The Model Railroad System Software package is available FREE of charge.

The current version of the software package is 2.1.43, dated May 3, 2018.

• Update GC transports — remove the need for newlines.
• Update parser for XTrakCAD 5.1.0.
• Minor bugfix in snitCabWidgets.tcl: proper binding for locoList combobox.
• Updates to OpenLCB and LCCNodeTree.tcl: handle mulitple clicks on CDI (protect non-reentrant code).
• Update documentation for OpenLCB virtual nodes.
• Handle special case of a group in a group (OpenLCB virtual node configuration).
• Add OpenLCB_QuadSignal (for the MC23017 based QuadSignal HAT).

Download the complete ChangeLog.

• Source Downloads
• Miscellaneous Downloads
• MS-Windows Downloads
• Linux Downloads
  • Generic 32-bit
  • Generic 64-bit
  • Other Linux Downloads
• MacOSX Downloads
• Model Railroad System related merchandise
• Alternitive Download Links (in case the links on this page don’t work properly):
  • Using the HTTP protocol
  • Using the FTP protocol

Source Downloads

• Source tree on GitHub

  Browse the source or clone a copy

• Complete System Source; compressed tar. Uses the standard set of build utilities: autoconf, automake, libtool, etc. for most systems, building should be just a matter of "./configure && make && make install".
  32 MB Download “MRRSystem-2.1.43.tar.gz”
• Complete System Source; zip archive. Uses the standard set of build utilities: autoconf, automake, libtool, etc. for most systems, building should be just a matter of "./configure && make && make install".
  33 MB Download “MRRSystem-2.1.43.zip”

Miscellaneous Downloads

• ISO Image (DVD-ROM image), includes both Linux and MS-WIndows binaries, source code, several additional packages, plus installer programs for both MS-Windows and Linux.

  Updated to pick up fixed .deb files (fixed post install script).

  2 GB Download “MRR2143.iso”
• MD5 Sums for all of the above
  3 KB Download “MRR2143.md5sums”
• ChangeLog
  152 KB Download “ChangeLog”
• General Readme file
  4 KB Download “README”
• CentOS Readme
  2 KB Download “Readme.Centos”
• MS-Windows Readme
  2 KB Download “ReadmeW32.txt”
• Library Junction and Bench Station Data files (sample data for the Freight Car Forwarder system) (included on the CD).
  13 KB Download “LHandBS.zip”
• Chesapeake System Data files (sample data for the Freight Car Forwarder system) (included on the CD).
  51 KB Download “ChesapeakeSystem.zip”

MS-Windows Downloads

These are cross-built for 32-bit MS-Windows and should run on modern 64-bit MS-Windows systems.

• 32-bit MS-Windows Example Zipfile cross-built built under Linux. Ready to unpack (typically under /usr/local) on any MS-Windows system.
  22 MB Download “MRRSystem-2.1.43-Win32BinExamples.zip”
• Documentation Zip file cross-built for MS-Windows (Win32). Ready to unzip anyplace convientent on a MS-Windows machine.
  6 MB Download “MRRSystem-2.1.43-Win32BinDoc.zip”
• Develmental Zip file cross-built for MS-Windows (Win32). Ready to unzip anyplace convientent on a MS-Windows machine.
  15 MB Download “MRRSystem-2.1.43-Win32BinDevel.zip”
• Binary Zip file cross-built for MS-Windows (Win32). Ready to unzip anyplace convientent on a MS-Windows machine.
  142 MB Download “MRRSystem-2.1.43-Win32BinOnly.zip”
• Complete zip file for 32-bit MS-Windows. Includes binaries, development, and documentation, along with the installer and sample data archives.
  220 MB Download “MRRSystem-2.1.43-Win32Complete.zip”

Linux Downloads

I have built the system for various "flavors" of Linux. My main development system runs CentOS 6 at present, so the base builds are built under that environment, but I have VMs for other Linux distros.

Generic 32-bit Downloads

• 32-bit Linux examples tarball built under CentOS 5.5. Ready to unpack (typically under /usr/local) on any 32-bit Linux system.
  21 MB Download “MRRSystem-2.1.43-Linux32BinExamples.tar.bz2”
• 32-bit Linux Binary tarball built under CentOS 5.5. Ready to unpack (typically under /usr/local) on any 32-bit Linux system.
  78 MB Download “MRRSystem-2.1.43-Linux32BinOnly.tar.bz2”
• Documentation tarball built under CentOS 6. Ready to unpack (typically under /usr/local) on any Linux system.
  6 MB Download “MRRSystem-2.1.43-Linux32BinDoc.tar.bz2”
• 32-bit Linux Development tarball built under CentOS 6. Ready to unpack (typically under /usr/local) on any 32-bit Linux system.
  13 MB Download “MRRSystem-2.1.43-Linux32BinDevel.tar.bz2”

Generic 64-bit Downloads

• 64-bit Linux Examples tarball built under CentOS 6. Ready to unpack (typically under /usr/local) on any 32-bit Linux system.
  21 MB Download “MRRSystem-2.1.43-Linux64BinExamples.tar.bz2”
• Generic 64 bit Linux base binaries
  80 MB Download “MRRSystem-2.1.43-Linux64BinOnly.tar.bz2”
• Development tar file for 64-bit Linux
  14 MB Download “MRRSystem-2.1.43-Linux64BinDevel.tar.bz2”
• Documentation for 64-bit Linux
  6 MB Download “MRRSystem-2.1.43-Linux64BinDoc.tar.bz2”

Other Linux Downloads

Other Linux binaries are available from the FTP and HTTP download sites. There are RPMs for RHEL 6, generic binaries for ARMV7l in the main directory (built on a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian), and there are sub-directories for Ubuntu and Raspbian.

• General FTP site
• General HTTP download site
• Ubuntu & Raspbian deb files via FTP
• Ubuntu & Raspbian deb files via HTTP

MacOSX Downloads

• MacOS Disk Image / Installer
  304 MB Download “MRRSystem/MRRSystem-2.1.43.dmg”

Model Railroad System merchandise

And yes, there are things you can spend money on (which helps keep the programming gremlin fed, which means he can spend time making improvements to the system).

DVDs of this software are now available for purchase at TrepStar: (US$9.00, free US shipping):
Now available Train Shaped USB drives with the current version of the Model Railroad System:
Donate to Model Railroad System software effort:
The 259 page printed and bound User Manual is now available at LuLu.com: (US$6.56):
The 203 page printed and bound Programming Guide is now available at LuLu.com: (US$5.00):
The 28 page printed and bound Application Note 2 is now available at LuLu.com: (US$5.10):