Several months ago we agreed to host a Thursday night operating session during the 2017 Railroad Prototype Modelers (RPM) Meet in Greensburg. We had been using JMRI software for operations, but Charlie was not pleased with the way JMRI handled the classification yard, so we decided to switch to a traditional car card and waybill system. This is not as easy a task as it may sound. It involved creating hundreds of car cards and waybills for all of our freight cars. Realistic shippers and receivers for each car had to include industries on our layout, such as Cambria Iron Works, National Biscuit Company, Rolling Rock Brewery, Kopp Glass, Union Switch & Signal, etc. We spent many evenings researching industries online and creating routing for freight and materials. We decided to have a "practice" operating session on 3/10/17, two weeks prior to the RPM, with our regular crew.
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Robert Braeuner
4/1/2017 02:38:05 pm
Looks like it went awesome guys. Great job!
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