Consignees

Consignees are the businesses on your layout that request railroad equipment. Trains deliver that equipment to drop zones. A consignee may have its own drop zones or share them with other consignees. Either way, each consignee makes requests for specific equipment at specific drop zones.

Consignees drive the action on your layout. Without them, there would be no work for your trains.

Consignees belong to a module/town. To see them, click Modules/Towns in the sidebar menu, select a module/town, then click the Consignees tab.

Create a consignee

1. Click Modules/Towns in the sidebar menu.
2. Select a module/town.
3. Click the Consignees tab.
4. Click New.
5. Enter a Name (required) and any Remarks (optional).
6. Click Save.

You return to the Consignees tab with the module/town still selected.

note

The Equipment Requests section only appears after a consignee has been saved. To add requests to a new consignee, save it first, then open it again.

Edit a consignee

1. Select the consignee in the Consignees tab.
2. Click Edit.
3. Make your changes and click Save. Click Cancel to leave without saving.

tip

Double-click a consignee to open it for editing.

If you try to leave the screen with unsaved changes, ModuOps asks if you are sure. Click Stay on Page to keep editing, or Leave Page to throw away your changes.

Consignee fields

Only Name is required. ModuOps shows "Name is required" under the field if you try to save without one.

Field	Description
Name (required)	The name of the consignee.
Remarks (optional)	Notes a crew may need when working this consignee, such as how to switch it or how to work a tricky turnout. Remarks are printed on the trainlist when this consignee gets work.

The Remarks box has the same formatting toolbar as module/town remarks: bold, italic, checklist item, indent, underline blank and a ½ Page width preview. See Modules/Towns.

Equipment Requests section

When you open a saved consignee, the Equipment Requests section lists the equipment this consignee asks for.

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Consignee edit screen showing the Equipment Requests table with a few requests.

Column	Description
Drop Zone	Where the equipment goes.
Class, Description, Length	The equipment type.
Demand	How often this request should be chosen compared to others.
P/C	P for Producer, C for Consumer, blank if not set.

Use the New Request, Edit, Clone and Delete buttons to manage requests. Double-click a request to edit it. See Equipment Requests for details.

Delete a consignee

1. Select the consignee in the Consignees tab.
2. Click Delete.
3. Click Delete in the confirmation box.

warning

Deleting a consignee also deletes all of its equipment requests. Any trainlist lines for those requests are removed too. This cannot be undone.

Must Service and No Service

You don't mark a consignee as "must service" or "no service" on this screen. That's set per train, on the train's route, using the Consignee Filter. See Train Route.

Changes from version 5

• A new consignee must be saved before you can add equipment requests.
• The Consignees tab has new Req, Producers and Consumers columns showing request counts.
• Remarks now have a formatting toolbar. You no longer type <b></b> or <i></i> tags.