At the end of your operating session, take away all the car
spot markers, shuffle them up and start all over again. With
19 freight cars on the layout it works well, being quick to set
up and interesting to run, taking over 60 minutes to complete
each session. Even better, you can leave an operating session
half way through and it doesn’t matter as the markers will still
be there when you come back.
Getting the X’s Right
The only issue is getting the right number of “X” markers.
I use six “X” markers as my inbound/outbound track holds
seven 50 foot or eight 40 foot cars plus loco. Using six “X”
markers means I always have at least one or two spaces spare
on Track 2 which due to the lack of other space doubles as a
make-up track.
Refinements and adding further interest
1)
For some reason I created a 3A car spot at Fergus Fine
Foods. I don’t know why, but there is nothing stopping you
7. Spotting a car at the “to be built” Wilson Coal
Merchants dealership.
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