Car Card & Waybill System for the Des Moines Valley RR
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- This video goes into more detail about my Car Card & Waybill System. Car forwarding systems are a great way to add operational interest into a model railroad and give it a sense of realism and prototypical purpose.
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i love that you mace this video... prototype operations demo with waybills.... awesome... thank you
I really enjoyed this video! I've never done waybills before but they look like they make layouts more fun. I'm going to add this system to mine.
hey John... i like your system .. gives all your rolling stock a purpose & it will keep the operators on their toes.. great info .. now i i need to get some sort of system for my layout... thanks for sharing.. BTW very smooth op session... vinny
Thank you Vinny! It is a really cool system. It is pretty flexible too and doesn't require loads of paperwork. Simple and easy...and I am so good with that!
I like it! Thanks for sharing this. I will have to implement something like this on my layout.....once I get to that stage.
It's really fun and easy to implement! Thanks Joe for your comment!
Very inspirational, thanks. Cheers!
Thanks for sharing this John! That was awesome! I love watching ops man. Keep these vids coming.
Thank you John...I will! BTW, I'm reminded that I need to work on a video to introduce a car or two into the community weathering project. Been wanting to brush up (pun intended) on my weathering skills!
Signalfan sweet man I hope you do!
Nice video, John! Lots of great info on how your system works.
Thank you Brian. It's really a fun system to use.
Thanks John, that was great info! I love me some ops videos!!! You have a great looking layout. -Matt
Thank you Matt! I think ops is my favorite aspect of the hobby.
John,
Thats cool. Only the third time I've seen these used. The first was on David Popp's Hew Haven RR that I have on DVD. They actually have these on the DVD so you can print them. I'm going to use the same system on my RR once I expand it. Right now, I have the pockets, but I'm not using the waybills yet.
Pretty much any operating layout uses Car Card and Waybills. Go look up OpSig.Org and maybe meet up with some other operators., Great fun.
Ray, It is a pretty cool system and is really flexible. Once the car has completed a waybill cycle, I can move as empty to it's assigned staging yard and move it to the storage drawer. Later, the car can be pulled and a new waybill can be inserted. In this way, the same car doesn't necessarily have to make the same 4 moves. Also, you can use special Empty Car Request cards to add even more interest in adding variety to the pace.
Haven't gotten to the point of being able to do the 4 cycle yet, but I do have loco and car pockets for my stuff. Maybe I'll do a explanation Volg on this also.
I think I'm getting it, at last. Thanks.
Yep very familiar. Still looking for an easy pouch or something similar, so the cards dont fall on the floor when sorting before and after switching, the main drawback of a stack of cards for a train. Fun tho. Robert
Robert- I use a waist apron like you find at ACE or other home improvement stores. My particular one is from the Ops Sig group that I am a member of. It has three front pouch/pockets perfect for the car cards, uncoupler picks, two way radios, and it even will fit a small clipboard!
I really enjoyed your teaching...Are there any books u prescribe I read to understand all operations terminology and reasons why track is listed a certain way, buildings placed in certain locations etc.
Jeff: Check out the book: A Compendium Of Model Railroad Operations, from design to implementation. This book gives many examples of what you're asking
Great video - very useful on ops.... what camera do you use? Its great!
Thank you John. The camera is a Sony HDR CX-330 and I've been quite happy with the picture quality. Thanks for watching and commenting!
That’s what I used to very good
Did you print off those cards yourself or did you buy them somewhere? I really like your system and it seems really realistic.
BNSFguy 617 Got them from Micro-Mark. www.micromark.com/car-routing-system-starter-pack,8282.html
Thanks! I think I will get these even though my layout isn't very big. But I still would like to use them.
Nice system! May I ask where you got the the setup to keep your extra cars in?
The bins are from Wal-mart. I just spray glued in some foam matting like what is used in tool boxes.
Now that was fun.
It is very fun. Thanks for your comment Bill!
Hello Dave Here I am disabled and am wanting to model a freight yard in HO Scale and want to use car cards and run my RR the best I can can I print car cards from this sight or where>
thanks Dave
+Dave Bolyard You can obtain the car cards and waybills from Micro-Mark: www.micromark.com The page is here:www.micromark.com/SearchResult.aspx?deptIdFilter=0&searchPhrase=car+cards
THANKS VIDEO IN OPERATION ON YR LAYOUT