Start Here

• Getting Started with Train Inventory Manager
• What Is My-Trains.com?
• Try the Interactive Demo
• Create Your My-Trains.com Account and Sign In
• Understand Account, Membership, and Club-Request States
• Use the Public Help Center and Submit a Ticket

Dashboard and Navigation

• Understanding the Inventory Dashboard
• Navigate TIM, Switch Inventories, and Change the Display

Inventory

• Adding Your First Inventory Item
• Organizing, Searching, Filtering, and Sorting Inventory
• Managing Locomotives, Rolling Stock, Train Sets, and Installed Components
• Tracking DCC Decoders, Addresses, and CV Settings
• Using the Wishlist and Product Catalog
• Create and Configure an Inventory
• Contribute a Missing Product or Correction
• How Product Catalog Supports My-Trains AI

Projects and Maintenance

• Recording Maintenance and Scheduling Service Reminders
• Managing Projects, Repairs, and Layout Builds
• Lending Inventory Items and Tracking Returns
• Record Lifecycle History and Stock Movements

Operations

• Using Layout Operations, Consists, Waybills, and Sessions
• Print and use car cards and waybill inserts
• Plan, print, and complete an operating session
• Troubleshoot TIM Operations

Reports and Records

• Recording Values and Preparing an Insurance Report
• Downloading Reports, Exports, Backups, and Labels

Basics

• Importing Inventory from CSV or Excel
• Restoring a Portable Backup and Recovering an Import
• Understand Import, Export, and File Limits

JMRI

• Using JMRI with Train Inventory Manager
• Import JMRI locomotives into TIM
• Export TIM locomotives into JMRI
• Troubleshoot JMRI interoperability

RailModeller Pro

• Using RailModeller Pro with Train Inventory Manager
• Import RailModeller Pro Stock or a Part List into TIM
• Export TIM Stock into RailModeller Pro
• Store a RailModeller Pro layout file in TIM
• Troubleshoot RailModeller Pro interoperability

Photos, Storage, QR and Identification

• Adding Photos, Documents, and Reference Material
• How TIM QR labels work
• Print and use item QR labels
• Print and use storage QR labels
• Troubleshoot QR labels and scans

My-Trains AI

• Identify an item with My-Trains AI
• Choose how My-Trains AI usage is billed
• Activate My-Trains AI and buy hosted credits
• Connect your own OpenAI or Anthropic API account
• Review AI suggestions and Product Catalog evidence
• My-Trains AI photos, privacy, charges, and troubleshooting

Clubs

• Personal and Club Inventories, Roles, and Privacy
• Join an Existing Club
• Request a New Club
• Move a Personal Inventory into a Club Inventory
• Join a Club, Create an Empty Club, or Convert a Personal Inventory

Club Manager Guide

• Transfer Primary Club Manager Responsibility
• Club Manager responsibilities and access
• Reviewing a request to join your club
• Adding, inviting, changing, and removing club members
• Registering a new club and setting up its inventory
• Managing a shared club inventory safely
• TIM Status, roles, and storage limits for Club Managers

Membership and Billing

• Pay Securely with Stripe Checkout
• Manage Renewal, Cancellation, Failed Payments, Receipts, and Refunds
• TIM memberships and pricing
• What happens when a TIM membership lapses
• Canceling, exporting, and the 30-day retention period
• How the 60-Day Free Personal Trial Works
• Using free export access after a membership lapses

Account and Security

• Reset Your Password or Change Your Email Address
• Privacy, Account Deletion, and Retained Inventory

Troubleshooting

• Getting Help and Reporting a Problem
• Troubleshoot Access, Uploads, Imports, Exports, and Browser Problems