Operations
Consisting consists: Helpers.
I think I know the answer, but I'll ask anyway.
Do the DCC manufacturers not support consist consisting yet? (I currently have an NCE Power Pro and setup up my consists as Advanced Consist)
I ask because what I want to do is run my trains with three units in a consist, with three units as helpers in their own consist. At the summit (Tennessee Pass) I would cut off the helpers and return them to Minturn.
A little bit of progress on the Office Park zone
With all the activity around the holidays, I didn't get too much done on the Office Park zone. I've been spending most of the time over the last month or so just operating the layout, with a lot of focus on tinkering with OperationsPro settings.
IAIS's West End - Tips for operating with Loksound Full Throttle
I recently finished converting my 35-unit locomotive roster from Tsunamis to Loksounds, and I've been so excited about the move, and about Loksound's Full Throttle feature, that I thought I'd share a video to demonstrate. Tom Klimoski asked me to shoot something showing the operation of the throttle in relation to locomotive performance in order to give a better idea of how Full Throttle's "Drive Hold" feature works, so this is my attempt at doing so.
Roll your own CC&WB
I have attached three files, an Access database that lets you generate your own car cards and waybills (plus a zipped copy of that file) and a Word document that describes how to use it.
It is uncompiled so you can modify it to your heart's content. The only thing I do not give permission to do is to sell a copy of it or use it as the basis of an application to sell. Its freeware.
CAVEAT: You HAVE to have a copy of the Microsoft Access database program to run it. It won't run in anything else. Sorry.
Basic question about switching an industry
Hello everyone. I've been finalizing my track plan and have been looking at it from an operations point-of-view to hopefully eliminate any serious faults before I put the saw to wood. The layout is pretty basic: HO scale, 4' x 6' oval with three customers and an interchange track. There is one run-around that will hold 9 wagons (8 freight + brake van); and (if it matters) it is UK outline (0-6-0T locomotive and 20' wagons) just because I wanted short equipment.
Yard Question
Last night I was building a train on the departure track in my yard and a question popped into my mind I had never thought of before. I set the caboose on the departure track, then got my first cut of cars which had been blocked already according to station order. I set them on the departure track, connected to the caboose, then uncoupled from the train to get the next cut.
Colorado Front Range HO scale - Jan 2017 update
Layout Update for January 2017:
JMRI, RFID, some scenery and planning track work for op's
Hope you enjoy this month video sorry about the audio not as good as it normally is will have it fix for next month.
Mike
Dispatching on Steve Davis' KCS 3rd Sub
One of the advantages of living in Tulsa OK is the plethora of large operation oriented layouts in the area. One of these is Steve Davis' KCS 3rd Sub in Coweta just NE of Tulsa. I am lucky enough to be one of the regular crew and have recently "qualified" as Dispatcher.
The following is a description of the layout and the functions of the dispatchng system.
Your truly at the controls in the Dispatchers Office.
(Colorado) Great Western Operating Session
I invited five members of the Medford, Oregon “Rogue Valley Model Railroad Club” to attend an operating session on January 8, 2017. It was a very successful operation so I thought I would document it with photos of the action in the next comments. Sorry, no video.
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