Part 105 - How to be a yardmaster on a model railroad!

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Burr Stewart

Burr Stewart

Күн бұрын

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@jimd.6152
@jimd.6152 6 күн бұрын
Great video from a rail fan point of view. Not only do I like the colorful loco's, but the different make and models a well. Best 1 1/2 hr. spent today. Thanks!
@muchfunwithtrains
@muchfunwithtrains 6 күн бұрын
Thanks! I really enjoy the variety of the 1970's era, with all the mergers going on.
@KandWRailroader
@KandWRailroader 5 күн бұрын
Excellent and informative video! Thank you!
@muchfunwithtrains
@muchfunwithtrains 5 күн бұрын
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
@edwardstd52
@edwardstd52 4 күн бұрын
Fun video. I had to watch it in two sessions, but that was no problem. I was checking the "bangs" and I don't think you missed any. 😄👍
@muchfunwithtrains
@muchfunwithtrains 4 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed the whole thing! Bang! LOL, I can't remember if I checked to make sure I got them all in, or if it was just a natural instinct to say "Bang" by now...
@ronaldrondeau7870
@ronaldrondeau7870 4 күн бұрын
Thanks Burr, I watch 2 times cause to fun, your guys are to much bangs they need formation ,see you next time
@muchfunwithtrains
@muchfunwithtrains 4 күн бұрын
Yes, we certainly see a variety of 'bang-man" styles!!
@bigfoot-bf5wp
@bigfoot-bf5wp 4 күн бұрын
Nice yard
@muchfunwithtrains
@muchfunwithtrains 4 күн бұрын
Thanks. I copied the prototype in a condensed form...
@JoeyBPhotography
@JoeyBPhotography 7 күн бұрын
This was fun to watch and informative, thanks for sharing your ops sessions! Im not an expert on bromine, but I do know that it was used in flame retardants, pesticides, and even photography chemicals.
@muchfunwithtrains
@muchfunwithtrains 7 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the input on bromine!
@Justfor1day
@Justfor1day 9 күн бұрын
22 degrees here..i'm railfanning your layout next to my fireplace ...enjoy your videos and narrating ..those Alco NP engines are nice.
@muchfunwithtrains
@muchfunwithtrains 9 күн бұрын
Thanks for your comment! I found out today that the "Fern Turn" train was often pulled by NP re-patched RS11's with some GP's so we'll have to make a motive power change there next time. Stay warm!
@mic-drop-74
@mic-drop-74 8 күн бұрын
I'm a CN yardmaster, this just scratches the surface with amount of BS a yardmaster deals with.
@muchfunwithtrains
@muchfunwithtrains 8 күн бұрын
True! Definitely an advantage to modeling vs. the real thing.
@mic-drop-74
@mic-drop-74 8 күн бұрын
@@muchfunwithtrains No idea how this got into my feed, but interesting seeing a modeler work a yard. Main rule of a yardmaster, keepem safe and moving.
@muchfunwithtrains
@muchfunwithtrains 8 күн бұрын
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for your comments.
@25mfd
@25mfd 6 күн бұрын
i was a switchman for the chicago and northwestern... the one thing that i noticed with our yardmasters was the CONSTANT ringing of that freakn' telephone... that alone put me off from being a yardmaster LOL
@mic-drop-74
@mic-drop-74 5 күн бұрын
@@25mfd 26 years on the ground as a conductor. Nice to sit in an office when its -40F.
@amy-bradcoleman9734
@amy-bradcoleman9734 9 күн бұрын
Nice video burr
@JamesTartas
@JamesTartas 9 күн бұрын
I like the instructional aspect of this video, Burr. A nice follow up/ companion video your viewers might enjoy might be one that shows the sequenced thought and organizational process a yardmaster goes through at the beginning of (or just prior to) a session. How he/she organizes blocks of cars according the car cards or switch lists. and how they decide what has the most immediate priority, which track to put a car on, etc. (A look over their shoulder as they figure it all out). I try to pick the brains of yardmaster I assist but things get busy fast and some of that can fall by the wayside. I've been enjoying the inclusion of operator's chatter in your recent videos. The "much fun" part!
@muchfunwithtrains
@muchfunwithtrains 9 күн бұрын
Thanks Jim. That's a good suggestion.
@paulschannel9184
@paulschannel9184 9 күн бұрын
A suggestion. Have a deck of “community chest” cards for air tests. Any train made up and has engines coupled, have the engineer pick a card to see if the air test was successful or if there is a bad order car that needs to be switched out of the train. True railroading at its best!
@cp368productions2
@cp368productions2 9 күн бұрын
I wish we had a layout like this to operate on near me. The closest we have in the Lakeshores Division of the NMRA is the layout that I am operating on Sunday afternoon which has 3 active yards. There are a couple others but their yards aren't that active or there's only one. This operating session will bring me up to 24 hours of operating experience in a year.
@muchfunwithtrains
@muchfunwithtrains 9 күн бұрын
Thanks for your comment. I agree, not too many layouts are as yard-intensive as this one. I find it super fun, but some people like running out on the mainline with signals and such. Hope you find more people near you over time...
@scottsmith7051
@scottsmith7051 8 күн бұрын
Learned a tremendous amount, thanks...new sub, notifs on. 👍
@muchfunwithtrains
@muchfunwithtrains 8 күн бұрын
Thanks and welcome. What kinds of things did you learn?
@scottsmith7051
@scottsmith7051 8 күн бұрын
@ well, everything! I am as much a "newbie" as it gets. Looking to get into realistic operations not knowing a thing about it. I'll be checking out your other videos as I go along I'm sure.
@muchfunwithtrains
@muchfunwithtrains 7 күн бұрын
If you haven't found it yet, I recommend looking into @operationsSIG where they have a lot of useful presentations on model railroad operations. Their quarterly magazine is worthwhile as well, if you join opsig.org
@tsitracommunications2884
@tsitracommunications2884 7 күн бұрын
In terms of length how longvshould a railroad yard be?
@muchfunwithtrains
@muchfunwithtrains 7 күн бұрын
It all depends on what you want to do. The main purpose of a yard is to sort cars, so even a very short yard is better than nothing, assuming you want to sort cars. Some people have model railroads where all they do is run trains around, and they don't need a yard. Or maybe they need a "staging yard" that is as long as the longest train they want to run. Or maybe they have a passing siding on the mainline somewhere, so they want the yard to be as long as their passing siding. But if the yard is shorter than that, you can always take cars from more than one track out of the yard and switch it into a train. It all depends on your (operational) goals.
@muchfunwithtrains
@muchfunwithtrains 7 күн бұрын
Also, I meant to mention that there are several different types of yards. The one here in this video is a classic "division point" yard, where crews, engines and cabooses are pulled on and off trains. But there are also "interchange yards" for connecting with other railroads, "industry yards" for sorting cars near industry shipping districts, and even yards at a specific shipper for handling arriving and departing cars. For example, I have a four track, stub-ended receiving yard at my Cargill export grain terminal, which is just long enough to hold a single unit grain train, split between four tracks. It's about five feet long, where my double-ended division point yard (in this video) is about 30 feet long, and the video is only showing the action on the northern half of it.
@IMRROcom
@IMRROcom 9 күн бұрын
This was too easy, I spy the Blue LDRR box car in the opening shot, Now what will I do for the other 91 minutes of the video....
@muchfunwithtrains
@muchfunwithtrains 9 күн бұрын
See if you can guess why the bromine car kept moving from one track to another. I can't figure it out...
@IMRROcom
@IMRROcom 9 күн бұрын
@@muchfunwithtrains Will do :)
@IMRROcom
@IMRROcom 3 күн бұрын
@@muchfunwithtrains I do not think the bromine car changed tracks as much as you think. I noticed that that bromine car seems to stay on the same track (I call it track 3, the transformer/flat would be on track 1) The camera shifts 1 track left or right giving the illusion that the bromine car changed tracks. Also the track next to the bromine car had cars and then was emptied also helping give the illusion the bromine car changed tracks. At the end of the clip, the bromine car is still behind the SP Box on what I call track 3 from my view angle. I count 1,2,3 yellow throws out of the 5 visible...
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