Agree 100% Pieter... time for us to move on. I've also changed the subject title.
I will have to say, though, that the sharp-eyed S scalers that are into protoypicial operation can glean an obvious fact that things don't always go "right" on the prototype, and we railroaders have to improvise to get the job done. Thus, one can create "Situation Cards" for their operating sessions that can mimic some of the "think and overcome" situations we face all the time out in the real world. I used the concept very effectively on my last operating layout. (Which was years ago unfortunately.) Doing so added a tremendous amount of challenge when you open your Situation Card at the prescribed time to find that the #2 unit in a 3-unit consist had just shut down with a ground trip relay issue and was going to have to stay offline... while you were working the ruling grade. Now you are faced with having to double the grade and reduce your tonnage accordingly (if more grades to be climbed) in order to finish run you're on... that is, unless you're close enough that another crew can run out to you and help you up the hill... or... Failures, changing situations, assorted problems: That's railroading. Implemented same into your operating schemes (implemented according to the theorized financial condition of your road) can result in a lot of challenging fun. Result? Railroading in miniature (not just building models)... isn't that what many are trying to replicate? Have fun! Andre Ming P.S. Lands I hate working nights. :-( ----- Original Message ----- From: Pieter Roos To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 8:45 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Air brakes on the prototype was Re:Moderling Earlier Eras in S Hi Bob, Andre; I'm not sure how the majority feel about this. It is interesting, if a tad difficult to transfer into model form... Maybe it provides a prototype sounding excuse the next time the DCC/DC/String fails. Perhaps we could change the subject line? Pieter E. Roos --- On Mon, 12/5/11, shabbona_rr <[email protected]> wrote: > I understand that, Andre, but I would > never leave the pit with a leaky equalizing reservoir, > especially on CCP/IC. I can understand one developing a leak > enroute, because of the O ring rubber seals. > > On Santa Fe, they indoctrinated us on ways to "get'em over > the road" in unforeseen situations. I was firing for an > engineer who changed the glass bowls in an EMD fuel line > once, because the main one broke and the bypass one wasn't > doing anything. > > An RFE once told me that I had earned my keep for my entire > career for some steps I took as a "useless" fireman to > preserve the diesel engine on a dead unit in > sub-sub-sub-zero cold weather. The roundhouse foreman was > mad because I couldn't save the air compressor, too, after > the handle on the drain cock broke off in my hand. > > My answer? "Why are you picking on me? The company position > is that I'm just dead weight around here!" He just shrugged > his shoulders and walked away. That was the second time I > saved a pound of bacon. The other time was before I was even > promoted to an engineer. I earned the everlasting gratitude > of the engineer I was firing for on that one! > > You're right, we better get back to saving S scale. DCC, > anyone? > > Bob Nicholson ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links [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: [email protected] [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/
