... [Snip excellent solution] Trouble is Bob, the grade is right out of the staging track. I did report that amid much cursing, banging of head and a sliver...
Some years ago was invited to cab ride the Mt Isa (Queensland Railways) yard shunter. For most of the afternoon we couldn't see the shunter on the ground ...
... Now as to the actual order of the cars... They would switched by blocks in station order... Depending on how hard the yard switching crew did their work:-)...
Group: I am overseas and unable to visit any operations focused club or layout to get some practical knowledge, aside from the usually recommeded books and...
The December issue of Trains had "Auto Plants of North America" for its Map of the Month, but it declined to say which RR served each one. I'm wondering if any...
Group: As I am overseas, it is difficult to visit operations oriented layouts or clubs. Would anyone care to recommend a particular video, perhaps one of...
... You don't need an auto assembly plant to run autoracks. This photo, http://sand.rr.home.comcast.net/images/Prototype/Osseo_Line/Mpls_Auto.jpg , is of an...
... Oooo. Now there's a good idea. If you model an auction house, you can literally deliver *anything* there. And they are often in rural or semi-rural...
... From: "Donald Kinney" <kinney@...> ... caboose:-) =========================== I'm confused on what you are trying to say here, since the above train is...
Hi Bill, I have not viewed all of Alan Keller's videos but the best video I have seen on operations was released in 1996 and is called "Model Railroad...
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... one. ... for ... there ... FEC runs many, many auto racks and has no assembly plants. They have a large unloading facility in Miami. Where there are...
... Why bother ... is already ... turn at ... likely) and ... trains which then ... trackage ... stations in a ... And having the locals meet/turn at the same...
... Also known as "dog's breakfast", "who put together this mess", "what did you ever do to them?", or "the yardmaster is a <BLEEP!>" Michael Mornard Offical...
... My view-from-the-cab story is of the time I rode while the Santa Fe's captive San Francisco crew unloaded and then reloaded a car float next to the Crowley...
... There is a "mixing center" in Wentzville, Mo. For a 1960's version check with Chuck Hitchcock. His "Auto Ramp" is compact and very useful. Paul Catapano...
is of an autorack being delivered to Minneapolis Auto Auction in the early... Yes, here in Orlando, they have the worlds largest auto auction. Sunday when I...
Thanks for all the responses to my query from the other day--as a newcomer to railfanning and thinknig about modeling from an operations perspective, I...
Hey Terry: The Auto Auction is trying to cut costs and elimiate a middle man and extra handling. Little Florida Central RR has a contract to service the...
... Not exactly current, but Ford's Norfolk, VA light truck assembly plant was served by terminal road Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line, not directly by a Class...
Regarding Clark's auto plant question: For a shortline, why not add some sort of a new subcontractor's plant that would load hi-cubes of parts headed for a big...
All, I checked with Ken McCorry. He reports that the source contact for this video can be reached at bradley.bower@... Brandon Kulik the best video I...
There is a modern mixing center in Fostoria, OH served by both NS and CSX who funded and built the facility for joint service between the two railroads. Its...
In Kalamazoo MI. Checker motors did subcontract work for a couple of the major automakers using HI-Cubes and other auto boxes. Business was brisk enough that...
Sorry to use bandwidth for this, but I need email contact information for the following people. It involves Ops. If you know any of these people can you...
I am looking for ZTS maps for the CR Cincinnati Line from around 1995 to 1999. I am actually looking for maps for the whole division (Indianapolis Division I...
... I'm modeling the northeast, and was curious what, besides double stacked rolls of paper and the parts Jim mentioned above, I could use those 50' and 60'...
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