05-06-2010, 09:31 AM
Ed wrote:
Regarding traffic balance: Just as with a prototype short line such as this, the number of inbound/outbound cars will vary from day to day (session to session). Some times you might receive 1 car; other times 4 cars (or more). Out bound cars will vary in the same manner. So some sessions you won't switch every industry. Of course a small customer oriented operation like this would operate on an as needed/as requested basis - so you might make two or three runs in the same day, depending on how often the connecting road might set out cars for you or a shipper has a car that needs to be moved pronto! Go switch an industry or two, then head for the shack; get out the cards, pour a cup of coffee and wait for the phone to ring!
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I must have been featherbedding because I missed your operation plan..
Sounds good and solid and I have used a similar plan on one my past ISLs...The catch being Lake Side Industrial Ry was owned by the industries it served and its sole locomotive was a exUP SW1 with the road name patched out...If I was to do that railroad today I would use either a 44,45 or 70 Tonner..
As far as flagging crossing..I always felt that was one of the most dangerous parts of my job since you never knew what the nut behind the wheel was going to do.
Regarding traffic balance: Just as with a prototype short line such as this, the number of inbound/outbound cars will vary from day to day (session to session). Some times you might receive 1 car; other times 4 cars (or more). Out bound cars will vary in the same manner. So some sessions you won't switch every industry. Of course a small customer oriented operation like this would operate on an as needed/as requested basis - so you might make two or three runs in the same day, depending on how often the connecting road might set out cars for you or a shipper has a car that needs to be moved pronto! Go switch an industry or two, then head for the shack; get out the cards, pour a cup of coffee and wait for the phone to ring!
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I must have been featherbedding because I missed your operation plan..
Sounds good and solid and I have used a similar plan on one my past ISLs...The catch being Lake Side Industrial Ry was owned by the industries it served and its sole locomotive was a exUP SW1 with the road name patched out...If I was to do that railroad today I would use either a 44,45 or 70 Tonner..
As far as flagging crossing..I always felt that was one of the most dangerous parts of my job since you never knew what the nut behind the wheel was going to do.
Larry
Engineman
Summerset Ry
Make Safety your first thought, Not your last! Safety First!
Engineman
Summerset Ry
Make Safety your first thought, Not your last! Safety First!