Operations
Photos from a recent BC&SJ op session
Finally, after a 6 month moratorium on operations while I was shooting video, making scenery, shooting more video, making more scenery, shooting more video, etc. ... for HOT Trains volume 1, the Bear Creek and South Jackson management decided it was time to run trains again. Well the guys in the video credits were complaining the yard was a mess and that none of the paperwork was with the freight cars it should've been and they were right.
What do you use for radio communications?
Good Day Everyone,
I have now been hosting operating sessions on my layout for almost a year and so far it is going quite well. The one thing that would be nice is to have radio communication versus just "yelling" out orders/requests. So my question is, what system do you use for radio communications?
Thanks in advance to everyone that responds!
Cheers,
Colin
Operating weigh scale
Not sure if this has been mentioned here already, but I had been clued in about this neat product - http://www.bouldercreekengineering.com/scale_ops.php - a while ago, but until now, I had no chance to actually see or use one, but that will change this weekend at a local op session by someone who just installed one on his layout. I thought that those of you out there who are interested in "enhanced" ops, might find it of interest.
Pre-sorted Intermodal on CP Rail
I came to a crossing of the CP Rail mainline just north west of Barrie, Ontario, Canada where the line comes down the East side of Georgian Bay from the north, through Sudbury and Thunder Bay and on its way to Brampton and Toronto. I was a good 1 Km away when I say the intermodal cars across the intersection and it took me a minute or so the get to the crossing to wait. I did not see what was heading the freight but it was travelling rather slowly, maybe about 20Km/H.
This is a close call
Thought that I would pass this along to the group as a whole. A friend sent this to me this morning; see the email from the engineer of the train.
Information on loco
I am intrested in finding out if the new 2101 Chessie Steam Special Loco from Broadway is worth the money.
Friday Night on the LVN
Lots of action on the LVN on Friday. Had 10 operators over. They were divided into teams of engineers and trainmen. The two hour operating session saw continuous action and by the looks on the faces of the folks below we all had a good time.
Here you can see Ron, Chris and James operating a NAR SD38-2, two BNSF SD70Macs and a leased CFX SD90 Mac through the classification yard. Modern operations include hauling coal, grain, mixed freight and intermondal.
Christmas in April !!!
I just finished watching the last of the Model Trains Video Operation Session Live videos (1-4), after having them in my hands for over a week.
I had been away for several days and could hardly wait to get back to see the balance.
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