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Yard duty

Yard Duty, Is a 2D National Freight Yard Simulation, Computer game, using satellite imagery with custom created track work overlayed on top of the image, to create a near realistic network of United States rail yards spanning the country. The game is designed to put the user in the roll of Yardmaster or "YM" in control of an existing rail yard in the U.S. The user can complete tasks such as sorting, loading/unloading, repairing, and mainline running, of trains over the virtual network. Yard Duty is dynamic in that the user can choose to run trains as they are in real life or fictional trains. Yard Duty is primarily based on a multiplayer feature where the user will upload his train to a predetermined FTP server so another user can download that train and move the train on to it's destination(s). The game was developed by Jim Wiseman "KingJPW", however, since April 2005, has been abandoned by its creator and adopted by its community. Development of Freight Yard Manager or "FYM" has been underway since shortly after Yard Duty was abandoned. Yard Duty uses a Yahoo group for users to communicate and share and update files needed to run Yard Duty. Yard Duty's main website for instructions to download and install it are available at it's main website: Yard Duty

Yard duty - Downloading Yard Duty

You must have an account on Yahoo and be a member of the Yard Duty Yahoo group to download the files for Yard Duty, it is also possible to receive the files by other means, however, this is by far the preferred way of getting the latest files for Yard Duty. The list of required files to run Yard Duty is currently available at Yard Duty's Main Website

Yard duty - Installation

Many newcomers to Yard Duty have difficulty understanding the install process. Instructions are available at Yard Duty's Main Website and will be made available here soon; Instruction here may be improved upon occasionally. Joining the Yard Duty Yahoo group and requesting help is another way to find help installing, or if you run into problems during the installation process.

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