Here's how I started up operations on my layout.
http://chatanuga.org/WLMRops.html
Kevin
http://chatanuga.org/RailPage.html
http://chatanuga.org/WLMR.html
Here's a example of my basic waybill..Each car has 10.
As you can see its a no frills waybill with direct routing.
Let's say that was a BN car loaded with bags of cement from Washington..It would be routed BN CSX.
And the car cards look like this.
I use a very basic and straight forward method.
Cars from BN,UP,SP etc is "When empty return via reverse route."
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
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You can get car cards and others here also.
http://www.micromark.com/Waybills-Pad-of-100,8278.html
Wadda ya mean I'm old ? Just because I remember gasoline at 9 cents a gallon and those big coal burning steamers.
jeffrey-wimberly Don't know if you have this yet but a car card generator could be of use to you.
Don't know if you have this yet but a car card generator could be of use to you.
I just looked at that, and it is just what I was looking for when I found the the other website! Thank you!
Modeling the Maine Central in N scale.
I´ll second that!
Best website ever!
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MRR should make an operations how-to.
There is this DVD (3rd down)
Description of Running Trains...Anatomy of and Operating Session
http://paulscoles.com/V3_description.html
Paul takes you along on an actual operating session with a group of friends on his layout. He shows how to create and use schedules and train orders to bring your layout to life in an "almost protypical" manner. Watch as Paul and the other operators deal with scheduled and unscheduled events!
ratled
Modeling the Klamath River area in HO on a proto-lanced sub of the SP “The State of Jefferson Line”
I wrote How to car card & way bills. there you can see how I make and use them.
Wolfgang
Pueblo & Salt Lake RR
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WWtrain MRR should make an operations how-to.
Realistic Model Railroad Operation: How to Run Your Trains Like the Real Thing by Tony Koester
Operations SIG on-line membership has gone up to $7, but is still a great value.
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WWtrain I figured out how to fill out the waybills, but I must be stupid or something because I cannot figure out what to put on the car cards. I know what the car # is, but what is the road name referring to?
I figured out how to fill out the waybills, but I must be stupid or something because I cannot figure out what to put on the car cards. I know what the car # is, but what is the road name referring to?
In the US each car is identified by "reporting marks" which consiste of the initials of the railroad or company owning or operating the car (e.g PRR, B&O, UP, CSXT, SHPX, RBOX, TTX, FURX....)and the number of the car.
In addition most people put the car type on the car.
Other information might be the color of the car, a picture of the car, its owner, its home road, any comments about special loading restrictions or any other special information.
Already been done. There are several books on operations out there and over the last couple decades MR and other magazines have published dozens of articles on operations, in addition the Operations Special Interest Group publishes a quarterly magazine on operations, the Dispatch Office. You can join the OpSig and subscribe to an online version of the Disp Office for $5 a year.
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I am trying to figure out how to operate my model railroad and came across these: http://www.nmra.org.au/Pages/waybills.html. I figured out how to fill out the waybills, but I must be stupid or something because I cannot figure out what to put on the car cards. I know what the car # is, but what is the road name referring to? Is it like CSX, B&O...? Also, is the type like Hopper, Boxcar...? Then why would it be replaced by the reporting mark on the type two card that is mainly for n-scale because you cannot see it? Thanks for clarifying this for me.