05-23-2011, 09:32 AM
From time to time, our modular club (hotrak.ca) has a "hotbox detector" module that requires any operator passing through to draw a card. The cards are simply random numbers indicating which axle is giving the problem. You start counting at the front of the first loco and make your way back. If it's a car with a problem, you must drop it at the next siding for pick up by another train (it's assumed repaired in place in the meantime). If it's an axle on a loco, you must park the train in the nearest passing siding and wait for another loco to arrive to continue the job.
Lots of fun, especially when running under dispatching.
The jobs involved in setting up or tearing down passenger trains are not done often, partly because we usually lack the modelled passenger yard and facilities to do it justice.
Andrew
Lots of fun, especially when running under dispatching.
The jobs involved in setting up or tearing down passenger trains are not done often, partly because we usually lack the modelled passenger yard and facilities to do it justice.
Andrew