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The following Ry-ops-industrialSIG poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: Which of the following are essential for an operational ...
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Jan 1, 2007 8:19 am
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The "operations essentials" poll has about 3 tiers of answers. The top tier recieved 54-68 votes each. The middle tier recieved 27-36 votes each. The bottom...
All, Got two sound units under my small-medium home layout (N-scale) and they work just fine. I've hooked them to DCC chips so you can MU to the train you are...
It is helpful if the pollster inserts one question or selection that everybody will answer if they want to get a total count of participants. It throws off...
Thanks Dave, Jon , and Terry for your replies. My question though is not really directed at multiple switching of one customer. I am looking more at what Jon...
... From: "bflynnd1" <flynnd1@...> ... ====================== You spot the same time you pull. One job works one industry. One job works one station, or...
... From: "PBowers" <waiting@...> ... ====================== Its been open since March. Its spawned at least three sub-threads. The preliminary results...
Unless they are blocked by the list owner, the rank and file on a list can post poll's on their own. I followed the poll thread but did not take the poll until...
... I followed the poll thread but did not take the poll until I found it accidentally yesterday or so. Once I actually saw the poll results I realized that...
... Sherman Hill in the late 1950s. ... contribuition... Malcolm, Below is a sampling of average speeds of some diesel and turbine- powered trains climbing...
Howdy, Happy New Year. In school I had to learn a few thing about statistics, it was part of my profession. This E-Mail has two parts (there for is is a tad...
Tonnage rating of any particular early diesel era locomotive varied, depending on the speed the locomotive was running at any given time. The actual lowestst...
I no longer have a 5 channel radio that works and was wondering if anyone has experience with the FRS radio? I have heard some complaints about feed back and...
Nearly all FRS radios now have selective calling codes which eliminate any unwanted radio traffic unless they happen to be using the same code. You'll find...
... Good evening Hank, I've used the FRS radios at several different ops sessions that ranged from a basement to college cafeteria. Haven't had any negative ...
Here is the proprosal I'm making for a one day seminar on operations. What do you think? What am I missing? Is the price ok? It is a non profit project by...
... Mark, Someplace in the last week, I just ran into a railroader's version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" that starts out: "On the first day of Christmas,...
Our group switched from 5-channel radios to FRS some 3 years ago and have not looked back. I have used the same radios for hunting, event coordination, and...
Brian, << If this industrial area is serviced by 2 shifts, what would be the most logical way to decide who gets switched on which shift? >> Take a look at the...
Jeff: A town with several tracks and a dozen industries can become a nightmare to find the pickups if the cards are all jumbled in one Pickups box. ... This...
Hi Tom, I'm interested in an industry that would take tanks at specific spots. I beleive this would add a great deal of interest to my switching layout. Can...
... From: "Tom Ludlam" <tkludlam@...> ... ============================= What Tom is referring to is "demurrage". A shipper has a certain time limit to...
I found it quite encouraging that a fairly large proportion of folks who took the poll, felt that the social aspects of model railroad operations are ...