Terminology

Modules/Towns - places on the layout

Equipment - anything that is unpowered on the rails with wheels

Consignee - business that makes equipment requests

Drop Zone - a section of track where equipment can be dropped. A drop zone can be any length. It may be the full length of a siding or a siding can have multiple drop zones.

Yard - a special drop zone designation. There must be 1 drop zone designated as a yard for ModuOps to be able to schedule work for trains. The length of a yard drop zone should be the total yard length of all tracks that make up the yard.

Equipment Request - a unit of work where a specific equipment type is requested to be dropped to a specific drop zone.

Cars Per Week (CPW) - a number used for weighted averaging. A higher number increases the probability that the equipment request is selected when a train is being scheduled.

Trainlist - a list of work for a given train.

Train Job Overview - general comments about the train and work it will perform. This is not displayed on the trainlist.

Train Crew Instructions - comments added to the top of the train's trainlist

Train Termination Instructions - comments added to the end of the train's trainlist

Train Orders - single line instructions that can be added to the train's route