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Prolific poster 2,628 posts On30guy Prolific poster 2,628 posts
On30guy

Tony Thompson's article last month on creating more realistic waybills got me inspired to deal with my old waybill situation. I was having some issues with the ebb and flow of traffic on my railway and needed to create some new bills an probably remove others to adjust the traffic flow. I was not looking forward to this, but Tony's article got my juices flowing and I decided that If I'm going to mess with the waybills I might as well make mine more realistic as well.

My old waybills worked fine but were simplistic.

 

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The newer ones are much more realistic. Mine are double sided as the empty car bill is on the other side of the loaded freight bill. I also have some empty car bill only cards so that I can send empties anywhere I need them.

 

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My old car cards could be reused as I simply cut off the clear pocket at the bottom of the cards and re-taped a new one on. The new ones were printed 20 up on sheets of laser transparency film and then cut to size. The old simplified info is still on the top of the cards but it is covered when there is a waybill inserted and is easier to read when looking for cars in the yard.

 

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I'm looking forward to our next operating session to see how it all works.

 

Rick Reimer

 

Rick Reimer,

President, Ruphe and Tumbelle Railway Co.

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signalguy New member 13 posts
signalguy

would love to be there!

Hi RICK & DALE    I saw your On30 stuff on here and in the annual..  WOW!!  very KOOL.   anyways remember me the CP signalguy  from BENSENVILLE IL   hung around with HERB STROE  anyways Herb offered a spot to stay and air far went to 500 dollars, So i would love to see all of you again (it has been 18years) Still have your tree samples! Anyways we too have been working on REAL waybills and making a program to bill the trains!  I would like to try out the new waybills and make the MANY required BEER stops (it does spoil if it is not consumed) Love your new RR and would love to try my Battery powered On30 2-8-0   solves ALL pickup problems!  I don't know if they would let me on the plane with it!!   Your new trees look better than ever!!   Hope to see you guys this LATE SUMMER !

SAY HI to DALE   His old house is still here and still kept very nice!  I am retired now from C.P. and work part time for DesPlaines Hobbies (O SCALE AMERICA)  repairing and installing decoders and so forth,  We still operate my N-Scale RR  see Model RR Planning 2004  and I am building 2 On30 modules to work with my wireless locos!!  great to run into your BLOG    SEE U      BILL PISTELLO
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arthurhouston Prolific poster 1,154 posts
arthurhouston

JMRI-OPERATIONS WOULD MAKE IT WORK EVEN BETTER

Have retired my car cards this week after setting up and running operation of the GP on JMRI OPERATION. It's a whole new world. Cars really move now and is much closer to being like the real rr.
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