Ken Brunt said:Nuttin.Bob McCown said:and how much revenue did that produce?...................;)
I tallied up the car movements, and we moved 10,920 tons of cars on Saturday...
Bob McCown said:Which is 100 times more than we produced last year :)Ken Brunt said:Nuttin.Bob McCown said:and how much revenue did that produce?...................;)
I tallied up the car movements, and we moved 10,920 tons of cars on Saturday...
Jon Radder said:Jon, Which one are you in the photos, I think I figured out who Bob is, The skinny guy with baseball hat that looks like he dont eat !!!!!!!!!!!!!:)Bob McCown said:Which is 100 times more than we produced last year :)Ken Brunt said:Nuttin.
and how much revenue did that produce?...................;)
Nicholas Savatgy said:
Jon, Which one are you in the photos, I think I figured out who Bob is, The skinny guy with baseball hat that looks like he dont eat !!!
I’m the guy next to him holding the papers who looks like he likes to eat 
(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/stan_ames/SaturdayBobs.jpg)
Didn’t we meet at ECLSTS and maybe once at Shawns ?
Looks like a good time was had by all… Maybe next year…
so…what is the surprise??
Jake Smith said:See http://www.largescalecentral.com/LSCForums/viewtopic.php?id=17426
so.....what is the surprise??
Bob McCown said:What is the significance of 28th St. trackage? What is it referencing?Ken Brunt said:I'm rethinking the plan for Franklin Falls, probably using all the benchwork for it, and moving the proposed 28th Street trackage somewhere else. Not sure *WHERE*, though.
When he gets a turntable built in Franklin Falls, we won't have to sneak through there to use the one at Burke. Franklin Falls wasn't completed so it was very tight. Sneaking the motive power through the cut over and into Burke relieved some of that.
Bob McCown said:Hey Bob,
I tallied up the car movements, and we moved 10,920 tons of cars on Saturday...
What did you use for tonnage? I’ve thought of using the gross tonnage on the reporting marks of the cars. Is that what you use?
Ric Golding said:
What is the significance of 28th St. trackage? What is it referencing?
This http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/indloco/err28.html I plan on making a condensed version of the yard trackage there. Something like this
Ah, thanks Bob. Now I get it. Sometimes they just wizz right by me.
Cool! With the float bridge and a system of connection to the outside world? I think the B&O had one of these much the same.
Bob McCown said:
Ric Golding said:
What is the significance of 28th St. trackage? What is it referencing?This http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/indloco/err28.html I plan on making a condensed version of the yard trackage there. Something like this
Neat, but you need a longer run around! 
Ric Golding said:
Cool! With the float bridge and a system of connection to the outside world? I think the B&O had one of these much the same.
There is a car float over in Wiiliamsport, just to the right of that yellow reefer.
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh58/rgseng/TrainOps%202012/Trainops2012006.jpg)
That’s Bruce having a grand time switching cars onto it…
Ken Brunt said:
Ric Golding said:
Cool! With the float bridge and a system of connection to the outside world? I think the B&O had one of these much the same.There is a car float over in Wiiliamsport, just to the right of that yellow reefer.
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh58/rgseng/TrainOps%202012/Trainops2012006.jpg)
That’s Bruce having a grand time switching cars onto it…
How true! The car ferry adds a neat dimension to the switching there. First of all, the engine is not allowed on the car ferry. There’s an idler flat car kept there so you can reach the final car on the ferry. Next, you can’t ever have the car “unbalanced”. That means if there’s 4 cars on the ferry (2 on each track), you can’t pull out 2 cars on that first track - you have to leave one and just pull one; so the ferry will have 2 cars on one track, and one on the other. Then you can pull the 2 cars on the one track, leaving the one on the other. Finally, you can get that last car. Of course the idler is in the way, but that’s just another problem. I really enjoyed that, but the guys waiting for me to clear the station were not as pleased. :o
Bruce Chandler said:Yea. I'm leaning toward making the entire bit of new benchwork the Franklin Falls yard, and use the 28th street idea somewhere else. Thats a LOT of track to try and cram on one bit of benchwork
Neat, but you need a longer run around! ;)
Bob; That is the problem that we all have a one time or another! And I am about out of room to put in mor bench work. Never any more on the ground track! to hard to reach and work on!
Paul
Bob
Its always fun to suggest improvements for others
As it stands it is a little short for both. Expand the yard another 6 -10 ft behing the shed and I think there is room for both. I like complicated trackage and the design actually allows two locomotives to be working the yard at the same time which also adds an extra dimension.
Stan
Bruce: You’d get significantly more yard capacity by putting those 2 ladders, one at each end, making it a simple double-ended yard. You’d still be able to pull trains out from each end. Even better ( realize you’ve got brickwork there, but anyway - even better, put your right -end yard access switches out there on that curve above that brick planter, or at least back those switches out to the right as much as you can. There’s no such thing as too much yard - or spur - trackage!
Except then it wouldnt be a switching puzzle like the prototype track, which is the whole purpose of it.