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Garden Railways... In winter!?
Everyone with a garden railway has to put up with winter. Some suspend operations untill spring. But what if you want to plow that snow and keep the trains running? What sort of equipment does one use? Should it be commercial, or home made? Will it work? How much snow can it handle?
Close, but Not Quite
If there is a "signature car" on the BCRY, it would be the grey DM&E ribside covered hoppers which Tag receives. First, let me give you a quick primer on what Tag does: They are a manufacturer of geosynthetic clay liners, for use as waterproof barriers in landfills, ponds, canals etc. The main ingredient is Bentonite clay, of which they receive about 100 hoppers annually from two mines in Wyoming. One mine is served by BNSF, the other by DM&E.
Tow way radios
Mike Confalone was using two-way radios in his op sessions - what type are they?
Bob Burke
Arizona
Sergent couplers - operating sessions
I have searched through the past posts and was hoping to pose a question that has been answered to some degree, but not fully.
I would like to hear from people out there that have examples of operating sessions exclusive using Sergent couplers. I am thinking multiple operators (vs a single person) and perhaps larger layouts (vs smaller switching layouts). I'm most interested in hearing about HO scale. Comments, complaints, observations, things that could be done better, lessons learned, etc.
How car card and waybill work part 2
This video goes into more detail about my Car Card & Waybill System. Car forwarding systems are a great way to add operational interest into a model railroad and give it a sense of realism and prototypical purpose.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9g1ByhXkW20
JMRI Operations Free Car Forwarding Program
This part one of 4. The JMRI program start up screen has changed a little but all in this video applies. You do not have to have your rr connected to the computer running the program.
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