Allegheny Eastern: Clean Slate

[Philip H]

Frank, the waves definitely come and go.  After four months of little train action (due to a temporary posting in Charleston) I have a list of projects longer then my arm (!) and the motivation to dive in and do them.  So fear not, your doldrums shall pass.

[kelticsylk]

"Cinders"

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Thanks for the encouragement Phil!

[kelticsylk]

"Humongous"

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[3DTrains]

Interesting read, Frank. Considering the number of trains and the penchant for modelers to compress time using a fast clock, what if you were to compress the number of trains as well, say 6:1?

Cheers!
Marc - Riverside

[pjm20]

Frank, one way I am going to deal with the Pennsy's volume is to go by a "trick". A trick is an employee's shift, and the Pennsy operated with three tricks, so 24 hours / 3 is 3 8 hours tricks. This idea was brought up by Jerry Britton in his "24 Hours at Harrisburg" study. Here is the link to it: http://pennsyrr.com/operations/passenger-operations/94-operations/passenger/141-24-hours-at-harrisburg-overview Good luck!

[kelticsylk]

"Distracted"

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[Bsklarski]

Tower operators and dispatchers worked 8 hours maybe? Perhaps someone knows. I know today its 8 hours. But back in the day railroad crews worked 16 hours. I wonder how that would work out for an operating session? Maybe the whole session is one shift?

[pjm20]

You could always pretend that the proposed fourth track was built.    Or you could put an interlocking like the PRR did, but this may be messy at the bottom of a helix. 

[kelticsylk]

"Status Report"

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"Employees Timetable, Pittsburgh Division 1940"

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"A Rather Long Hiatus"

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[kelticsylk]

"The absurdity of it all..."

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[kelticsylk]

"The Centipedes"

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[kelticsylk]

"The Joy of Printing"

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[kelticsylk]

"Roll your Own"

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