Operations
Fail-safe a drop leaf
We have a drop-leaf wye that connects to a staging yard and also acts as a wye in a modeled location that had a wye. The leaf spans an aisle, and is actually usually in the 'stowed' position. Previously, there were two ground thrown switches that led to the wye, and it was fairly obvious when things were dangerous. However, recently the area was re-worked, and it turned out to be easy for the swiss cheese holes to line up. I saved a brass locomotive from hitting the floor... but only barely.
Operating the Port of Green Bay
I attended a wonderful operating session yesterday on Andy Laurent’s Port of Green Bay. In attendance were Andy, me, Colin O’Brien, Clark Cooper, and Steve Malcolm.
Kadee semi-scale couplers vs. Sergents
This is a follow-up to a Weekly Photo Fun thread discussion that started at http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/32447?page=2#comment-322977 and continued on concerning the merits of Sergent couplers vs. Kadee semi-scale. Since we were straying from the intent of that thread, I thought I'd start a new topic. See first reply below.
A Coupler Lift Bar (Cut Lever) facsimile/analog used for 1 handed uncoupling during operations
A Coupler Lift Bar (Cut Lever) facsimile/analog used for 1 handed uncoupling during operations.
Sandpiper Bay Terminal, Operations
The operating scheme for the Sandpiper Bay Terminal is documented in the following blog; this will be the last one for awhile until I make more progress on the layout.
Operating Premise
Former Time Saver Plus - Major Expansion
This was my latest creation based on the Time Saver switching puzzle plan in HO scale. It will now be expanded based on a 13 year old former(?) layout that has been stored in my son's garage!!!
I have had various train setups and layouts over the years, but never with scenery (or even ballast). After decades of armchair railroading, I am attempting to really build something worth having.
Connecting a remote dispatcher to the local crew's FRS radios
Does anyone have experience with running op sessions using a remote dispatcher, and connecting that person in to the FRS radio system used by the local crew? In theory, this looks like it could be done fairly easily using a computer that is running Google Voice, Hangouts, Skype, Mumble, or any other voice-over-IP solution. My thinking is that some fairly basic impedence-matching hardware between the computer and an FRS radio should work. The radio would have to run in VOX mode.
videos operations on N Scale Modules: americaN, americaN-ST
Hi,
prototypical operations in N Scale, on module layouts: Here are some videos of 2018 to give you an impression.
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Videos americaN:
Videos americaN-ST
Videos Clinch River RR: Speers Ferry CRRR
N&AC Operations
I designed and built the Nicholas & Ashley Creek RY to be operated either by myself or with a crew of up to 4 people. I am several years into construction now and the trains are beginning to run. I haven't started formal operations yet, but I'm exploring ways and means to get there.
This blog will chronicle developing operations on my railroad. I hope to show what I'm doing and discuss operating ideas with others. Hopefully this blog will be useful and interesting to those thinking about how to operate their model railroads.
Restricting speeds to grow your layout
As part of my conversion from Tsunami decoders to Loksound, I decided to set the top speed of my entire roster to reflect my prototype's speed limits. Road power was set to 25mph (later adjusted to 17mph, then to 12, see update ), and the yard consist to 10mph (later adjusted to 8mph). Doing so has been an eye-opener on a couple of fronts.
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