Daley Train Log
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I am eager to run my two DCC-ready locomotives on my layout, but first I need to attend to some technical matters. I need to install the latest version of Ship It! on my computer and verify that my files are still intact. I also need to update my Filemaker Pro database to reflect the change in status of my two locomotives as well as add records for the two hopper cars that I bought yesterday.
I have successfully installed Ship It! version 7.0 and have noticed that my files for the main profile are intact.
I have updated my Filemaker Pro files to reflect the new DCC modules in two locomotives as well as added two new records for the two new hoppers I bought yesterday.
I have added similar records to my Ship It! files for both the two hopper cars as well as the two locomotives.
I have brought all of my model train files up to date (Ship It! is installed and updated with 2 hoppers and 2 DCC locomotives; Filemaker Pro data base files). Now to try running the two new locomotives.
For the first time in my life I have 3 locomotives running in all directions, lights blazing, horns blaring. Incredible!
I want to continue making entries into a table of Canadian National Railways history that I played with a few days ago:
Date |
Description |
Source |
1836 |
Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad become Canada's first railroad. | M-2 |
1852 |
Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) incorporated to connect Montreal & Toronto | W |
1867 |
Confederation | W |
1876 |
Intercolonial Railway (ICR) completed: Halifax to Reviere-du-Loup | M-3 |
1882 |
GTR takes over Great Western Railway in Ontario | M-3 |
1885 |
Canadian Pacific Railway completes first trans-Canada route | W |
1894 |
Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) created in Manitoba, connects Winnipeg to Port Arthur | M-4 |
1900 |
Canada has 19,000 miles of track | M-2 |
1914-18 |
WW I | |
1922 |
Sir Henry Thorton appointed chairmam & president of the CNR | M-36 |
1923 |
Canadian National officially created by amalgamating GTR, ICR & CNoR | M- |
1923-4 |
Upgrade steam locos to Mikados (2-8-2), Mountains (4-8-2) and Santa-Fe's (2-10-2) | M-53 |
1923 |
CN begins the first network radio station | M-55 |
1924 |
The Crow rate (very low) for transporting grain is made statutory | M-59 |
| 1925-29 | Boom years (the Roaring Twenties) | M-59 |
1927 |
Northerns (4-8-4) become the workhorses of the CNR |
M-74 |
1928 |
CN introduces the first road diesel (built in Kingston) | M-74 |
1929-39 |
Great Depression | |
1932 |
Sir Henry Thornton resigns | M-104 |
1939 |
Start of WW II | |
1941 |
Centralized Traffic Control initiated | M-130 |
1945 |
End of WW II | |
1949 |
CNR absorbs the Newfoundland Railway | M-153 |
1949 |
Donald Gordon appointed head of CNR | M-173 |
1952 |
Switch from steam to diesel begins | M-186 |
1960 |
Last steam engine | M-216 |
1961 |
wet noodle logo adopted | M-219 |
1963 |
red, white & blue fares introduced for passenger traffic | M-232 |
1966 |
Donald Gordon retires | M-260 |
1968 |
CN handles container traffic | M-258 |
| The People's Railway (1992) by Donald MacKay | M |
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| Wikipedia | W |
The focus and emphasis during the last few months has been to develop an operational layout with enough rolling stock and diesel locomotives to represent the 1950-1970 era of steam and diesel.
I still need to add a DCC decoder to a steam engine and I want to buy one more road steamer, but overall the emphasis will shift from purchases to operations. The major expenses are now behind me. There is still some work to be done adding industries to the Ship It! program, but I want to proceed with this in a slow manner, making sure that I always have industries (shippers AND consignees). plus appropriate rolling stock for each product before I try to set up a new cycle of sessions.