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473 Jim Hanna
oartrack Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2003
8:34 pm
Group: At the risk of repeating myself, those of you who insist on discussing and comparing car cards should really go to Ry-ops-IndustrialSIG at the...
474 Rob Robins
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Jun 2, 2003
12:04 am
Jim- Guess I was unaware the comments were so intrusive. I find many comments on these types of groups to often not apply to my personal setup, but just...
475 David Colvin
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Jun 2, 2003
12:39 pm
Opie, Another way around that is to use the length to control what goes there. IF the siding is designated as 44 feet long, then (if your car lengths are...
476 Jon Swanson
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Jun 2, 2003
2:50 pm
I find RO very easy to use to classify and build trains in my main yard for both locals and main line freights - we keep track of over 740 cars and upwards of...
477 Jim Hanna
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Jun 2, 2003
4:15 pm
Rob: Perhaps I was a little quick to criticize on the card vs. RailOp questions and your point is well taken. Please accept my apologies if I have offended...
478 normanbeveridge Offline Send Email Jun 2, 2003
9:10 pm
Phil, Did you ever check to see if the autobuild function is making two passes, or is it back to one? And just so everyone knows, I prefer Norman, thanks! ...
479 Frolin Marek
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Jun 3, 2003
4:56 pm
Hey Jim, Just to toss in the Moderator's opinion on the discusion of Car- Cards here in the RailOp area... When someone discusses what box to put a car-card in...
480 David Colvin
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Jun 3, 2003
11:38 pm
Kudo's to Phil for a great program. I don't think there is much left for anyone to complain about this program. I hope everyone who is using RO is realizing...
481 Frolin Marek
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Jun 4, 2003
4:04 am
David, I have to completely disagree with you. I think you are far for being correct here. Actually, I think you are completely wrong. And your statement is...
482 jandrcrr@...
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Jun 4, 2003
5:34 am
Well said David Jim Carney [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
483 normanbeveridge Offline Send Email Jun 4, 2003
7:57 pm
David, Thank you so much for putting in writing what I have been trying to tell people since '99. I guess that so many of the other systems are so inadequate...
484 David Colvin
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Jun 4, 2003
9:54 pm
Finally, for those of you considering RO .. know this. If you do not take the time to consider your operating scheme..from the operators point of view...all...
485 George W Simmons
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Jun 5, 2003
2:05 am
... This is one of the best statements made about any operating scheme ever made. Determine first what you want to do with the railroad. Then ask yourself how...
486 David Colvin
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Jun 5, 2003
2:43 am
Thanks George....... On that note, I'd like to ask you to do a favor for us all. Since you are the "prototypical" person who may be considering RailOp, I'd ...
487 George W Simmons
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Jun 5, 2003
5:06 am
... I'd ... let's ... David, I try to do my best to follow up on what you have asked. First, I will explain how I envision the railroad and where it is ...
488 George W Simmons
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Jun 5, 2003
5:08 am
... I'd ... let's ... I have a web site that shows the basic track plan at http://pages.prodigy.net/georgesimmons/ George Simmons...
489 jwg3rd@...
johnwgreeniii Offline Send Email
Jun 5, 2003
12:52 pm
George, Looks like you have a good size layout as shown on your web page, plus room for expansion. How big is it and the future room? What size & type track ...
490 Frolin Marek
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Jun 5, 2003
1:11 pm
David, George, I think this is a GREAT idea and platform to discuss ops on George's DPBG railroad, and how it could be setup in RailOp. Please change the...
491 David Colvin
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Jun 5, 2003
3:14 pm
Ok George, first of all, looks like you have put quite a bit of thought into the operation (which I would have expected). That makes using RO easy. However,...
492 David Colvin
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Jun 5, 2003
8:30 pm
Ok, George... We'll use model time and assume all the car types and car data have been entered. There are certainly some other bits of info that have been...
493 George W Simmons
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Jun 6, 2003
1:13 am
... page, plus ... The room is an "L" that is 31 feet long on the side where Rigolette is, the top at Iatt is 12 feet 9 inches and the bottom at Alexandria is...
494 George W Simmons
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Jun 6, 2003
2:14 am
... Correct. ... Actually an interchange yard in Alexandria. Normally worked by the yard switcher. ... When I first began operating, the ZCT was actually a...
495 George W Simmons
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Jun 6, 2003
2:47 am
I want to add some comments about the operations on the DPBG. The following are the car types I use: Code: Type B4 BOXCAR 40 FOOT OR LESS B5...
496 David Colvin
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Jun 6, 2003
1:41 pm
1. Cars move once. Is that your preference or just the way it's been done? 2. Empty/Loads - i take it you like to know this info; woodracks and woodchips can...
497 George W Simmons
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Jun 7, 2003
1:35 am
... By cars moving once I mean that they will have only one destination per session. A car can be in two train in a session for example: Train 80 brings a...
498 David Colvin
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Jun 7, 2003
2:09 pm
Ok, George...before I go any further..do you by any chance have a demo copy of RO so that some of the things might make more sense to you? First...
499 George W Simmons
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Jun 8, 2003
5:02 am
... Yes, I have a the RO demo copy. ... railroad. ... Yes, one thing that I would like to consider adding is hazardous shipments that require certain loads...
500 George W Simmons
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Jun 8, 2003
5:33 am
... on ... Also another thing that I have looked at doing is routing railroad owned MT's back to their own rails. George...
501 David Colvin
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Jun 8, 2003
1:37 pm
On occassion, I may have to have a refesher on your towns, trains and such. I'm going to assume that you would offer up the idea that if it is "real-time"...
502 George W Simmons
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Jun 8, 2003
8:14 pm
... that ... and ... saying "what ... The OKCC has only trackage rights into Alexandria, south of Alexandria OKCC trains continue as DPBG trains with DPBG...
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