Southern Pacific Switching Layout

[torikoos]

...Of course, in your model world...

Hi Koos, I am not so sure I did fully understand your posting. I assume you did use a great deal of irony and sarcasm and agree with me that a class I RR would not assign a dedicated engine to that track. But why did you quote my answer? I am not sure... :?:

Hi Reinhard, it didn't mean it in any offensive way, perhaps I did not express myself clearly enough, so if I offended, or came across as such, I sincerely apologise. What I mean't to say was that as you rightly say, a class 1 will probably not have operated that way. What I meant that on a model railway (Justin's in this case) you (in general) can bend the truth a little bit and do operate in that manner, for a bit of fun or perhaps preference. After all it is your (in a general broader term, not you as a person) model railway.
I didn't mean to be critical, just pointing out that personal preference or enjoyment may mean that someone will choose to operate his/her model railway in a different manner , which may be less prototypical, but if the person enjoys it, there's nothing wrong with it in my opinion. I may not want to do it myself, or at least not on purpose, but someone will point that out and I learn from that.

As Justin appears to be younger than me, he's still learning (as I am too). What I want to say to him is: yes by all means learn how the prototype operated if that's what you want, but don't let it stop you enjoy a model railroad if you're at a stage that you do not yet know everything about such operations, operate it anyway you want, to get maximum enjoyment out of it. If that means you're able to do that 100% prototypical correct, then that's great, if it means only 50% correct, but you still enjoy it immensely, then that is great too!

I hope this was a little more clear? Sorry again if I offended, I really did not mean to do that.

Cheers everyone, Koos