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Model Railroading > Large scale flat switching.Date: 05/11/19 15:51 Large scale flat switching. Author: santafedan We had a "fun day" at the Indiana Live Steamers today. Our public runs start next week. We have been working pretty hard and we needed a little R and R.
I set up a flat switching event. Most of our members have never used car cards and built trains. We had 15 cars to use for the switching. I shuffled the cards and picked 5 or 6 cards and they assembled the train. We had switch men, car men and a yard master. We rotated the jobs so each could do different jobs. Photo one shows the cars we had. Photo 2 shows the searching for the car to pick. Photo three shows the car men coupling the cars. They had such a good time we will do it again later this summer. Date: 05/11/19 15:54 Re: Large scale flat switching. Author: santafedan Photo 1 shows a completed train.
Photo 2 We are located near a National Guard base. They have a 9 track rail head. These two gentlemen stopped by to watch us for a bit. Photo 3 the inevitable oops. Date: 05/11/19 15:55 Re: Large scale flat switching. Author: santafedan Date: 05/12/19 06:46 Re: Large scale flat switching. Author: WrongWayMurphy We have op sessions here in Texas a number times a year, just like the HO Railroads,
using car cards and switchlists. There are three railroads that participate and each has about 100 cars on site to facilitate the action. We use 3 man crews, engineer, conductor, and brakeman. It is indeed a lot of fun. Date: 05/12/19 07:35 Re: Large scale flat switching. Author: BAB Oh yes at the ops meet here at Train Mountain its just like running an HO operations club event takes hours to do the switch list with just a few cars. And why is it instead of a car derailing its the engine as its the heaviest thing in the consist? Lazy solution run a passenger train oh and the CSX engine is looking good.
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