As a loner I'm not use to having people observe my operation of the trains. When I have guests, usually relatives, I invaribly fail to position turnouts correctly and have difficulty uncuoupling cars ruining my guest's experience.
No doubt, I'm tense without knowing it, which causes these errors.
Bob
Don't Ever Give Up
Am I the only nut in this hobby who has to deal with Murphy of Murphy's law. Now in my many decades of running trains, I'm getting rather tired of this fellow, Murphy. I rarely have a problem running trains when alone or with possibly just with one guest, but during an open house or when a new commercial video is being produced, everything that could go wrong does just that. I'll be running trains for a shooting, and a derailment or electical malfunction is inevitable. After the day's shooting or when visitors leave...........nary a problem, and actually everything then runs to almost perfection. I just had to convert 4 DCC turntables (Chris Moran) to analog as they failed during shootings. Actually I recommend doing this as the Walther's DCC 90' turntable...................well I hate to impugn any product, so lets say that analog and eyeball operation is more fun for me.
When Allen Keller was doing a shoot, I was able to trace problem to his very hot lighting as heat managed to warp some tracks, but still there were other problems like a main power supply blowing, and turnout motors being fried.
Does anyone have a theory how Murphy sneaks into the train room uninvited? If so, please do share.
Many thanks,
HZ