Railplan designer 2.0

Railplan designer by Chris Productions is a modern rail planning tool that helps you design, visualize, and document rail layouts with confidence. Whether you’re mapping a complex mainline, refining a yard, or drafting a detailed model railroad, Railplan Designer combines precision geometry with an intuitive workflow to get you from concept to clear, build-ready plans faster.

Its clean interface, smart snapping, and geometry aids make it easy to place track, turnouts, crossings, and stations with professional accuracy. Built-in standards and customizable templates help you keep curves, grades, and clearances on spec, while clear plan and profile views keep every decision transparent. Share polished drawings with stakeholders, explore operating scenarios, and iterate quickly as requirements change.

Key features:

• Precise layout and geometry tools for track, curves, grades, and alignments
• Component libraries for track, switches, crossings, signals, and structures
• Plan and profile views, with optional 3D visualization for context
• Operations planning to test routes, blocks, and schedules
• Measurement, annotation, and bill-of-materials reporting
• Export-ready drawings and diagrams for easy sharing
• Customizable standards, templates, and styles
• Built for both professional planners and dedicated hobbyists

Design smarter rail networks and layouts—from first sketch to final plan—with Railplan Designer by Chris Productions.

Railplan designer is developed by Chris Productions. The most popular version of this product among our users is 2.0. The name of the program executable file is RailplanDesigner.exe.