Getting Real Column - 7
everyone seemed busy without being rushed. And, other
than a local crew that waited in Waterbury for a meet, no one
spent a lot of time sitting around.
I might be able to add one or two other operators when we
try running the passenger trains, but seven or eight folks can
certainly operate the railroad, especially now that they know
where things are.
We also had numerous issues with the DCC system – especially
the radio throttles. Frankly my biggest concern was the radio
throttles, since I had no way to test a number of them running
all at once with several people in the basement.
6. An operator shelf and associated car card boxes were
installed at each town prior to the operating session.
These are a great way to encourage operators to keep
paperwork and uncoupling tools OFF the layout.
Author used Micro-Mark car cards but made his own
"basic" waybills. Eventually prototype based waybills will
be used
,
but all in good time.
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MRH-Feb 2013
