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Did you know that if a cut of cars "escapes" on one side of a valley there is no need to chase it... it will come back... most of the way... several times. just wait in the middle and put the brakes on when it's safe to do so. this is a lot easier than a cut of cars hitting the stops in a terminal and establishing that no-one had ever bolted them down properly. (Fortunatley this happened at night when the station was shut). Thanks for information... stone traffic particularly interesting. Thinking of which... and grades... if you have a suitable quarry on one of your lines... and a serious adverse grade... you might want a helper to get the trains out of the branch... this might be a switcher coming in to help from other duties nearby... or the loco off the local pickup goods... tie down the good on the other branch while the loco goes and helps the stone train out. When you have light traffic you can add interest by getting up to these things.
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