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 Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome OS and BSD. 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
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
     
    • TRAX is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Empire Express.

    • TRAX is the most popular free alternative to Empire Express.

    • TRAX is Free and ProprietaryEmpire Express is Paid and Proprietary
  2. SCARM icon
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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 (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. TrainCad icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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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

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • XTrackCAD is the most popular Open Source alternative to Empire Express.

    • XTrackCAD is Free and Open SourceEmpire Express is Paid and Proprietary
  5. RailModeller icon
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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
     
  6. Cadrail icon
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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
     
    • Cadrail is the most popular commercial alternative to Empire Express.

    • Cadrail is Paid and ProprietaryEmpire Express is also Paid and Proprietary
  7. WinRail icon
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    WinRail is a computer software product for designing and drawing model railway layouts.

    11 WinRail alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Raily icon
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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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    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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