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Hi Kevin, I'm going to say the conductor would be over seeing the switching move and helping the brakeman to expedite the move. You are correct, the bumper is there to keep the cars from accidentally rolling off the end of the track, but they are not to be used to stop the cars. I guess you can call them a safety device. I really like that freight station T-Trak model, that is a neat module with lots of ops potential. Before you know it, you're going to have JMRI Panel Pro/ Operations Pro generating switch lists for you to add to your ops sessions.😊Another neat ops video Kevin, thanks for uploading it. Cheers, Rich S.

Nice track design. I like it. Works well as a switcher and continuous running. Very nice compact layout!!

Hi Kevin, Nice little ops session. Of course during the PRR diesel era, there would have been two brakeman and a conductor on your train, with one brakeman designated as the head end brakeman the the second brakeman would have been riding in the caboose. They would all work together as a team to minimize walking as much as possible and expedite the switching movement. As an example more than likely the headend brakeman would have stepped off at the railroad crossing and stopped the train in the clear of the crossing, making the cut and riding the cars forward, while the rear end crew would have walked up to line the cross-over near the road crossing. They would continue to work as a team. Also the cab is on the front end of that GP30, which is indicated by the letter "F" on the side sill near the front steps, so the brakeman or conductor would have given the engineer the forward had signal to move into the siding. Just because you're shoving cars, does not mean the direction changes, the hand signals always stay the same and go by where the "F" is located on the locomotive. I know it gets kind of confusing because the N&W and Southern designated the long hood end of most locomotives as the front. But the same was true with a lot of other locomotives like the GP7, GP9, SD7, SD9 and even some of the ALCO's like the RS-2's, RS-3, etc. saw the long hood designated as the front. Also Kevin, I'm not trying to lecture or criticize you, I'm just adding this information to add to your operation experience. So please don't take this as a negative comment, I very much enjoyed your ops session video. Also on the prototype when we make a knuckle, we always give them a stretch, just to make sure the pins dropped and we have a good knuckle. Also for the count down, yes at first you count cars, but when you get to a half a car, you start counting down in feet, 20', 10', 5' and that will do as the knuckles are coming together. I see you're using Ed Kapuscinski Train Crew App? How do you like it? Not sure how many people Ed had beta testing the app, but I was on the list. Did you see Ed at the N scale convention in Bethlehem? He gave a very good clinic on winter modeling. Also Ed is usually at the Altoona N scale weekend if you have any feedback on the Train Crew App. Cheers, Rich S.

That is a neat layout. I particularly like the building.

No frills and well-made.

Tutorial how to make this buildings?

Love this layout. More vids please

Thanks for posting

Nice little layout.

Thanks.

Dontou have a video on how you made this layout? Is this N gauge? What track did you use? Is the building a scatch kit?

This is so neat.....simple and different....fabulous.

Excellant layout,shows you don't need a lot of space.

I am a loop guy , so this is a great layout . Great job and demo

Very impressive layout I see the hand of God all was needed to solve problems on the layout cheers from Bruce.blenheim south island new Zealand

What a fascinating way to run a session with a "work oders" kind of process. Very food video and layout.

Cool!

What a great idea - I'm just planning my very first layout and I'm defiantly keeping this in mind. Thank you (love the cards!) 👍

Nice little layout

great video, thank you. the layout looks amazing

I like how you made the loop part of the overall design. Something not normally done but it works!

I've just started planning a similar concept. Nice looking layout

Nice! Fun little layout.

You called it "The Cut." When I lived in Pittsburgh we called it "The Trench."

Cool, that train was a monster!

Nice. Too bad he didn't give you some horn blasts.