11-09-2011, 04:15 PM
So on the numbers, how would we come up with those? Any method to the madness?
On the slang, I'm sort of assuming that some of your names were "tongue in cheek"? What has come to my mind so far is:
1. Morning turn
2. Afternoon turn
3. Seabrook turn or job
4. Spud Run
5. Flux Job
6. something like above except denoting the origin at the UP
7. ?
8. ?
With a little modern shortline like mine, would the trains even have formal names/numbers? Or if we needed to move some home road empties to storage, we'd just grab an engine and make the moves without a formal name? My layout is similar to the LAJ in operation. Would each train be in contact by radio to prevent collisions and facilitate passes and meets? Or would there be some other formal means of routing traffic?
On the slang, I'm sort of assuming that some of your names were "tongue in cheek"? What has come to my mind so far is:
1. Morning turn
2. Afternoon turn
3. Seabrook turn or job
4. Spud Run
5. Flux Job
6. something like above except denoting the origin at the UP
7. ?
8. ?
With a little modern shortline like mine, would the trains even have formal names/numbers? Or if we needed to move some home road empties to storage, we'd just grab an engine and make the moves without a formal name? My layout is similar to the LAJ in operation. Would each train be in contact by radio to prevent collisions and facilitate passes and meets? Or would there be some other formal means of routing traffic?