Operations at Browns Yard (331)

[@2011Maynard]

Great job walking the classification process…

[@davidlwhitesidearmy]

Great Job and education

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

Thank you!

[@DunnyRail]

Interesting Vid as a Car and Waybill user on my G Scale East German line the only thing that griped was putting car cards on the Layout and over tracks. This poor practice is one that I have stepped on with my operators by providing angled shelves for them to use for such purposes. There looks space on top of the Green Control Box for such a helpful feature.

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

SOrry I was being lazy. Thank you for watching!

[@Mercatoyd]

Joe, for me this was maybe the most enjoyable ops video you've done. I really like, as always, how you explain all the moves before you do them so we can follow along and not just watch trains shuffle. As others have commented..the break between real time and fast action with the rail sounds was a great addition. Watching this video made me realize more than before just how planned out the yard is and how it all makes sense the way it works. After posting this comment I'm going to watch this segment again.

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

Excellent glad you like it Tom. Thanks for watching!

[@elsdp-4560]

THANK YOU...for sharing. Very enjoyable.

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

ELSDP-45 glad you liked it thanks for always watching

[@scotabot7826]

Really cool. Do you ever consider putting in any automatic un-couplers on your yard ladder to keep from using the hand held tool?

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

Ya I thought about it, but didn't want to get into more wiring at this time. Maybe in the future.

[@craiglockridge7667]

All good i could not get through all that once again thank you for the update video nice.

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

Thanks for watching!

[@rjl110919581]

THANK YOU FOR DETAIL VIDEO ON OPERATIONS YARD WORK OUT

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

Glad you like it thanks for watching!

[@ainsleyperry5192]

Joe,This kept me up way past my bed time. In the area I model and year ( 2019) mainline trains arrive into the yard with just a quick blast of the horn or bell. But now and then you get one train that just has a constant horn and bell ringing.At this location the yard engine and slug have their own vibe. They Fuss around the yard like a mother hen keeping it's charges in check. Sometimes a train can arrive in the yard but the whole feeling has changed, this time out of the bowl of the yard comes the yard engine looking for it's next prey. It just needs the " Jaws" theme to to give it the right tone. A few thursday's ago the yard had been warned to expect a train with a bogie defect on one of it's wagons. The yard engine spent hours trying to clear some room in a very full yard. The mainline train finally arrives, between the mainline loco's and yard loco they cut out the culprit. For the rest of the early hours trains were being " launched" east like spaceships. Some engineers had smooth take offs but others were reving the motors and taking off with the foot planted right to the floor. So thank you that was a great session. Over in the yard right now a line of autoraks have just been left. I can see the yard engine is not happy about this ( faster than 10 m.p.h. ) Cheers, Chris Perry.. So I'm off to see what will be done about it.

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

Sweet, sounds like fun! Thanks for watching and glad you like it Chris! Cheers.

[@sparky107107]

i am sure no one notice you went to the wrong end, of the string of cars first. lol , fast run a round, i like how you did that, not pushing all the way back, makes seance since cars will be pushed back as you go. i never really thought about it. but from a empty yard to full yard in the matter of a couple trains arriving. and we will just say you had a conductor in training for that. i can see how a operating session with four or five people can make it for a crazy busy layout. better be a good train master.

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

great thoughts sparky. Thanks for watching and following along!

[@dansherrell6803]

Are you a career rail worker? Cool set up and operation. I’d like to do a Conrail rainbow era layout of upstate Ny operations. I’m a Rochester native.

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

No just a railfan. Thanks for watching!

[@robtman9199]

Joe, that was a very nice video. I always enjoy watching trains on your layout and the progress you have made. The sound was good, enjoyed it, no issues with understanding you a bit. Blending in fast action with real time was awesome, makes the video go by smoother. The sounds of trains going by was good, any railroad sounds mixed in, like a dispatcher in the background talking to other trains is also fine. Keep up the nice videos and have a great summer.

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

Rob Tman thank you for the comments and support.

[@RailserveJohn]

Great session Joe. The yard design seems to be working well for your operations. Looking forward to the next video.

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

John2618 thank you yes I works really well. I just have to clear track 4&5 and it works so much better. Those are the front track that usually end up being used as storage ( just laziness) thanks for watching!

[@mjchern1]

Loved the video, Joe. The first time you sped up the action and played the sound of a train roaring by, I almost fell on the floor laughing. What a great effect! I can certainly appreciate getting the outbound holding tracks mixed up. Every time I've operated Browns, I've had to stop a couple of times to make sure the cars go on the right tracks. This usually happens about the time that the first outbound tracks are full and you now have two outbound tracks for both the north and southbound transfer runs. Just an observation...your arms must be way longer than mine! I seem to have a much harder time uncoupling cars on tracks 8 through 10. See you for the July op session.

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

Mike Chern thanks for watching! Can’t wait to see you in July

[@Rhinexing]

Really enjoyed your video, as usual. I think the addition of the sounds from your railfan videos was a nice touch. Keep up the great work, Joe!

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

Rhinexing thank you glad you liked it!

[@25mfd]

nice realistic vid... and as far as your mistake goes, it happens in real life to (I was a Chicago and northwestern switchman for 10 years)… mistakes add to the realism of the job... we had a yardmaster accidently send a car marked for green bay Wisconsin to green bay FLORIDA (i never knew there was a green bay florida)… all the he saw was green bay on the computer and didn't look at the full bill... we all had a good laugh out of it and mostly because we all would have made that same mistake... but the flip side is being able to catch and fix mistakes

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

25mfd thank you for that, story and thanks for the support! It means a lot when railroaders like what I am doing. Thanks for watching.

[@neilrogers1571]

Good session 😀🇬🇧 Neil

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

Neil Rogers glad you liked it thanks for watching.

[@dannyervin3486]

Looking forward to ops with run by trains. Thanks for sharing your videos!

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

Danny Ervin thanks and thanks for watching!

[@coxsj]

Hey Joe, One to add for your operations series is re-staging your staging yard. I'm interested to see how you deal with trains in stub ended staging including getting trains ready for next session, fiddling cars on and off the staging tracks, occupancy, car card management etc. I know there is a wye just on the other side of the wall from staging. I assume that is used to get trains pointing in the correct direction, or perhaps not? Curious to see how you do it.

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

Ok I like the idea. I will see if I can work it in to next session! Thanks for watching and the input!

[@SimSummer]

one thing about american model railroad is that you have 10-15 of almost the same locomotives aint that kinda boring, you know european locomotives are difrent and exiting (also diesels) so i dont get it can you guys even tell the difrense about your locomotives

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

I disagree, uniformity is what makes it look good. Partly because that is how the prototypes do it. My goal is to emulate my prototype as close as possible. The easiest way to distinguish each type of locomotive is through the numbering. Conrail assigned certain number to different classes. There are also spotting features that can help you tell them apart. Check out the North American Diesel Spotter Guide. Also locomotive fleets in Europe have lot of uniformity as well. Look at Freightliner Inc (Great Britain) or DB (Germany), as a couple of examples. Thanks for watching!

[@amtrak207]

This is an amazing layout. I’m in the planning stages of 86-89 Raritan Valley Line for NJT and Conrail ops. Can’t wait for more videos from you.

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

amtrak207 that sounds awesome

[@paulsmith1899]

Like the speed ups. No music is great

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

Thanks for watching and the input!

[@Maurice00PA]

Great video Joe! I really like your idea of using actual train sounds instead of music. I hadn't noticed the Rix Pick uncoupling tool holder before. Good idea. I stopped the video and went down the basement and drilled an appropriate size hole in one of my car card boxes. That works on the ones from Micro Mark but not some other brands. Cheers!

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

maurice grimes awesome. I have to admit I stole that idea from my good friend Tony Bowen. Works great. That for watching and your support!

[@matthewjones1119]

Very nice

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

Thanks Matt!

[@tadheath5856]

Very nice video!!!!!! Keep the railroad sounds!!!! Please!!! ....who was running the other trains? Do u have cameras so the operators can see their trains in the other rooms? Thanks for the great video!!!!!

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

Thanks. Just me. I have two DT402 throttles so I can have 4 trains selected and run at once. Thanks for watching!

[@mikemccoy9812]

This was great! I wish I could understand it better

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

Thanks for watching!

[@highballinghogger]

Love the sounds of the trains nice addition 👌

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

Dale PRR GUY Bass thank you very much and thanks for watching!

[@NS_1903]

Enjoyed the video and the sped up part with sound are ok..

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

NS1903 excellent thanks for watching

[@garykcs5532]

Great job Joe, cool vid yard looks great to bad it had to be stub ended..what kind of switches are those,,,keep up the great work...gary

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

gary wise micro engineering. I have my opinion on them. Thanks for watching Gary!

[@ralphgreenwood5857]

Joe, Great op session! The fast clips do reduce the time and break up the monotony. You could kind of subdue the train sounds slightly, making it more of a background sound-but I like it. Wow! I am seeing black and blue again! lol-Great Show!!

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

Ralph Greenwood thanks for the suggestions and thanks for following!

[@fredgemmill617]

I always look forward to your videos, especially ops videos. I'm ok with speedups, but prefer real time. Keep up the good work.

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

Fred Gemmill thank you! Thanks for watching.

[@troybrodrick7208]

are you about to start youtube vids again?

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

Thanks for watching! New video are up and more are coming!

[@scorry1000]

I have never seen dice used in an operation session. Can you explain a little more about it?

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

First off sorry for the delayed response. The dice I use a random number generator. I picked a number at the number represents a “fault”. This fault can be used for anything. A defective car, an over weight car etc. ( the sky is the limit) . When you roll the “fault”. The crew must take the appropriate action. Like stop the train and set the car out. The dice were a low cost solution that myself and Tony Bowen came up with to installing Boulder Creeks electronic scale. Thanks for the great question!

[@jasonguess9190]

Joe, I stumbled across this video when searching for model railroad operations. Great video! I have a question about something I saw. There is what appears to be five flat cars with white cylinders. To my eye they look like the loading tubes and DODX flat cars that the Navy/Lockheed use to ship D5 missiles around the country. I'm an Active Duty United States Navy Missile Tech with 19 years of service and if that is indeed what the cars are I'm very familiar with them!

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

Jason Guess hey good eye. That is what they are. Micro trains released them late last year. Being a former torpedoman I had to have them! USS Honolulu 2000-2004. Thanks for watching. Any information you can provide would be awesome!

[@deadbonbon]

Had to stop watching halfway through. The random railfanning sounds ended up detracting too much from the actual video at hand.

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

Deadbonbon sorry you didn’t like it. Thanks for watching.

[@deadbonbon]

I will say though, actually showing the mistakes and what you did to fix them while switching was interesting. Not too many people will admit to those in a video so you get props for that.