https://www.chaosbahn.net/ 2026-04-14T01:37:40+00:00 https://www.chaosbahn.net/ https://www.chaosbahn.net/lib/tpl/readthedokus/images/favicon.ico text/html 2023-08-21T20:59:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chaosbahn.net/doku.php?id=help_with_fpledit&rev=1692651568&do=diff Help with FPLedit Railways need timetables. These are usually done by hand or using Excel or other tools which are not really suited. For model trains, there is an open source program called FPLedit: <https://fahrplan.manuelhu.de/> This tool works fine also for heritage railways, as long as the network is not too complex. The tool is already mature, but there are some features in the pipeline which need testing. The auhtor probably also welcomes support text/html 2023-08-21T21:10:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chaosbahn.net/doku.php?id=how_to_find_the_right_railway&rev=1692652240&do=diff How to find the right railway There are many factors which determine if a railway club is right for you and sometimes it is hard to check them all beforehand... Proximity Usually you do not want to spend too much time commuting to the railway, so something close to your home is nice. Check the text/html 2023-08-21T20:29:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chaosbahn.net/doku.php?id=impressum_gdpr&rev=1692649775&do=diff Impressum Responsible for page and content: Nils Pickert, Starenweg 3, 91056 Erlangen; nils at mipi.de This page is not created or endorsed by CCC e.V., it is a personal page for a topic which was discussed at the Chaos Communication, but it is not affiliaded or otherwise connected to the CCC. text/html 2023-12-29T12:33:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chaosbahn.net/doku.php?id=networking&rev=1703853225&do=diff Networking As the idea of this project is mostly to exchange experiences, we have created a Discord which you can join here: <https://discord.gg/ADJFadsEHB> text/html 2023-12-29T21:06:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chaosbahn.net/doku.php?id=overview_map_of_railways&rev=1703883999&do=diff Overview of Heritage Lines in Germany There is a list in Wikipedia, which is incomplete and sometimes outdated: <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_von_Museumsbahnen> Nils started to create a map of the heritage lines and groups in germany, currently Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg are close to finished: text/html 2023-12-29T11:13:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chaosbahn.net/doku.php?id=potential_projects&rev=1703848390&do=diff Potential Projects You would like to help but have no possibility to join a club? There are lot's of other things where you can support heritage railways. Please check these pages for ideas: * Tutorials * Help with fpledit * Ticket selling * Nextcloud etc. * Telekommunication * Tool cookbooks text/html 2023-12-29T11:46:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chaosbahn.net/doku.php?id=sidebar&rev=1703850378&do=diff Start Museums / Railways * Overview Map of railways How to start * Why should you join * What can you do * How to find the right railway * What can you expect Potential Projects * Tutorials * Help with fpledit * Ticket selling * Nextcloud etc. * Telecommunication * Tool cookbooks * Moodle Networking Impressum / GDPR ** text/html 2023-12-29T11:12:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chaosbahn.net/doku.php?id=start&rev=1703848328&do=diff Chaosbahn.net At the Chaos Communication Camp 2023 a lot of train enthusiasts gathered around the <https://c3toc.de> and joined a workshop “Chaos meets Museumsbahn” on how to create an overlap between the Chaos community and volunteer run heritage railway lines and museums who could profit from the accumulated knowledge of Chaos entities. This Wiki is a follow up on this meeting to collect everything for further workshops and to provide an entry point to heritage railway for chaos entities.… text/html 2023-08-21T20:35:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chaosbahn.net/doku.php?id=ticket_selling&rev=1692650128&do=diff Ticket selling A lot of railways sell tickets only on site or using weird self built solutions for selling via their website. There is a slightly more professionall online ticketing system called <https://www.fahrkartendrucker.de/> which was developped with support from the "Verband deutscher Museums- und Touristikbahnen", the overarching organization of many of the german heritage railways. This works, but is seriously outdated and lacking a lot of features. text/html 2024-01-04T14:14:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chaosbahn.net/doku.php?id=tool_cookbooks&rev=1704377695&do=diff Tool Cookbooks * Zammad: Ticketing System text/html 2023-12-29T11:15:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chaosbahn.net/doku.php?id=tutorials&rev=1703848543&do=diff Tutorials As railway people mostly want to run railways and even the IT nerds in railway clubs have more than enough to do, good tutorials and HowTos are needed to describe the setup, the do's and dont's of the different software and the path to relatively standardized solutions. text/html 2023-08-21T21:08:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chaosbahn.net/doku.php?id=what_can_you_do&rev=1692652131&do=diff What can you do So, you are interested in trains, consider helping at a heritage line but have no idea where to start and what to do? This is your page :-) Volunteering Most heritage lines in Germany are organized as “Verein”, which means you can join them for a yearly membership fee and depending on the club rules you have some benefits like free rides or you might have some membership duties like working a specific time for the club. text/html 2023-08-21T17:35:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chaosbahn.net/doku.php?id=why_should_you_join&rev=1692639342&do=diff Why should you join There are some reasons why you want to join the club, and some why the club needs you... You * You are interested in railways * You are interested in old technology * You are interested in signalling * You are interested in telecommunications text/html 2024-01-04T16:46:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chaosbahn.net/doku.php?id=zammad&rev=1704386764&do=diff Zammad Zammad is a helpdesk system, which allows you to work on customer requests with multiple persons. However the installation is a bit tricky... * Use a plain Linux system, if Plesk is installed it will not work (at least not without serious pain)