Bill,
I like that method of operation. So are you getting ready to start a new layout? I've been an operator on a friend's HO (gasp) layout and he uses the thumbtack method. Really simple for the session but what a nightmare to set up. I've helped him do that, and he has a method but for an evening session, it takes 8 or more hours to set up. Greg Elems Reno NV --- In [email protected], Bill Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On my next layout I'll follow the two-page article "Wheel Reports for > Easy Operation" by Jim Hediger, Model Railroader magazine, May 1984. > Wheel reports eliminate your concerns about a huge fleet of cars and > the related paperwork. > > In general his procedure calls for keeping track only of the total > number of cars to be switched at each station. The cars are not > specified by reporting marks, so there are neither waybills nor a car > inventory to manage. The only paperwork is a wheel report for each > train. You create as many wheel reports in advance as you need for > variety. > > The wheel report shows for each location the type of car to set out. > The train also picks up one car of the same type for each car set out. > Consequently the number and types of cars in each train remains > constant. When the train reaches its destination, its cars go back > into the yard for use in other trains. > > The switching of cars at each location is flexible. It can be simple > or complex, depending where you set out cars and which ones you pick > up. Also, if you are pressed for time, you can run the train straight > through without setting out or picking up any cars at all. > -- > Bill Roberts, Receiver > San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Co. > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
