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[quote user="Guilford Guy"]I guess I should probably pick up the 70 tonner. That thing really needs a remotor/cleaning/regearing/redecodering... It's interesting to see the WRS down sizing. I guess eventually you can pick up some more early geeps, and run 2 or 3 unit consists.[/quote]And a new exhaust stack! I think either the wheels are really dirty (well, I KNOW that) or the decoder is busted, since it's constantly trying to run. But the wheels are so dirty that it can't keep pickup and just sits there dead! [:-,]I don't think I need multiple unit consists. Right now my trains are only 9 cars long, and only one through freight runs all the way to Concord. The other one stops in Franklin. They both are turns, with a midpoint of White River Junction. Also, I've gotten new train symbols, which you can read about on the new <a href="http://sites.google.com/a/trahans.net/wrs/operations" mce_href="http://sites.google.com/a/trahans.net/wrs/operations">Operations</a> page of my website. The new schedule affects the layout, since the through freights both turn around in White River Junction Staging to head back to their points of origin, creating more traffic on the railroad and lengthening the run for the through freight operators. CDWJ (Concord, NH - White River Jct, VT) and WJFR (White River Junction - Franklin, NH) both stop in Lebanon to drop off cars for the local, while WJCD (White River Jct, VT, to Concord, NH) and FRWJ (Franklin, NH to White River Jct, VT) do not. Cars from WRJ to Lebanon can be handled by WJFR, so WJCD does not need to stop there and can save time that way, and Franklin to Lebanon is not very far, so almost no traffic needs to stop at Lebanon. Again, CDWJ can handle the traffic from Lebanon to WRJ, and can also drop off cars from the south (Concord and the Merrimack & Souhegan Railroad) in Lebanon.-------------------------------------All of this is being done in preparation for hopefully hosting an operating session on Saturday. So far I have only one person who can come, plus myself...I need three to operate. If any of you are around, I could use another operator! If I can't, I'll have to cancel the session and wait until October before I'm free again. EDIT: No, I'm not getting the GP40-2Ls anymore. I'm also keeping the railroad in 1997, since I don't want to install ditch lights on all my power. It's a big trade-off, but I no longer have to spend $400 on locomotives...I just bought a GP18 for $20, and I can hopefully find another one (and my last until my roster is finished) for a similar price.
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