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16: The Deschutes Hauler East nears the junction
between the Deschutes branch and the mainline. I
find a branchline that generates and consumes trains
adds greatly to the fun of an op session. Eventually the
BC&SJ will have three such branchlines.
The main deck of the peninsula behind Jim M. is
slowly beginning to take shape. But there won't be
much progress there until the lower deck staging area
has all track and turnouts installed and thoroughly
tested. It's much easier to fix lower deck track before it
gets covered over!
15: Although the scenery looks suspiciously like ply-
wood and the milling complex in the rear is held
together with blue painters tape and clothespins,
once you get into operating you hardly notice these
shortcomings.
Yardmaster Brandon seems intent on the rack of car
cards. The rack has a box for each track in the yard,
making it easy to find the paperwork for each car.
I use car cards with 4-cycle waybills. Each car has
a car card. Each car card has a pocket. Waybills are
inserted in the pocket specifying the destination for
that car. Between op sessions I "turn" the waybill to
its next destination. Crews look at the visible destina-
tion on the waybill and switch the car accordingly.
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