Hi! In this video I want to share inspiration by showing some of the features you get by adding a Traffic Control Software to your Model Railroad. It brings operational enrichment like nothing else. Check this video out and consider to give it a try! The software is available for free, so there is no reason to hesitate.

As many of us adjust to the Coronavirus and its accompanying "social distancing", e.g. working from home, avoiding crowds, etc., I thought I'd post a reminder that occasionally taking a break and sitting still - whether we're talking about us as layout owners or the prototype equipment we model - can be positive too.

Most layouts that I have visited and operated on that used the Card Card and Waybill system operated very well and reasonably efficient. I chose this system based on the ease of use and not having to hand write or computer-generate switch lists for each train in real time.

In one of the other magazines this month there is a picture of a Explosives placard from the NYS&W RR.  The placard dates from the 1943-1953 era since it shows Henry K. Norton as the trustee.

Very different rules than the modern ones, but interestingly, many of the concerns addressed are still in the modern rules.  The requirement to keep the car "... near the middle of the train..." stayed in the placement rules up until about 1980.