SwitchList is a Macintosh program for generating model railroad switchlists and randomly choosing the work that a model railroad crew will do.
SwitchList is best suited for smaller layouts without elaborate train schedules or complex yards.
In Depth: Which Layouts are Best for Switchlist?
SwitchList generates a random set of new waybills per session. Not all cars will be moving every session, and cars shouldn't repeat paths. Car types are customizable so you can easily specify that only certain boxcars are suitable for certain loads.
SwitchList generates operating paperwork that looks like the real thing. You'll no longer cringe when your 1930's railroad uses dot-matrix printers to tell crews what work is to be done. You can easily generate several kinds of reports and lists - lists of which cars are at which industries, instructions for yardmasters on which cars to place together, tabulate the number of loads arriving or leaving from an industry.
Styles of SwitchList paperwork
SwitchList is a native Macintosh application, so it works like the other programs you're already used to. Our goal is to keep the user interface and feature set simpler so you can spend more time operating trains and less trying to understand the program's behavior.
SwitchList runs on any Macintosh computer running Mac OS X 10.5 or greater. The SwitchList application will run on PowerPC or Intel computers.
SwitchList lets you create your own templates describing how your switch list paperwork should look - realistic, or ready for the Thomas the Tank Engine crowd.
Instructions for creating your own switch list styles.