I enjoy both of your thoughts and it is wonderful to see boB back in action! I've spent the last week relaying my grain elevator trackage to S scale. Unfortunately, I've learned a lesson the hard way. Because of my eyesight I have to literally lay my chin (all 3 of them) on the edge if the layout to even attempt to see soldering, track joiners, etc. unfortunately, while doing this, I inhales a lot of the fine grass and solder smome, which has left me gasping for breath at times. Let my experience warn others to be more careful than I was. Hard lesson.
Sent from my iPhone On Aug 6, 2012, at 2:09 PM, Bob Werre <[email protected]> wrote: > boB, > > glad to see things are getting back to normal, both with you and the RR. > > It's been very hot recently as I know most of the country seems to be > experiencing--but locally we're a lot better than last year. I've actually > used my lawn mower this year. Haven't been in the train-room too much > lately, it takes too long to cool the place down to get much done. > > In regards to operations, I wish I had some of your thoughts to apply to my > RR's operations. I have the RailOps program that does a nice job of routing > cars to various locations, keeping track of cars and engines etc. (I also > understand that the folks at JMRI have introduced a computer based program > that does much of that also. ) > > However, I have yet to get into deciding how trains should actually run, when > you have 3-5 guys using essentially the same mainline trackage. It seems to > me most guys have put in a lot of trial and error to get things right. It's > hard to run thru freights while someone else is trying to do some local > switching. I've operated on friends layouts where we've had two trains > meeting in one location to add to the 'fun'. My fear is to have all four in > the same location so I think at that point the fun is gone! > > Bob Werre > PhotoTraxx > > > > On 8/6/12 1:43 PM, shabbona_rr wrote: > >> >> SHABBONA operations slowly getting back on track. I have been assembling the >> Walthers Power House I've had on hand for about three years. This will be >> the power house for The Humongous Company. >> >> The new spring switch is working well at Terminal District. The next project >> on that end is a better way of interchanging the solid reefer "meat trains" >> from Mooar Yard. I'm working on a procedure where I double up a couple of >> yard engines at Mooar and pull them to the interchange. That will mean >> tossing the inbound waycar aside, then grabbing the train and pulling it >> over, then maybe have a couple of terminal District engines pull it back at >> the proper time. It sounds better than it works, currently, but I'm working >> on the "bugs". >> >> The passenger trains have been running fairly consistent, and I've been >> running the Mooar Turns, though not always on a daily basis, and I've been >> doing a little switching at Humongous. That's about it for now. >> >> Bob Nicholson -__________________________________________________ >> > > > > > > >
