09-06-2012, 11:06 PM
The best I can offer is that on The Canadian most of the cars were oriented so that the doors (one set only per car) were at the rear end. (execpt the Dome-Obs Park car which had to have the doors at the front).
Being the top train, this one was turned as a unit on a reversing loop (at Toronto, anyways).
The times that freight car orientation matters are:
Unload from this side cars. They might not be oriented until the train that puts them into the siding.
Rotary dump cars which only have a single rotating coupling and need to be carefully aligned -- one end is painted up so that you can tell from hundreds of feet away.
None of these have a concern for the brake wheel.
Being the top train, this one was turned as a unit on a reversing loop (at Toronto, anyways).
The times that freight car orientation matters are:
Unload from this side cars. They might not be oriented until the train that puts them into the siding.
Rotary dump cars which only have a single rotating coupling and need to be carefully aligned -- one end is painted up so that you can tell from hundreds of feet away.
None of these have a concern for the brake wheel.
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.