stellwrk

Layout dispatcher for DCC model railways

The dispatcher for your digital model railway.

stellwrk reserves blocks, sets turnouts and drives the trains while you keep an eye on operations. On your desktop, across the network, and with your phone as a throttle.

See the features Set the turnouts yourself

Block plan of an N scale layout in stellwrk with reserved and occupied blocks and moving trains
Block plan of the layout “N-Wagen” in live operation (simulation). Light yellow: reserved, red: occupied.
  • 405blocks
  • 187turnouts
  • 23trains at once
  • 30ticks per second

Figures from the “N-Wagen” layout that stellwrk drives in testing.

What stellwrk takes off your hands

  • Automatic operation

    Trains get an assignment and drive on their own. stellwrk reserves blocks ahead, sets the turnouts and controls the speed.

  • Live block plan

    Free, reserved, occupied: every block shows its state, every train its head. Turnouts and signals are one click away.

  • Dispatcher list

    A to-do list instead of constant watching. Waiting and faulty trains report themselves, finished entries disappear on their own.

  • Engineer cab

    Drive by hand with a forward view, speedometer and clickable turnouts. The Android app turns your phone into a throttle.

  • Z21, Lenz and LocoNet

    Several command stations per layout. Without hardware everything runs in the simulation, with time lapse if you like.

  • Several windows, several computers

    One server drives, any number of fat clients operate. Panels can be undocked and spread across several monitors.

All features

Try it yourself

Two turnouts, three tracks, one train. Throw the turnouts and send the train off. As in the software, the block plan reserves the route ahead. And even once the train is rolling, you can still throw a turnout: as long as the new direction is free and there is enough time.

Open the demo

This is what operation looks like

Fat client with block plan, train list, dispatcher list, messages and engineer cab in the dark colour scheme
The fat client in the dark colour scheme: train list, dispatcher list, messages and engineer cab. The software’s user interface is currently in German.

In active development

stellwrk grows with the layouts it runs on. Questions, wishes or interest? Write to us.

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