10-06-2009, 06:30 PM
Remember that your operating session represents a slice of time in what is in reality a continuously (more or less) operating railway. So yes, there should be cars standing around at the beginning. But not everywhere should be full - since when does that happen in reality?
Fan of late and early Conrail... also 40s-50s PRR, 70s ATSF, BN and SP, 70s-80s eastern CN, pre-merger-era UP, heavy electric operations in general, dieselized narrow gauge, era 3/4 DB and DR, EFVM and Brazilian railroads in general... too many to list!