04-22-2012, 07:29 PM
That's not a bad idea, Ralph. In the ops session today, we had a few lighthearted moments, mostly when someone would run through a turnout from frog to point with the points in the wrong position. Since I have powered frogs, it shorts and shuts the command station down and all the trains stop. I may need to consider a Digitrax PM42 (or whatever it is) so that only the district in question shuts down.
Had another issue where a train was sitting on a siding as another one passed. The operator in the siding accidently nudged his throttle, and his train went into the turnout towards the main and sideswiped the train on the main... no damage done though!
As for the locks.... we ran three 1-person crews today. In the after-session debriefing, two of the guys said they liked the locks. The third person said the locks were good, but it was a bit tedious using the keys. He suggested that we could just hang the locks in the hasp, but not actually lock them. The turnout control would still be inoperable, and the lock would still have to be removed, only we wouldn't have to use the keys. This may be a good compromise.
Had another issue where a train was sitting on a siding as another one passed. The operator in the siding accidently nudged his throttle, and his train went into the turnout towards the main and sideswiped the train on the main... no damage done though!
As for the locks.... we ran three 1-person crews today. In the after-session debriefing, two of the guys said they liked the locks. The third person said the locks were good, but it was a bit tedious using the keys. He suggested that we could just hang the locks in the hasp, but not actually lock them. The turnout control would still be inoperable, and the lock would still have to be removed, only we wouldn't have to use the keys. This may be a good compromise.