Model Railway
a. Layout
b. Locomotives
c. Cars
d. Operating
e. Summaries
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Daley Train Log
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I cleaned the entire Coaldale Yard track today with both the BriteBoy eraser as well as the liquid Track & Rail Cleaner (ACT-606). I then ran the diesel switcher CN 7985 (an S-4) over the entire yard. I had a little trouble stalling on a couple of the switches but a small piece of cardboard under the switches seemed to solve the problem. This yard is now ready for moving cars about as I assemble and dis-assemble trains. Good. Another component is ready to use.
I spent a couple of hours surfing the web and reading a couple of reports on the use of Ship It! software. Most of the steps are straight forward but there are also a few nuances to keep in mind.
One involves the appropriate use of Towns, Yards and Interchanges. I think a Yard may be in a Town, but it is important to not have any industries in a Yard. I am not sure about Consignees such as the coaling/sanding tower which receive a product but do not ship a product.
I located a web site that gives 51 (!) rules of thumb for using Ship It! I will need to continually compare what I am doing with these guidelines.
The Ship It! Manual suggests that one create a table that lists each industry and what it ships and receives. The following table is a beginning at collecting this information.
Town |
Industry |
Ships |
Receives |
| Jasper | 36th St. Warehouse & Storage | small parts, equipment | sugar, fertilizer, cement, packaged meat |
| Ellison Flour | flour | wheat, rye, barley | |
| A | |||
| B | |||
| Station | people | people | |
| Coal/Sanding Tower | coal, sand | ||
| Yard ? | |||
| Interchange Track ? | |||
| Black Diamond | Mercoal Mines | coal | |
| Foothills Cartage | small parts, equipment | ||
| Distillery Row | Station | people | people |
| Husky Refinery | gasoline, fuel oil, propane | ||
| Pine Ridge | Big Pine Lumber Co. | lumber, plywood | |
| Prairie Dog | Propane | ||
| Station | |||
| Alberta Wheat Pool Elevator | wheat, rye, barley | wheat, rye, barley | |
| Angus Stockyard | cattle, hogs, sheep | feed, hay | |
| Dusty Coal & Gravel | coal, gravel | ||
| Hillside Lumber | lumber, plywood | ||
| C | |||
| Interchange Track ? | |||
| Queenston | Swift Meat Packing | cattle, hogs, sheep | packaged meat |
| Prince Warehouse & Station | sugar, fertilizer, cement, packaged meat | ||
| Enmax Power | coal, gasoline | ||
| Wild Rose | Alberta Pool Elevator | wheat, rye, barley | |
| Coaldale | Yard ? | ||
| Interchange track ? | |||
| Costco, Wal-Mart, Future Shop, Bakery, London Drugs, Shell Oil, Safeway, ... | acid, propane, newsprint, fruit, vegetables, canned goods, clothing, fabrics, hardware, paint, toys, electronics, computers, |
I know that I need to have shippers and consignees matched (i.e. every product that is received somewhere must be shipped from at least one source). I will also need to identify what type of car (AAR code) is required for transporting each product.
Once again, I had a nice balance between operations (running CN 7985 diesel in the Coaldale Yard) and planning for the eventual use of Switch It!.