02-19-2013, 09:00 PM
Thanks guys!
It is interesting to think about planning a layout to be run from a facsimile cab. I'm adapting my layout since the idea of having a train cam didn't come until later. I also have a tethered walk around throttle for running trains when I don't wish to sit in front of the screen, or when I want to do switching. Some day I hope to interest some friends in running train ops with me...with one person at the cab seat and the other working as brakeman. That would be cool! I can do it a little bit of this by myself but, of course, I have to get up from the cab and throw the turnouts and check couplings, and then return to the throttle. Still...it's fun!
As for tunnels...the loco that contains the camera doesn't have a working headlight so it's just dark once the train passes through a portal.
It is interesting to think about planning a layout to be run from a facsimile cab. I'm adapting my layout since the idea of having a train cam didn't come until later. I also have a tethered walk around throttle for running trains when I don't wish to sit in front of the screen, or when I want to do switching. Some day I hope to interest some friends in running train ops with me...with one person at the cab seat and the other working as brakeman. That would be cool! I can do it a little bit of this by myself but, of course, I have to get up from the cab and throw the turnouts and check couplings, and then return to the throttle. Still...it's fun!
As for tunnels...the loco that contains the camera doesn't have a working headlight so it's just dark once the train passes through a portal.