... In my case, it has been mostly cases where we were either short on the learning curve and did things wrong, or as we progressed with the railroad I have...
Clay, You bring up an interesting topic, and one that was a real firestarter in my club a few years ago. Do you really NEED engine servicing facilities?? On...
Clay, I hope that you are in the SE Pennsylvania area, as we can always use a good operator - for the club and modules! We have found at many shows over the...
Sorry to hear you're having a problem getting operators. I head an operations group in South Jersey. We meet every Friday at one of several layouts I have to...
I am running into the clock speed problem while developing a schedule for a passenger oriented operating sesion for our club. It includes a lot of activity in...
Malcolm, Your operation sound very interesting. As a former host of operating sessions featuring the passenger/freight operations of the Santa Fe circa 1953,...
Chuck
chuck@...
Apr 1, 2005 5:16 pm
28998
... the passenger train to stop on the mainline to discharge passengers? If so, is a rear flagman necessary? On the flagging issue, we gotten a variety of...
... that you ... As a good friend of mine says, "Fair enough". I'll confine myself to a single situation here, and give a bit of background. A few months back,...
Malcom: I would suggest you pick a reasonable speed of 2:1 or 3:1 and stick with that. Constantly changing time will no give your crews a good handle on how...
... From: "Malcolm Laughlin" <mlaughlinnyc@...> ... =========================== While I have heard this said during my entire RR career I grit my teeth ...
Another option to consider is checking to see if there are any other operating model railroads in your area already. If so, you might try contacting them to ...
LOL, I've been hearing about this specific "rig disaster" story since I switched from gold to oil and gas. I've never heard the railroad perspective on it....
I can honestly say I have only been on one model railroad that features a turntable and roundhouse in regular operations, and that is where helper power is...
Someone asked: "Do you really NEED engine servicing facilities??" Nope. They're a waste of space and club resources, and no one ever uses them for what they...
How about "absolute block"? I've read in some timetable/special instructions where "an absolute block will be maintained behind all passenger trains". This...
... That's why I replaced the roundhouse & TT with a 2 stall shed and a fuel/sand rack. That gained almost 3 feet of yard space, as I mentioned the other...
I would still expect to find unexpected surprises in anything I ... As someone [Paul?] said, and I also do this, is run the layout unseniced for a year or two...
Charlie, You reached many of the same conclusions that we did. We just weren't getting the bang for the buck out of the area that we should. It was a...
In a message dated 3/31/05 10:58:06 AM EST, carldw@... writes: << Our dilema is that we've got thus huge layout that we're testing operations on t osee...
... From: "Michael Mornard" <Michael.Mornard@...> ... ======================== Several observations here. I don't see this as a "paperwork" issues. I...
... instructions where "an absolute block will be maintained behind all passenger trains". ... station a passenger train had passed before the scheduled...
... From: "Michael Mornard" <Michael.Mornard@...> ... ========================= Assuming you have identified blocks for your trains. Aside: I define a...
On 4/2/05 1:11, Railboxx@... at Railboxx@... wrote: <snip> ... the ... His actions may have violated your state's laws on renting and eviction. If his...
Dieter Zakas
dieterzakas@...
Apr 2, 2005 4:40 pm
29019
Some additional thoughts on the issue of engine terminals: A solution that allows you to model them and actually operate with them is to create a mid-point...
You know that one should never say never because someone will always come up with an exception and beat you over the head and shoulders with it... If the...
I am looking for suggestions as to reasonable procedures model railroaders could follow to simulate ordering, preparing, loading and servicing-in-transit...
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