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Up the Creek Column - 2
3: In comparison, here's the previous scrap box version
of South Jackson (prior to connecting to the helix). The
newer version is definitely more elegant, and features an
additional siding for passenger trains while they make
depot stops. The new turntable is not yet operational.
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1: South Jackson yard 14 days before the Feb 9th op ses-
sion, with the track gang on break. Not quite the Messy
Flats & Stuff Everywhere but not ready for ops either.
2: The track gang and the operations department made
a Herculean effort to get all critical trackage installed.
Here is the pre-session South Jackson with cars
staged and ready to go.
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Good stuff and problems
We ran all 15 of the trains called for on train line up M, with only a
few issues. These included:
The yard lead for new South Jackson is shorter than the old
yard and it took Brandon, one of my experienced yard mas
ters, a bit of time to get used to it.
Somehow I missed some black residue on one of the yard
tracks, presumably left by the black tape used to package
Micro Engineering flex track. This caused locos to stall.
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