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New member 3 posts Peter Vincent New member 3 posts
Peter Vincent

Hi there fellow modellors.

I'm starting out a new layout in On30. I've been looking at waybill systems that can be as simple as possible.

Have seen some commercial ones and and some by modellers. From these I developed a wagon card that has a cardboard wheel colored into segments; each segment represents one turn. I have a green segment for "Loaded to.."; yellow segment for "Empty to..", red segment for "Repairs..Wait one turn" and a black segment for "Wait loading..". The segments and number of segments on a disc thus provide some randomness particularly when engine loading on trains is constrained, as in real life

The number of segments per wheel can be 8 but more segments depend on number of sidings, stations, etc.

Has anybody else seen a system or method like this? I haven't been modelling since the the mid 1970s so have missed lots of ideas.

Nice comments welcome LOL

Thanks

Peter

 
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Michael Tondee MRH Author 5,522 posts
Michael Tondee

The only color system I'm

The only color system I'm familiar with is the "tab on car" system John Allen used. I was having a hard time wrapping my head around operations, especially on a small one man pike like my own and someone described to me a very simple system. Each car or "wagon" has a card with a list of destinations. Wherever you find it you just pick it up and move it to the next destination. Maybe over simplified and as I begin using it I'll probably refine it some but it's what I plan to use to start with.

 I find this subject can get very complex, very fast and some guys have systems that are very complicated and seem way too much like work to me but it's what they enjoy so who am I to say their wrong? I just want to keep mine fairly simple. Yours sounds good. Any pics of your wheel?

Michael, A.R.S. W4HIJ

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David Husman dave1905 MRH Author 9,797 posts
David Husman dave1905

Nope

I assume there is some sort of pivot and you rotate the disc to the next segment.  the concept of sequential activity is fairly common, but a disc is not

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