Fantastic video Tim! It is great to see the prototype paperwork you use everyday. Following the prototype rules and procedures adds time, and fun, to an ops session.
good vid... and tim you already know this for sure but for those who don't know, reviewing your track bulletins carefully is *VERY VERY IMPORTANT* there can be life and limb and job saving details contained within like *FORM B* locations or maybe a *FORM A SPEED RESTRICTION* if you blow through those limits your job is in great jeopardy (depending on what your company discipline policy is)... not to mention you can hurt or even KILL someone else or yourself... but fortunately that type of pressure does not exist on a model railroad
Thanks! This is true. First thing I look for is anything that pertains to the section of the railroad I will be operating over. Especially slow orders or form Y stop boards.
hey tim i gotta add this in to... @ 13:00... when i worked for the railroad back in the early 90s, i worked in the yard a LOT, did a lot of flat switching... we NEVER got any track bulletins as a yard engine crew... with ONE exception, if i was marked up on one of our yard industry jobs because those jobs went out on the mainline... but our regular old flat switchers stayed in the yard and NEVER got track bulletins... i mention this because we had a switchman get injured in a very similar scenario with rail in the overgrown weeds along the mainline next to the yard (he injured his elbow in a fall... at first they brought him up on charges, standard railroad nazi procedure, then later settled with him for $20K)...as a yard engine where i worked at, it was impossible to have prior knowledge of any hazards like that if you didn't get any track bulletins or unless a safety notice was posted... that's a really GREY area of safety IMO... same thing with haz-mat paperwork... again on a flat switcher never got any but on a road job and the yard industry jobs we did get haz-mat paperwork... we had a guy come in contact with a MTY sodium chlorate car during his switching duties, he got sick after that and he couldn't figure out why... later he traced his ailment back to the POSSIBLE exposure to the sodium chlorate car... but again on a flat switcher, our lists didn't come with haz-mat paperwork... again a big grey area safety wise
You’re right. Yard jobs only get the dispatcher bulletins if they have to go out on the main. But there are other ways that the railroads can use to reduce exposure to safely hazards. Things like Superintendent Notices and good safety briefings from a Yardmaster or Trainmaster. We actually have a safety committee made up of our peers where we can take up items that needs attention to help make things safer. There’s only so much you can do though. If it is a leaking hazmat car that is a much bigger problem! In my line of duty I try keep good situational awareness at all times. If something is not right, I figure it’s best to notify someone rather than let it go. You never know if it could prevent one of your colleagues from getting hurt like the scenarios you mentioned above. Thanks for the comment!
Wow! It looks like if I ever get lucky enough to be a guest operator on the SC I'm gonna have to go to engineer school to learn all those rules. Reminds me of the Ferengi 285 Rules of Acquisition!
Great stuff! I worked for the C&NW in the early '70s (train orders and clearance form A) and now volunteer for a museum railroad that runs on a Class 1's track so we need track authority, bulletins, etc... It's fun to see you tie model railroading into the 12" to the foot scale operations!
This was SO fun!!! Only a real engineer with the experience like you have can explain and work this out right! Great knowledge love it sir, can't wait till the next part!!! -Gary
Really enjoyed the video! I live right next to the CSX CHI-Nash line and always try and listen to the scanner when I can. Thanks for explaining some things. Looking forward to part 2! Maybe you could do a video about dispatcher initials. They had one here JMG and he was known as Jammim’up Good. LOL!
That’s great. It is going to be later on down the road before I start on the Newnan section. Probably three or four years but I hope to have some kind of representation of the area. It will definitely feature a downtown area with a lot of shops along the backdrop and I hope to include a park. Thanks for watching! Tim
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Fantastic video Tim! It is great to see the prototype paperwork you use everyday. Following the prototype rules and procedures adds time, and fun, to an ops session.
Thanks Tom! I will definitely get into more detail on the next two videos. Stay tuned.
good vid... and tim you already know this for sure but for those who don't know, reviewing your track bulletins carefully is *VERY VERY IMPORTANT* there can be life and limb and job saving details contained within like *FORM B* locations or maybe a *FORM A SPEED RESTRICTION* if you blow through those limits your job is in great jeopardy (depending on what your company discipline policy is)... not to mention you can hurt or even KILL someone else or yourself... but fortunately that type of pressure does not exist on a model railroad
Thanks! This is true. First thing I look for is anything that pertains to the section of the railroad I will be operating over. Especially slow orders or form Y stop boards.
Great video. Always good to learn op’s from a true expert. Appreciate the.content.
Thanks!
Thanks for the explanation of how you will operate! Looking forward to part two! - Paul
Thanks Paul!
That was good to watch and learn from and thankyou for posting.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks. Always informative
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for sharing. Very much enjoyed.🚦🚂🚃👍
Thanks for watching!
Beautiful Tim. The added warrants, ect.... adds so much fun and realism!! Can't wait for more.
Thanks! Stay tuned!
Excellent topic Tim looking forward to more episodes on Operations
Thanks! Stay tuned. A lot more on the way.
hey tim i gotta add this in to... @ 13:00... when i worked for the railroad back in the early 90s, i worked in the yard a LOT, did a lot of flat switching... we NEVER got any track bulletins as a yard engine crew... with ONE exception, if i was marked up on one of our yard industry jobs because those jobs went out on the mainline... but our regular old flat switchers stayed in the yard and NEVER got track bulletins... i mention this because we had a switchman get injured in a very similar scenario with rail in the overgrown weeds along the mainline next to the yard (he injured his elbow in a fall... at first they brought him up on charges, standard railroad nazi procedure, then later settled with him for $20K)...as a yard engine where i worked at, it was impossible to have prior knowledge of any hazards like that if you didn't get any track bulletins or unless a safety notice was posted... that's a really GREY area of safety IMO... same thing with haz-mat paperwork... again on a flat switcher never got any but on a road job and the yard industry jobs we did get haz-mat paperwork... we had a guy come in contact with a MTY sodium chlorate car during his switching duties, he got sick after that and he couldn't figure out why... later he traced his ailment back to the POSSIBLE exposure to the sodium chlorate car... but again on a flat switcher, our lists didn't come with haz-mat paperwork... again a big grey area safety wise
You’re right. Yard jobs only get the dispatcher bulletins if they have to go out on the main. But there are other ways that the railroads can use to reduce exposure to safely hazards. Things like Superintendent Notices and good safety briefings from a Yardmaster or Trainmaster. We actually have a safety committee made up of our peers where we can take up items that needs attention to help make things safer. There’s only so much you can do though. If it is a leaking hazmat car that is a much bigger problem! In my line of duty I try keep good situational awareness at all times. If something is not right, I figure it’s best to notify someone rather than let it go. You never know if it could prevent one of your colleagues from getting hurt like the scenarios you mentioned above. Thanks for the comment!
Wow! It looks like if I ever get lucky enough to be a guest operator on the SC I'm gonna have to go to engineer school to learn all those rules. Reminds me of the Ferengi 285 Rules of Acquisition!
That and you have to pass a rules test. 😂
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I wasn't expecting the rules section, because I hate going to rules classes, LOL. Excellent work sir.
😆thanks! I tried to make them as easy to understand as I could.
Now you got my attention. Subscribed
Thanks for coming aboard the ride! Hope you enjoy the content!
Great stuff! I worked for the C&NW in the early '70s (train orders and clearance form A) and now volunteer for a museum railroad that runs on a Class 1's track so we need track authority, bulletins, etc... It's fun to see you tie model railroading into the 12" to the foot scale operations!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
Great video Tim, I love to hear the rules, I will add Mile markers too.
Thanks!
You're welcome.@@SeaboardCentral
This was SO fun!!! Only a real engineer with the experience like you have can explain and work this out right! Great knowledge love it sir, can't wait till the next part!!! -Gary
Thanks Gary! Glad you enjoyed it.
Really enjoyed the video! I live right next to the CSX CHI-Nash line and always try and listen to the scanner when I can. Thanks for explaining some things. Looking forward to part 2! Maybe you could do a video about dispatcher initials. They had one here JMG and he was known as Jammim’up Good. LOL!
Thanks! Stay tuned. A lot more on the way.
Keep up the good work!
Thank you!
I am looking forward to more videos on this topic!
Thanks Brandon. Keep watching! It’s definitely going to get more detailed.
Layout looking great so far can’t wait for more bench work to be done keep up the work
Thanks! Stay tuned.
Nice gonna be a good series and hopefully as you get more of the layout finished you do more of these especially yard operations at the main yard
Thanks! You bet. There will be a lot of operation videos coming out. Especially how the main yard will be operated.
Always great video
Thanks!
Very informative 👍🏽
Thanks!
This is going to ne very informative
Thanks! Stay tuned for more.
im from Newnan id love to see what part your modeling downtown court square? I was also going to model Newnan but during 1940s steam era.
i actually live closer to the CSX in Fairburn/palmetto nice industries over there owens corning, DSI
i can get you some pictures if you need them of course google earth can give you alot but willing to help anyway i can
That’s great. It is going to be later on down the road before I start on the Newnan section. Probably three or four years but I hope to have some kind of representation of the area. It will definitely feature a downtown area with a lot of shops along the backdrop and I hope to include a park. Thanks for watching! Tim
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Interesting.
Thanks!
You should get a time clock and make the crew clock in before the shift.
We don’t have time clocks on the railroad but I could get a railroad clock to hang on the wall showing railroad time. That’d be cool.