calendar, contacted several local friends, and picked May 19th as
the “big day.”
Before the session I gave a great deal of thought to the vari-
ous operating positions. I decided on a Dispatcher, a chief
Yardmaster, an assistant Yardmaster (who also did double
duty as a road crew), and four road crews. For variety, and
to see if two-person crews would be practical, I assigned two
of my operators to one local train. I played the role of host,
chief troubleshooter and answer man. A few weeks before the
session I sent the timetable, proposed lineup of trains and a
Getting Real Column - 4
2a-2b. The schematic diagram shows the mainline track and
staging yards on the author's layout, and was instrumental
in developing an operating scheme (zoom in to study).
2b
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