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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Ibflattop Do you guys use a car card system or something else like a wheel report? Kevin [/quote] We use a very simple system of colors for cars and industries or locations on layout. We make flags from short popcicle sticks and they are cut in half, glue onto a toothpick to make the flag. Blade is painted with two colors. These colors also match industry or location. The first color is location on layout the second color is the exact site car to be dropped at. The color pieces for on the cars are also made from small square pieces of popcicle sticks. Paint the whole piece with base color and apply a dot of the second color to center of piece. These are attached to cars by using the putty picture paste. They can be moved from one car to another and no holes in car for thumb tacks. You can use thumbtacks with the post cut off but the small pieces of stick are much cheaper. When the cars arrive at destination the tags can be replaced so that the next operator must move that car to its new destination. Sounds complicate but its not. Several groups around here use this system. One layouot has over 1100 cars on it and it would be a headache to keep track of otherwise.
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