Thanks for watching the video. In general, I am not into the scenery and structures on the layout, but as I focus on the story that I want to tell, the structures are building themselves.

You are most welcome!

Jeff, thanks so much. They do get slightly more durable once you add scenery, but...

DCC-EX is a pretty full featured system and you can easily build one for under $85

John, they are a preset color. They are Blue or Red to represent Blue or Red flagmen on the railroad. www.modelrailroadcontrolsystems.com/dcc-flag-man-track-power-tester-8-pack/

Thanks

Thanks

Happy new year!

Russ, thanks!!

I tried to be gentle just for you!

I definitely will once I get the block detection setup.

Sometimes you just need a little bit of finese!! Put on the white gloves and pull out the magnifying glasses

You too, Steve!

John, Happy holidays to you too!

They are a great tool for testing track.

It is going to be an entirely new layout next time you come back.

At this point in my journey, I do not have specific cars assigned to specific industries. Maybe one day.

Of the WEEK? Didn't year hear? I have more than enough 40' boxcars and I will not be getting any more this week :)

Thanks, I like the red one, makes me hard to miss.

I really like those Pan Am (MEC) locos.

@HumancityJunction what brand are the Pan Am (MEC) locos?

Thanks so much!!

Thanks for watching the video.

That would be a good idea. Have an indicator of some sort that a car was at the end of the tracks.

A ten pack of IR detectors was purchased from Amazon.

This is a really good idea. I held up a piece of mirror I had but it was too big. I will look into getting something.

John, thanks for the feedback. I also like learning this type of of info when watching people switch

@@RailserveJohn Great thought. Knowledge is a powerful tool. Our RR club exchanges our operator experiences post operation sessions to iron out some of the weaknesses.

Glad you enjoyed it.

Yeah, it seemed to be a fluke. The switch machine set the frog in the wrong direction and was causing a short because I do not have gaps cut between blocks. At least now I know what could possibly happen.

Thanks for checking it out. Yeah, I get that it is not for everyone. I tried to provide some infromation to make it interesting for everyone.

Let me use the car? If you are letting me, why do I keep getting monthly invoices for using it.

@@HumancityJunctionlol!

The regular blades make me swear, the Z blades are great!!

Good idea to make some flatcar loads. I am numbering from the mainline out, as that has been the most common on the layouts I have operated on. The edge of the layout doesn’t really exist to the layout operations. The 4th wall is a made up construct that is required in modeling. But as an engineer, the tracks are from the mainline you arrive on to the outside of the yard.

This would be possible for the North Yard, but not sure there is any way to really do that with the Car Float. I have dropped cars on the mainline at the yard entrance, run around them and shoved into staging. So not really going all the way into the yard. Theoretically, the North Interchange is past the North Yard, not next to it. So the cars would need to pass through the yard to get from the industries to staging. One day when/if I have more space, that is the plan.

Bill, what I cannot decide is whether I should determine the order or if I should let the operators make the choices.

@@HumancityJunction the crews will work best making their own choices but should always be incentivized to make the company most efficient, like most profitable … but you know its only model railroading, eh??? Still, I suppose you could meter the electricity used to compare crews’ efficiency… nahh….

Vincent, thanks for commenting. And I agree, definitely enjoy getting together with people of similar interests. Let me know if you ever want to visit the layout.

@@HumancityJunction Thank you Heath for the invite. Maybe one day when my work schedule lightens up, I will get to participate. At NYSME, we got to do a couple of operating sessions back on the last Monday of August and September. It made use of car cards based on Erie Lackawanna operations in Bergen County in the late 1960's time period. The member who put it all together worked as a towerman briefly around 1968 or 1969 and he did the project (from what I understand) to also get some credit for becoming an NMRA Master Modeler. If we get to do it again, I will let you know in case you would like to and are able to. It took around 4 hours depending on how efficient people were. Again, thank you and be well, V

@@vincentzablocki4930 Yeah, I heard you were working on setting up the HO scale layout for ops. I would be interested in a session that is outside 9-5 work hours.

@@HumancityJunction We shall see what we shall see...have an excellent 2025 with continued progress and fun on your Riverside Transfer RR...be well, VZ

It's always good to see folks enjoying retirement.

My understanding is the only “reset” at this point is to keep pushing the firmware update. Yeah, I know.

@@HumancityJunction Thanks... I guess you mean, just keep retrying over-and-over, in the hopes it will eventually 'not Fail', and upload correctly.

If I got a gruesome casket model I would find a place for it on the layout.

@@OtterCreek if you can dodge a wrench…

@@HumancityJunction I'm old and fat, I'd probably take the wrench to the forehead. Everything looks awesome!

John, I haven’t measured it yet, but that is something on my list of things to test.

Merry Christmas to you too!

Thanks, I am hoping to add more trains videos soon.

I hope to record more of these train running videos.