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ProtoThrottle on Facebook
FYI: I set up a Facebook group for the ProtoThrottle in case anyone's interested and likes interacting through FB more.
Hand signal question for the professional railroaders, signals are relative to...
At some op sessions, and especially at Live Steam op sessions, crews will use hand signals. I went back and reviewed the thread https://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/30560 for some answers, but have one more specific one.
When doing switching, particularly yard or industrial work where you are working from both ends of the loco, what are Forward and Backward given relative to?
ProtoThrottle Firmware Update (v1.1)
Firmware v1.1 for the ProtoThrottle has been officially released:
https://github.com/IowaScaledEngineering/mrbw-cst/releases/tag/1.1
Full release notes can be found at the link above, but here are the highlights:
Blending Car Cards and Switch Lists
I'm currently building a switching layout based on Jones Island in Milwaukee, WI. This Lake Michigan port area, now served by UP and CP, but in my era (66-70) it was Milwaukee Road and CNW, plus car-ferry ops by C&O and Grand Trunk. I'll skip the latter, and the 2 main roads will have 2 staging tracks each. It's 19' by 14' for the switching, plus a 10' staging leg.
Middle School Model Railroad: the Day Branch
I’m looking for feedback on this plan for the terminus of an agricultural branch line on the freelance HO layout I’m building in a middle school classroom with my students. The period and region are not precise, but a 1930s flavor is intended with a theme of reefers and produce packing sheds.
For those who like operating switching layouts...
.....I came across this today and thought some of our readers might find it of interest. It is called an "app" but really is more of a program that gives timings for various operations whilst carrying out switching operations. I will be interested to hear others comments
http://conrail1285.com/traincrew-operate-more-than-your-throttle/
Filling Car Spots & Industrial requirements
Hi all,
Having read around the forum (and books) including these very informative threads here:
https://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/25307
https://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/5109
I was wondering the following before starting ops on the layout for the first time and before finalizing some things on specific industrial spurs:
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