Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page
Are you ready to tackle realistic model operations on your layout? Follow this all-new MRVP mini-series and you will be! Over the course of five episodes, David Popp and the MR/MR Video Plus team will use the HO scale Beer Line project layout to share the preparations, processes, and common practices for an operating session you and your guest will enjoy. To get things started, David shares insights on setting up our project layout ops session.
The .pdf file is not listed in the Trains.com version. Will this be the case for all the files listed under the old MRVP videos?
love this video.As car cards are a bit of a mystery to fully understand and wanting to run a revenue collecting railway,it is very much needed.Thanks
Can the forms be edited? If so what program is need
Another thought occurred to me, than instead of writing down the color, etc. in the description line on the car card; note the length of the car and the width of the door opening or number of doors. You might even include that it may be a plug door.
Nice explanation of how the car card system works. And wonderful tip on using business car holders to contain them. Think I’m going to do that instead of using tape.
I think it is much easier for most to use the simplified waybills as opposed to using the duplicates of real ones. Those tend to get a bit more complicated, and unless one knows all the in and outs of freight waybilling they can be an exercise in frustration.
David, Man, did I need this! Thank you. Ya’ll did very well thinking it out and putting it together. As I have mentioned in the past, I’m a little slow on the uptake of potentially confusing issues. This video is now in my “Model Railroading Favorites” and ready for reviewing over and over again. I have a hard time at our club understanding all this, so I can’t wait to see Part 2! However, the important part will be adapting it all to my Pacific Crest for my own personal enjoyment at home. Happy New Year! I look forward to all the great stuff coming out in 2017. ONWARD!
Thanks David for another great video. Years ago, I was a member of the Peninsula Model Railroad Club and the San Mateo County Fairgrounds (featured in a couple of MR issues) Our main responsibility was to run during the County Fair and I can remember sitting in the elevated cab controlling two trains running opposite directions on a single track main with passing sidings. Actually, it wasn’t that hard once you got the hang of it. During non fair running time (the other 50 weeks of the year) there was the occasional operating sessions, but nothing as elaborate as what you’ve shown. It was a 30’x60′ layout with two big yards and a separate branch line. A realistic session complete with card operation would have been nice. Oh, by the way, you could’ve made a decent draftsman with your neat writing!
David you for got paint and freon for the freezer company, both could be supplies locally and probably were in steel drums. However the empties are hazardous materials as are the products. I didn’t realize having fun was this much work.
As David did with the Winston Salem Southbound, but more concise, once again a superbly made and edited video on operations. It beats all the books I’ve read on the subject. Keep up this excellent job. I truly enjoy this. Once again, you set the standard!
David, nice video. I like your clear explanations of the car card system. I see how to handle the locos and freight cars, but how is the caboose handled with this car card system?
Were you describe car types, I see Box Cars are given the AAR description XM. Where can I find these descriptions? I’ve only seen Box Cars described as X. Thanks!!
Darned nice! THIS is the kind of “How to Operate” video that I have been hoping for. For 20+ years I have been building various models of freight cars, now I need to put them into use other than just running in trains. This kind of information will help me put some “play value” into the layout. Thanks to David and the crew.
Ok, I’ll bite….was the DCC blocking process (earlier video on the Beer Line) laid out to facilitate the operation of the beer line as you described in this video David? Thanks.
Love this video, you really don’t see this kind of hands on explanation about operations anywhere else. Fun to watch. One feedback I have is to would be better to reduce the background music volume, especially when David speaks. It’s getting distracting at some parts of the video.
Thanks for the PDF!
David, a great job of explaining car routing. I am glad you are getting into operation, you make it understandable and fun. Will look forward to the op session with cordless throttles.
Where is the Inventory List PDF to be found? Really good description. Thank you
This is a fascinating and well done presentation. It’s worth pointing out, though, that operators have been using a number of computer-generated switchlist programs for at least 25 years. JMRI’s is the most comprehensive, and it’s free. If you guys are using JMRI for decoders, which you often cover, I hope you’ll expand your horizons to computer switchlists. These can automate tasks like figuring out how often to send a boxcar of spent grain to a consignee, and they eliminate card boxes (easy to knock and damage) and card decks (easy to drop and scramble).
Ira,
The pdf download is below the video!
Jenny