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Model Railroad Operations

Timetable-and-train-order dispatching
Oct 25, 2013

Timetable-and-train-order dispatching

St. Croix train sheet Train dispatching under timetable- and-train-order authority is partly a science and partly an art, and it…

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Switching instructions for Mat Thompson’s Swift meat packing plant
Oct 11, 2013

Switching instructions for Mat Thompson’s Swift meat packing plant

Mat Thompson’s Swift meat-packing plant ships and receives enough freight car traffic to warrant a full-time dedicated switch job on…

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The freight house job on the Milwaukee Road Beer Line
May 18, 2012

The freight house job on the Milwaukee Road Beer Line

Ride along with me as the conductor of the Freight House Job to see how I get the work done.…

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Operating paperwork for David Popp’s New York, New Haven & Hartford layout
Apr 16, 2012

Operating paperwork for David Popp’s New York, New Haven & Hartford layout

Model Railroader managing editor David Popp developed an operating scheme for his N scale New Haven layout. Adopting the idea…

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How to operate your model railroad online extras
Apr 16, 2012

How to operate your model railroad online extras

Click to see what’s inside this special issue Click the links to see all the online extras from How to…

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Waybills for your model railroad
Dec 22, 2011

Waybills for your model railroad

Ted Pamperin borrowed ideas from many sources to develop more realistic looking waybills for his new HO Chesapeake & Ohio…

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Operating paperwork for the Virginian Ry.
Nov 28, 2011

Operating paperwork for the Virginian Ry.

Using a Boulder Creek Engineering digital scale, Kalmbach Publishing designer Drew Halverson records the weights of loaded coal hoppers on…

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Main line through the mountains
Oct 29, 2010

Main line through the mountains

Read how John Armstrong developed the Southern Pacific Lines Shasta Division for Otis McGree, Jr. Main line through the mountains…

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Adding operations to a model railroad
Oct 29, 2010

Adding operations to a model railroad

Read how Brooks Stover made a three-hour operating session for a 6- to 8-member crew with what seemed like so…

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