October 7, 2006 |
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Saturday, October 7, 2006 It's been a long time, nearly a year and a half since the last time trains ran in a formal session on the Bear Creek. Construction along Roberts Creek on the upper deck and renovation of all the temporary track in Redland on the lower deck branchline rendered the layout either too messy or too torn up for operations. However, with the new trackage installed in Redland it seemed like a good time for a crew call. Check out the updated track plan. New stuff for this session included:
Dispatching was by TWC since with the new trains and traffic patterns I wasn't confident enough of my scheduling skills to want to go for TT&TO right away. With TWC it's easier for the poor DS to fix problems. We moved 10 trains over a period of 3 hours or so although some of the crew had to leave early. There was what seemed like a ton of preparation but the railroad ran, and not too badly given that it had been mostly sitting for a year and a half. Now its time to look foward to the next session in November. Click 'em to expand 'em. |
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