11-09-2011, 11:17 PM
Gary: the numbering will depend on how big you see your railroad. Is it a purely local line or part of one of the Big 5? Someplace at home I have CPR's numbering system which divides the trains into 100s -- each 100 has a class of train. (Book not handy) so 700 might be unit coal trains while 900 is intermodal hotshots. 200-300 types of locals.
Last 2 digits are the route.
British railways had a 4 character code once. First number was class -- 1 express passenger to 9 as a clunky local. second character was a letter for route or division. Last 2 were the position of the train during the day.
A small railway might not need that much numbering. But you could have something numbered that never runs but might or maybe used to. A cattle train left over from the cattle drives. An extra for the sugar beet harvest.
Last 2 digits are the route.
British railways had a 4 character code once. First number was class -- 1 express passenger to 9 as a clunky local. second character was a letter for route or division. Last 2 were the position of the train during the day.
A small railway might not need that much numbering. But you could have something numbered that never runs but might or maybe used to. A cattle train left over from the cattle drives. An extra for the sugar beet harvest.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.