run Windows 11 and RailPro works.  But if you have any issues, he won’t be able to help.  It does sometimes have an issue of connecting to their website (internet) so you have to try multiple times.  He has no ideas so I just live with it.  There is some configuring to get the Comm port set, but once done it works fine.  Owning a small software company, what Greg said is exactly correct.  It’s a resources for amount of potential issue.
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RailPro Specific Help & Discussion / Re: Mac and RailPro
« Last post by fishindogwood on May 20, 2025, 11:09:32 PM »
I’m in the same boat with having MacBook Pro equipment    I still am holding out on buying all the Railpro stuff I’ll be needing to do 22+ locos and all the controllers and accessories.  Not really wanting to now have to purchase and mess with Windows on a MacBook because of this.
Was holding onto hope the Mac version was soon to be offered like other things have both available.   Been contemplating how to manuver this quandary.
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RailPro Specific Help & Discussion / Re: Mac and RailPro
« Last post by gregeusa on May 20, 2025, 07:58:29 PM »
The mac's have 15% of the US market in pc's....

RP is a small company, and it costs time and money to develop a second version and support it with the needed regression testing.

put a virtual machine on your mac and then load windows is the best thing to do
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New Users Start Here / Re: Introduce Yourself...
« Last post by Espeelark on May 20, 2025, 04:45:37 PM »
Howdy Patrick!
I started using RailPro ~5 years ago and haven't looked back. I'm in the construction mode of my double-deck layout and only have five locos up and running with RP to this point. I have numerous friends with layouts that utilize various OEM DCC systems. I've seen no reason to switch. I'm happy!
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