Joe. Always fun to watch and listen to the handbrake action. Car counts are approximate. The engineer learns quickly how accurate the crew's car counts are. Getting slamed out of his seat on a backup move may require another little job briefing with the rest of the crew. Noted was the absence of some sort of protection like cross bucks on the public Bordentown Avenue crossing. Even so the crew did flag the shove back over the crossing. The van driver had it easy being attached to the crew the whole day. Have you considered adding derails to protect all the spurs off the main track? Good to have you back in ops again. I hit the like button. Mike
Great to see the layout coming alive again! I remember when I ran that section, the tank car grab irons kept catching the lineside switch motors. I know you modified some tank cars after that session and may just want to look at that again in case a few more mods need to be made. - Phil
Hey Phil. Yes I have gone over that area extensively with my track gauges and move all the obstructions back. I must say then it is running really good in there. Thanks for watching.
Hi Joe, I miss New Jersey, and Conrail, and the most I miss is a basement,,, Not too many trains here in Fla, I have to drive up north of the state, from Ga. Joe I have a lay out 3x10 , Kato track, 2 SD-45, 1 SD70ACE, If you get tired of 1 of your Conrail Engines, let me know ok I like doing Industrys
Joe, when you reference pushing back x car lengths, what length of car are you using for that distance? Really glad you are back doing ops videos. Keep up the good work. Fred
Good question. As it was explained to me, on previous video, one car length is equivalent to a 50' boxcar. This is a general approximation because some cars are longer (60 foot reefers) and some cars are shorter (38 foot bromine tank car). Thanks for watching.
It's a bond between the crew members, some guys use long car lengths, some use short, they get used to each other, its not set in stone. One car for one guy might be 50 feet, another guy 20 feet
If you have a hundred cars you would use long car counts, if you only have a few it would be shorter, you have to account for the slack, etc. Thats where experience comes in
Hey Joe looks great! Very realistic.
Glad to see you having fun with ops again
Yes it feels good to be back. Thanks for following along.
Joe. Always fun to watch and listen to the handbrake action. Car counts are approximate. The engineer learns quickly how accurate the crew's car counts are. Getting slamed out of his seat on a backup move may require another little job briefing with the rest of the crew. Noted was the absence of some sort of protection like cross bucks on the public Bordentown Avenue crossing. Even so the crew did flag the shove back over the crossing. The van driver had it easy being attached to the crew the whole day. Have you considered adding derails to protect all the spurs off the main track? Good to have you back in ops again. I hit the like button. Mike
Great to see the layout coming alive again! I remember when I ran that section, the tank car grab irons kept catching the lineside switch motors. I know you modified some tank cars after that session and may just want to look at that again in case a few more mods need to be made. - Phil
Hey Phil. Yes I have gone over that area extensively with my track gauges and move all the obstructions back. I must say then it is running really good in there. Thanks for watching.
Joe I see you have some cars that I have too, I have about 135 cars, some cars that I got in N.J. back in the 70-80 before I came to Fla.
Yes I have quite a few cars, maybe around 300.
Hi Joe, I miss New Jersey, and Conrail, and the most I miss is a basement,,, Not too many trains here in Fla, I have to drive up north of the state, from Ga. Joe I have a lay out 3x10 , Kato track, 2 SD-45, 1 SD70ACE, If you get tired of 1 of your Conrail Engines, let me know ok I like doing Industrys
Ok sounds good, I will keep that in mind. Thanks for watching!
Joe, when you reference pushing back x car lengths, what length of car are you using for that distance? Really glad you are back doing ops videos. Keep up the good work. Fred
Good question. As it was explained to me, on previous video, one car length is equivalent to a 50' boxcar. This is a general approximation because some cars are longer (60 foot reefers) and some cars are shorter (38 foot bromine tank car). Thanks for watching.
@@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676 That's what I expected as it seemed logical.
Fred
It's a bond between the crew members, some guys use long car lengths, some use short, they get used to each other, its not set in stone. One car for one guy might be 50 feet, another guy 20 feet
If you have a hundred cars you would use long car counts, if you only have a few it would be shorter, you have to account for the slack, etc. Thats where experience comes in
Excellent video Joe. What are you using to simulate the hand brake sounds?
the Train Crew Program which can be found at conrail1285.com Thanks for watching!
@@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676 got it thanks, This will become part of my op sessions!
Hey Joe have you ever run into Bon jovi, Sayreville
No I haven't sorry. LOL!
You have probably been asked this before What kind of couplers do you use?
Micro-trains. I use the replacement trucks with the couplers attached. Thanks for watching.
Joe,where do you get the switchlist templates from?
conrailshoppe.com/miscellaneous/
Follow the link to the Conrail Historical Society's Shoppe. They are a must for any Conrail fan. Thanks for Watching.