diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1b63f15..16340ba 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>de.srsoftware</groupId>
 	<artifactId>web4rail</artifactId>
-	<version>0.9.12</version>
+	<version>0.9.13</version>
 	<name>Web4Rail</name>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<description>Java Model Railway Control</description>
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/web4rail/moving/Car.java b/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/web4rail/moving/Car.java
index 3fa584a..5bf7e75 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/web4rail/moving/Car.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/web4rail/moving/Car.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import java.io.BufferedWriter;
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ import de.srsoftware.web4rail.tags.Label;
 
 public class Car implements Constants {
 	protected static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Car.class);
-	static HashMap<String,Car> cars = new HashMap<String, Car>();
+	static HashMap<Integer,Car> cars = new HashMap<Integer, Car>();
 	
 	public static final String NAME = "name";
 	private static final String LENGTH = "length";
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ public class Car implements Constants {
 	private static final String TAGS = "tags";
 	protected HashSet<String> tags = new HashSet<String>();
 	
-	private String id;
+	private int id;
 	private String name;
 	public int length;
 	private String stockId = "";
@@ -49,13 +48,13 @@ public class Car implements Constants {
 		this(name,null);
 	}
 	
-	public Car(String name, String id) {
+	public Car(String name, Integer id) {
 		this.name = name;
 		if (id == null) {
 			try { // make sure multiple consecutive creations get different ids
 				Thread.sleep(1);
 			} catch (InterruptedException e) {}
-			id = ""+new Date().getTime();
+			id = Application.createId();
 		}
 		this.id = id;
 		cars.put(id, this);
@@ -103,18 +102,12 @@ public class Car implements Constants {
 		return null;
 	}
 	
-	public static Car get(String nameOrId) {
-		Car car = cars.get(nameOrId); // try to get by id
-		if (car == null) { // try to get by name
-			for (Car c : cars.values()) {
-				if (c.name.equals(nameOrId)) car = c;
-			}
-		}
-		return car;
+	public static Car get(Object id) {
+		return cars.get(Integer.parseInt(""+id)); // try to get by id
 	}
 
 	
-	public String id() {
+	public int id() {
 		return id;
 	}
 	
@@ -147,7 +140,7 @@ public class Car implements Constants {
 		while (line != null) {
 			JSONObject json = new JSONObject(line);
 			String name = json.getString(Car.NAME);
-			String id = json.getString(ID);
+			int id = json.getInt(ID);
 			Car car = json.has(Locomotive.LOCOMOTIVE) ? new Locomotive(name, id) : new Car(name,id);
 			car.load(json).plan(plan);
 			
@@ -157,7 +150,7 @@ public class Car implements Constants {
 	}
 	
 	protected Car load(JSONObject json) {
-		if (json.has(ID)) id = json.getString(ID);
+		if (json.has(ID)) id = json.getInt(ID);
 		if (json.has(LENGTH)) length = json.getInt(LENGTH);
 		if (json.has(STOCK_ID)) stockId = json.getString(STOCK_ID);
 		if (json.has(TAGS)) json.getJSONArray(TAGS).forEach(elem -> { tags.add(elem.toString()); });
@@ -211,10 +204,7 @@ public class Car implements Constants {
 
 	public static void saveAll(String filename) throws IOException {
 		BufferedWriter file = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(filename));
-		for (Entry<String, Car> entry: cars.entrySet()) {
-			Car c = entry.getValue();
-			file.write(c.json()+"\n");
-		}
+		for (Entry<Integer, Car> entry: cars.entrySet()) file.write(entry.getValue().json()+"\n");
 		file.close();
 	}
 	
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/web4rail/moving/Locomotive.java b/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/web4rail/moving/Locomotive.java
index 030af5e..04d4d66 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/web4rail/moving/Locomotive.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/web4rail/moving/Locomotive.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class Locomotive extends Car implements Constants,Device{
 		super(name);
 	}
 	
-	public Locomotive(String name, String id) {
+	public Locomotive(String name, Integer id) {
 		super(name,id);
 	}
 	
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ public class Locomotive extends Car implements Constants,Device{
 		return setSpeed(speed + steps);
 	}
 	
-	public static Locomotive get(String nameOrId) {		
-		Car car = Car.get(nameOrId);
+	public static Locomotive get(Object id) {		
+		Car car = Car.get(id);
 		if (car instanceof Locomotive) return (Locomotive) car;
 		return null;
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/web4rail/moving/Train.java b/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/web4rail/moving/Train.java
index ad69052..272d971 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/web4rail/moving/Train.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/web4rail/moving/Train.java
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ public class Train implements Comparable<Train>,Constants {
 				return train.addCar(params);
 			case ACTION_AUTO:
 				return train.automatic();
+			case ACTION_DROP:
+				return train.dropCar(params);
 			case ACTION_PROPS:
 				return train.props();
 			case ACTION_QUIT:
@@ -147,6 +149,14 @@ public class Train implements Comparable<Train>,Constants {
 		return t("Unknown action: {}",params.get(ACTION));
 	}
 
+	private Object dropCar(HashMap<String, String> params) {
+		String carId = params.get(CAR_ID);
+		if (carId != null) cars.remove(Car.get(carId));
+		String locoId = params.get(LOCO_ID);
+		if (locoId != null) locos.remove(Car.get(locoId));
+		return props();
+	}
+
 	private Object addCar(HashMap<String, String> params) {
 		LOG.debug("addCar({})",params);
 		if (!params.containsKey(CAR_ID)) return t("No car id passed to Train.addCar!");
@@ -186,7 +196,13 @@ public class Train implements Comparable<Train>,Constants {
 		Tag locoProp = new Tag("li").content(t("Cars:"));
 		Tag locoList = new Tag("ul").clazz("carlist");
 
-		for (Car car : this.cars) car.link("li").addTo(locoList);
+		for (Car car : this.cars) {
+			Tag li = new Tag("li");
+			car.link("span").addTo(li).content(NBSP);
+			Map<String, Object> params = Map.of(REALM,REALM_TRAIN,ID,id,ACTION,ACTION_DROP,CAR_ID,car.id());
+			new Button("delete",params).addTo(li);
+			li.addTo(locoList);
+		}
 
 		Tag addCarForm = new Form().content(t("add car:")+"&nbsp;");
 		new Input(REALM, REALM_TRAIN).hideIn(addCarForm);
@@ -230,10 +246,10 @@ public class Train implements Comparable<Train>,Constants {
 		if (direction != null) json.put(DIRECTION, direction);
 		json.put(PUSH_PULL, pushPull);
 		if (name != null)json.put(NAME, name);
-		Vector<String> locoIds = new Vector<String>();
+		Vector<Integer> locoIds = new Vector<Integer>();
 		for (Locomotive loco : locos) locoIds.add(loco.id());
 		json.put(LOCOS, locoIds);
-		Vector<String> carIds = new Vector<String>();
+		Vector<Integer> carIds = new Vector<Integer>();
 		for (Car car : cars) carIds.add(car.id());
 		json.put(CARS,carIds);
 		if (!tags.isEmpty()) json.put(TAGS, tags);
@@ -277,6 +293,7 @@ public class Train implements Comparable<Train>,Constants {
 		for (Object id : json.getJSONArray(CARS)) add(Car.get((String)id));
 		for (Object id : json.getJSONArray(LOCOS)) add((Locomotive) Car.get((String)id));
 		if (json.has(TAGS)) json.getJSONArray(TAGS).forEach(elem -> { tags.add(elem.toString()); });
+		if (json.has(DIRECTION)) direction = Direction.valueOf(json.getString(DIRECTION));
 		return this;
 	}
 	
@@ -285,9 +302,12 @@ public class Train implements Comparable<Train>,Constants {
 		Tag locoList = new Tag("ul").clazz("locolist");
 
 		for (Locomotive loco : this.locos) {
-			Tag li = loco.link("li");
+			Tag li = new Tag("li");
+			loco.link("span").addTo(li);
 			Map<String, Object> props = Map.of(REALM,REALM_LOCO,ID,loco.id(),ACTION,ACTION_TURN);
 			new Button(t("turn within train"),props).addTo(li).addTo(locoList);
+			Map<String, Object> params = Map.of(REALM,REALM_TRAIN,ID,id,ACTION,ACTION_DROP,LOCO_ID,loco.id());
+			new Button("delete",params).addTo(li);
 		}
 
 		Tag addLocoForm = new Form().content(t("add locomotive:")+"&nbsp;");