Railmodeller running on my MacBook

I have recently switched to a Mac for most of my day-to-day computing, and so have been looking for MacOS-X software for model railroading. Specifically, I’ve been scoping out layout design software and software for car forwarding. While I haven’t yet found anything of interest for operations, I have come across a really nice piece of design software.

RailModeller is a shareware CAD program for designing model railroad and slot car layouts. For those into On30, it’s particularly interesting because it knows the Peco track geometry out-of-the-[virtual]-box. Of course, being shareware, certain important features — like saving and printing — are disabled unless I actually buy the software…

Empire Express

Similarly interesting is Empire Express. It’s a bit more “American” in its operational philosophy. And, while it doesn’t have preset templates for the Peco On30 track, it does have templates for Peco’s HO track, which shares a common geometry. As shareware, it has the same limitations as Railmodeller.

Railmodeller is available for download and sale at http://www.railmodeller.de, and Empire Express can be obtained from Haddon Software at http://www.haddonsoftware.com/.