05-24-2010, 01:36 PM
I just thought it would be easy to play "trainmaster" for a few minutes before a operating session. Once you "log in" all your information to a switchlist such as: sidings, industries, runarounds, team tracks etc.., it would be a matter of a "delete a load" here or "add a empty" here to consistantly update your switchlist - again - like the prototype. how much in detail you want to get is up to you.
You don't need to enter all your cars to the switchlist at one time. Basically, treat it like a real railroad inbound interchange. Just add certain cars that are being interchanged to your road. Keep them on your current switchlist to show their progress around the railroad. Show when and where they are spotted, when they get emptied to be pulled and delete them once they are interchanged off your road.
You won't need to look at car cards anymore. You just have to carry your switchlist with you as you "play" along. Just like real train crews. It may sound a bit overwhelming at first, as with car cards, but once you have the master sheet, all you need to do is add and remove cars.
Don't forget to recycle when you throw away the switchlist.
You don't need to enter all your cars to the switchlist at one time. Basically, treat it like a real railroad inbound interchange. Just add certain cars that are being interchanged to your road. Keep them on your current switchlist to show their progress around the railroad. Show when and where they are spotted, when they get emptied to be pulled and delete them once they are interchanged off your road.
You won't need to look at car cards anymore. You just have to carry your switchlist with you as you "play" along. Just like real train crews. It may sound a bit overwhelming at first, as with car cards, but once you have the master sheet, all you need to do is add and remove cars.
Don't forget to recycle when you throw away the switchlist.
Doing my best to stay on track and to live each day to it's fullest, trying not to upset people along the way. I have no enemies.....just friends who don't understand my point of view.
Steve
Let's go Devils!
Steve
Let's go Devils!