I pulled my copy of: How to operate your model railroad By Bruce Chubbs. I want some kind of realism on my layout, not just my trains going in circles.
I was reading the chapter on The trains, it gives a breif description of each classification of each train.
Heres where i got a little confused. Way freights and a general merchandise freight.
To my understanding, the general merchandise freight runs on a schedule, and leaves the full loaded cars on the sidings by the industries. But only sometimes does the switching. Does it also do pick-up of empty cars?
The the way freight goes and sets cars to sidings, picks up empties, and does the switching on industies spur tracks. Does it run on a schedule?
Will the book of: Track plannning for Realistic Operations by John Armstrong, help me understand the meanings of the different train classifictions? I would really like to learn more about the different types of trains. Any suggestion would be appreciated.
Thanks, Cliff
I was reading the chapter on The trains, it gives a breif description of each classification of each train.
Heres where i got a little confused. Way freights and a general merchandise freight.
To my understanding, the general merchandise freight runs on a schedule, and leaves the full loaded cars on the sidings by the industries. But only sometimes does the switching. Does it also do pick-up of empty cars?
The the way freight goes and sets cars to sidings, picks up empties, and does the switching on industies spur tracks. Does it run on a schedule?
Will the book of: Track plannning for Realistic Operations by John Armstrong, help me understand the meanings of the different train classifictions? I would really like to learn more about the different types of trains. Any suggestion would be appreciated.
Thanks, Cliff