JMRI Generating switch lists - 3
Operations on the California Oregon & Western
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Now that we know the railroads and their lines (1), we can
examine the trains that will run on the layout. There are six
trains on the SP that simply run through Klamath Falls with noth-
ing more than a station stop and a crew change. The first two
are the north and southbound Amtrak Starlights, trains 11 and
14, which run out of staging to a station stop at the Klamath Falls
depot. After changing crews, they return to the staging yard.
Two hot SP piggyback trains, the LABRF and CZLAT, run on the
line and there are two intermodal trains, OAPTT and PTOAT.
These six trains run from staging to a crew change / station stop
and return to staging with no on-layout changes to their consists.
Next up are the trains that contribute car movements between
the connecting Class 1 railroads and the CO&W. On the SP are
the EURVY, EUWCY, RVEUY and WCEUY. These trains run from
Eugene (EU) to Roseville (RV) and West Colton (WC). The letter Y
was an SP symbol for a manifest train from the period I’m mod-
eling. On the BN we have trains 137 between Seattle and Bieber,
California 138 between Bieber and Seattle, 170 from Bieber to
Pasco and 171 from Pasco to Bieber.
Each of these trains will pick up and drop cars at Klamath Falls
for the CO&W, as well as cars to be forwarded to the Army
and Lake District railways. The CO&W has two yard jobs. One
will service the local Klamath Falls industries once per day,
while the other will run out to Chelsea and back once per ses-
sion. An engine is based in Alturas to handle the local switch-
ing in that area.
For road trains, the CO&W runs a daily turn from Klamath
Falls directly to Alturas, a logging turn from Chelsea to Juniper
and a local to serve the industries between Klamath Falls and
Tulelake, California.
When that is set up, I select: Tools -> Operations -> Settings
(2). At this point you may find it helpful to look through the
extensive help section of the program by selecting Help ->
Window Help.
2: The Settings screen. I have filled in the different fields
such as Railroad name, Trains Travel, Maximum Train
Length (ft) etc. This screen also allows you to set your
car type code, along with color coding of train direction.
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