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[quote user="Packers#1"][quote user="TrainManTy"]I've got to teach him that the dirtier a car is, the better...<img src="http://cs.trains.com/trccs/emoticons/icon_smile_swg.gif" alt="Smile,Wink, & Grin"> [/quote] Don't forget about locomotives as well. <img src="http://cs.trains.com/trccs/emoticons/icon_smile_tongue.gif" alt="Tongue"> [/quote] Yes, they do tend to get rather grimy...[:-^][IMG]http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee261/TrainManTy/P1030473.jpg[/IMG] Demonwolf, what do you mean by a layout update? Like a fly-over video of the whole layout? I probably will do that once I get the camcorder fixed.Jordan, do you mean video or photos? I have done some videography during sessions (see this playlist: [url]http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F770B58ABB40831A[/url]) but photos are considerably more difficult. Also, if this is a full session, I'll have my hands full assisting the operators and/or operating a train myself. Only Alex can really be called an experianced operator on the WRS, and even he hasn't operated it since I've totally changed the operating scheme.My younger brother Andy and I operated a bit today in the yard. He wanted to run the snowplow back and forth in the yard, so I helped him pull out the cabooses on the caboose/MOW/storage track in the yard to get to the plow. Then we pulled out the plow, shoved the cabooses back, and I let him run the plow back and forth in the yard. All of this was done with U23B #2306. Then we ran it over the whole layout and back into the yard. This offered me an insight into the op. session:<ol><li>The yard is really too big for one operator to handle. The yard throttle is too far away from the East ladder. I'm going to assign two operators to this yard: an engineer and a brakeman. This will be a good assignment for a new operator.</li><li>Also, the soldering and track cleaning really paid off. I could run a single unit at crawling speed with no jolts in the clean yard. After running over the dirty pass (which didn't get cleaned at the same time as the yard) the loco could no longer run as smoothly in the yard. This means being very strict about clean wheels and track on the layout. If it's not clean, don't move it or run over it until it's clean!</li></ol>This should help a lot. I finished about 4 square feet on scenery in the West end of the yard, so I'll have to clean the track there. While I'm at it, all locos and freightcars will get their wheels cleaned, as will the whole layout's track. Now that I've covered the ceiling with plastic (a month-long job because I needed another set of hands, which was only available on the weekends), the track should stay clean for much longer.
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