Comments on: Waybill Systems For Train Operation https://blog.model-train-help.com/2013/02/waybill-systems-for-train-operation.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=waybill-systems-for-train-operation Model railroads and model trains Sun, 03 Mar 2013 12:52:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Louis-Georges https://blog.model-train-help.com/2013/02/waybill-systems-for-train-operation.html#comment-3900 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 12:52:42 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=2573#comment-3900 The answer is partially in your question. As R. put it, you have to “make sense” of your train movement. To brake the “running around” effect, you need to give a purpose to hoe your trains move. For exempe, say that you have a wood mill somewhere on your layout, you could have a furniture manufacturer somewhere else. The wood produced by the wood mill has now somewhere to go. At the other end, the furniture manufacturer has now loads of wood coming in and manufactured good to deliver (also by the carload). You could also use a yard through wich the loads could be “carried out” of the layout as an interchange with another railroad. The more you know about way real railroad operate, the more choice you have as which way you want to manage you railroad.

Good reading…

LG

]]> By: R van Ooijen https://blog.model-train-help.com/2013/02/waybill-systems-for-train-operation.html#comment-3864 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 19:45:27 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=2573#comment-3864 I have just gone thru exactly this. I found that I needed to add a yard to my layout to even allow some freight movements to work.

I also now realize that you have to rethink, rebuild your layout, if freight traffic is included eg sufficient siding/spurs and runaround tracks are essential.

R.

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