Hi Folks:

I’m actually trying to figure out how use a pool of car for two similar industries in JMRI Operation.

Basically, the layout has two different lumber yards which have different trailing point position. It means cars have to be dropped off at other locations (the closest yard) to be picked up by the opposite direction train back to staging.

-Léo Cauchon – Facing East – Receives Lumber from Limoilou, ships Empty to Limoilou. Empty are sent to Beaupré Yard before being picked up by westbound train #523 en route to Limoilou.

A MRRing colleague told me that I need all of my wheelsets to have metal wheels and axles if I want them to activate/trip the signal system on my layout. This seems logical to me as a basic proposition of how electricity is conducted and how the proto signal systems work, but I wanted to confirm that here.

Thanks!

Chuck G.

I have 4x6 cards for each train that runs during my operating sessions with terse instructions about that train's switching duties. Most switching involves picking up cars that have completed being loaded or unloaded and setting out cars that are to be delivered.

For years I have for called the “pickup” cars “outbound cars” since they are leaving that particular switching area and heading for the main yard.  Likewise, I called cars coming from the main yard to the switching area “inbound cars”.