Empire Express Alternatives

Empire Express is described as 'Harnesses the ease of use and power of the Macintosh so you can quickly, easily, and accurately design your model railroad empire' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Empire Express for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome OS and BSD apps. The best Empire Express alternative is TRAX, which is free. Other great apps like Empire Express are SCARM, TrainCad, XTrackCAD and RailModeller.

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  1. TRAX icon

    TRAX

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    TRAX is a free web-based track planning software for your model railroad. It runs in all modern browsers on Mac, Windows, Linux, and other platforms.

    10 TRAX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
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  2. SCARM icon

    SCARM

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    With SCARM you can easily create the layout of your dreams – just download the setup package, install it and start editing your first track plan.

    11 SCARM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. TrainCad icon

    TrainCad

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    TrainCad is a freeware Microsoft Windows program for designing model railroad layouts using standard tracks. Track libraries are available for Märklin metal, C and plastic-tracks in H0, Z and Spur 1, Roco/Trix H0, N track, Atlas N, GarGrave and others.

    11 TrainCad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. XTrackCAD icon

    XTrackCAD

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    XTrackCAD is a CAD program for designing model railroad layouts. You can easily create layout of any scale or size. Libraries for many brands of track and turnouts are included. Adding new components is easy with the built-in editor.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  6. RailModeller icon

    RailModeller

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    RailModeller Express is a free application for creating small model railroad layouts. Its key features include:

    11 RailModeller alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  7. Cadrail icon

    Cadrail

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    Cadrail is a powerful CAD program with many different railroad design tools. You can create track plans of any size and shape. There are easy to use drag and drop tools that allow you to snap track sections together end-to-end and align them automatically.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. WinRail icon

    WinRail

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    WinRail is a computer software product for designing and drawing model railway layouts.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. Raily icon

    Raily

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    Raily is a tool for planning model railway systems. Raily supports the geometries of over 150 track systems from different vendors.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. Atlas Track Planning icon

    Atlas Track Planning

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    Atlas is proud to offer free, downloadable track planning software for your use in creating magnificent layouts in HO, N & O scales using Atlas track. This software allows you to create and customize your very own layout, view it as a 3D model and then generate a shopping...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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