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Colorado Front Range Railroad update July 2016 - First JMRI panel
July brings me to the First JMRI control panel so here is the up date. I have a how to do following in a seprate post and video. hope you like the update.
Mike
"The Dakotan" and Other Pike-Sized Trains
After purchasing a 1954 Great Northern Timetable, I remembered the great MR series of articles regarding pike-sized trains.
http://peskar.org/model_trains/model_railroader/pike%20size%20trains%20%...
I am considering modeling "The Dakotan" since it was the only train serving Kandiyohi, MN in the 1950's. How many of you model short passenger trains (without compression) on your layout and what do you do for operations?
The Itch to Switch
I've been spending the last couple of weeks blissfully running 3-2-2 Inglenook sessions on my grain mill layorama. With five total cars, there are 60 possible three-car trains that can be made up. And I've found that it can take as little as three moves to build a train. Contrast this with a 5-5-3 and its eight total cars producing 6,720 possible five-car trains, and you can see how the puzzle complexities of each variation are orders of magnitude apart. While still entertaining, this can get rather unsatisfying even when working at prototypical speeds.
Deconsist and reconsist
This months issue has a switching problem where the solution involves separating the locos because of a lack of a runaround. I operate on a layout with similar problems. We use NCE. How easy is it to break up and reestablish the consist?Blayne
Free-mo at National Train Show in Indianapolis
Good morning all,
Since we are only a week away from the National Train Show in Indianapolis, I'd like to invite MRH members to stop by and say "Hello".
The railroad is comprised of modules from Massachusetts, New Hampshire,Ontario, Maryland, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Minnesota; all using the Free-mo standard. The green squares are 5ft x 5ft in size. Our space number is L-7010.
Operations - Auto Rack Switching
Does anyone have any experience switching an auto rack loading/unloading facility on their railroad(s)?
I'm curious if a crew/operator would spend the time switching out each individual car.
Currently, I've got 2 yard tracks that can hold between 6 and 9 auto racks depending on the type (89ft or Auto Max) and 3 unloading tracks (track work is in, no space to represent an auto plant for loading).
The S& N.E.s place in the world
I have had some reactions to my plans for the new layout. This has caused me to restate the back story for the S&NE. Firstly, I decided to produce a better map, including the real B&M and New Haven.
Operation
Not All of Us Operate in the Same Way
I have liked to operate on a model railroad most of my life. Unfortunately, for three decades I did not have a layout on which to operate. So, I operated from time to time on other folk's layouts. What I learned is that most people with a reasonable size layout operate their layouts as a somewhat large section of a railroad. They pride themselves on how many trains they can get over the road in a evening or day or operation. I learned that I never felt enough realism when operating in this way.
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