Paul, brine tanks were used in meat reefers. Meat has to be kept at colder temps than produce, ie 34-38 degrees, vs 42-44. Often ice alone could provide the...
Steve, I think everyone applauds your interest in wanting to learn more about operations. What they are trying to tell you is that you are not going to learn...
Friends, I want to hold another op session in November but I need to know if there is enough interest in doing so before I make the commitment to do so. First,...
Barry, No, the UP does not "dispatch" trains. They park them.... from Council Bluffs to Proviso! Hence the term "Unlimited Parking". Charlie Vlk ... operated...
The problem outlined essentially states that one should not operate more than six or eight hours late on a schedule from an initial station. That, however, ...
... hurting my ... the ... Very dramatic post, but the simple fact is that one does not need to understand something in it's entirety before beginning to model...
Dave- I've never been near the ex-C&NW West Line when I haven't seen a stationary inbound train. There is one sitting on the I355 overpass every time I drive...
Thanks for sharing, Joe, I enjoyed it thoroughly. Layouts I've operated on have been finished, but you photos of unfinished areas gives me encouragement. Start...
Howdy, My question might look odd in the first place, but I'm wondering about the interchange yard. In Europe we don't have interchange yards like f.i. in the...
I'm sure you could find the whole spectrum but in my experience the one or two track yard was the most common. I believe common practice was that both roads...
Hi James, There was a good example of a pure interchange yard in Bakersfield, CA. It was on the Santa Fe, just after the Santa Fe got on it's own tracks after...
... Your question is very open ended as the answer is "it depends." Some interchanges have one track others have two. The determining factor is the number of...
Greetings everyone, The first official operating session on the 1892 Housatonic Railroad took place on Wednesday November 1st, almost three years after ...
Craig: Congratulations on your first session. I know how stressful getting ready it can be, but I also know how rewarding it is to see your railroad "come ...
Craig, Congratulations on the first session!!! It sounds like it went as well as could be expected for the first time operating. You have now begun the ...
The session went fine. The big snafu (if you even want to call it that) is that the fusse placements need to be moved around and some needed to be added....
... especially in ... condensed ... I ... prototype's track ... Although they ... to make a ... and since ... switch, ... adding a ... further ... you'll ... ...
... <dlw_fan@...> wrote: << Congratulations on the first session!!! It sounds like it went as well as could be expected for the first time operating. >> ...
Thanks, Dave, for the kind words. It's a different perspective when you are trying to run things and KNOW everything that is going wrong, even though everyone...
... about the ... ====================== As others have said, it depends. The vast majority of interchanges in the US were "tracks" rather than "yards"....
... ============================== The prototypical approach. <G> Dave H. ================================ Dave, I gotta say you do have a way with words. ...
Congratulations! 85% of it is "crew" management. Remember to make time to work on the railroad, as opposed to just getting ready for the next op session,...
... This was the way it was almost universally in Chicago until about the 1960's... I believe it was a union work rule thing. Each road delivered to the others...
Gentlemen et al., I just wanted to post you a small note... Automatic Train Control (Lite Version) is available free now, thanks to the sponsorship of Tony's...
Nov. 11-12 GM&O Open House for Santa Fe Modelers Association. Hours Saturday, 1:30 to 8:00 p.m.; Sunday, 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Operators needed to keep things...
I will admit that I made the mistake of reading the Trains.com, Trains magazine forum. About half the time anybody posts anything about current operations,...
As I recall, one of the first roads to break this pattern was the Soo Line, which won an agreement that allowed it to deliver to the IHB and also have the same...
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