Dave Marconi said:
Nice being able to see what I couldn’t attend.
Ooohh …you were invited ??
Bob McCown said:
Interesting statistic from the train manifests. Crews moved 3,782 tons of goods during the Saturday op session.
So, is that scale tons or real tons? If the cars were empty, as most model cars are, how would you know?
David Maynard said:
Bob McCown said:
Interesting statistic from the train manifests. Crews moved 3,782 tons of goods during the Saturday op session.
So, is that scale tons or real tons? If the cars(http://cdncache-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png) were empty, as most model cars are, how would you know?
The JMRI program will determine if the cars are Loaded (L) or Empty(E). When you’re setting up the program you add the weight limit to each car. I usually set this as 20 tons. Most of the time I don’t really care whether it’s loaded or empty, all I care about is where it’s going. But the program will keep track of it. It’s shows on the manifest the weight of the train with all the cars, (6 cars: 4 loads, 2 empties) so you can determine which engine to use.
David Maynard said:
Bob McCown said:
Interesting statistic from the train manifests. Crews moved 3,782 tons of goods during the Saturday op session.
So, is that scale tons or real tons? If the cars were empty, as most model cars are, how would you know?
I’m pretty sure Bob thinks it’s real tons - counting all the rocks and dirt he moved.