Batch-building freight cars - 1
56: This yard is cloggedbeyond capacity.Most
modelerswill find eventually find themselves in this
situation if rolling stock acquisition andbuilding
activities continuewithout any limits. To keep the
layout functional, a rolling stockmanagement and
storage planwill eventually have tobe implemented.
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1.Determinehowmany carswill fit on the layout
comfortably.
2. Count the cars currentlyon the layout.
3. Decidewhichoneswill stayandwhichoneswill go.
4. Figureout how to store theexcess.
Layout capacity:
1. Take stockof your sidings and staging. Howmany carswill
fitwithout clogging the railroad topoint of gridlock?Make
a chart andfigureout the capacityof the layout.
2. What trains areyou running, and inwhatmanner??
Operators: Thoseof uswhohaveoperations-based
layoutshopefullyhavedone the calculations, andknow
roughlyhowmany cars areneeded to run theoperation
MRH-Apr2014
