Switching Operations 101, Episode 3: Switching scrap metal yards
Published 2024-06-02
Tolga's video of switching FP&T: • Epic CSX Downtown Spur Switcher Chase...
Tolga's video of switching Miami Iron and Metal: • CSX Downtown Spur - Train Y322 Works ...
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All Comments (21)
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Lance’s modeling is so world class. Been following him since his Monon days hauling limestone.
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Very well explained video, Lance! Thanks for the shoutout - glad to help in my catches out on the field! You've nailed every detail of these moves.
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This is a great series and perfect timing as I've been digesting your books while building my own variation of the "Palmetto Spur". It would be cool to see some of your other layouts in action as well.
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cool vid... and on the topic of the gons on the storage track... it looks like doing that is the decision of the foreman on the job... bringing the extra gons down means they are already there close by and because they are already near the customers place, it's less switching for when your making up your train the next day... also at the end of the vid, the crew would wait to do the brake test until after they've runaround their train
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When you only have 8' of shelf, all these little additions add a lot of enjoyment. I have seen the key-switches that break power to a turnout but I do like these little physical locks too. thanks for this series
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More typical radio call..." Bring 'er back 2771, ...20 cars...,15 cars...,10 cars...5 caaa..*%#, STOP THE TRAIN!" BANG>>> Not all the knuckles are broken out on the high rails. Excellent video.
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For me there's nothing that breaks immersion quicker and more thoroughly than model trains running too quickly. Perhaps some people need to have a think about why they are being so impatient 🤷 Keep it up, Lance - I find these videos informative, useful and fun to watch 👍
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Well done Lance! Prototypical speed is the way to do it. If anyone wants to run faster, then they can do it on their own railroad. That's the whole idea, run YOUR railroad the way YOU want.
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These are great! Can you continue continue to elaborate on what the brakeman and engineer are doing during these moves. Sometimes I'm not sure exactly when the handbrakes are set etc. Is it every time that a car isn't connected to other cars or an engine etc?
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Excellent ,thank you for sharing your methods. I enjoy your process and your books! Please keep these coming.
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Thanks for another informative but above all enjoyable video Lance - the leisurely pace doesn’t spoil the session at all, quite the opposite!
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I'm loving the layout Great detail great job Please Keep putting out videos❤
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Thanks again for another really useful video. I am really enjoying these
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It’s amazing how much we want to overcomplicate this stuff. Just enough to make the railroad function is all it takes.
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Another informative Ops video. Enjoying the content 😀👍
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Very nice series, thanks for sharing them!
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Great ideas for modeling a scrap yard.
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Cool👍😎keep vids coming👍
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I’ve watched several of your videos, so far, and the speed in this one seemed OK. That’s a nice layout, by the way! I’m a former railroader and love these realistic videos! Is this the only train that runs this line? I was thinking another train may have set out those gons to let the regular guys spot them; or the scrap dealer may not have released any cars, and, the siding being full, they set them in the storage track. Anyway, I enjoy your videos!
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10:05 "I think that's about 10mph" Actually, it's quite a bit less. It takes 200 frames of 30fps video for the last gon in the train to pass a fixed point. That's 6.7 seconds for a 53ft car, which is pretty much 8 feet per second, which is 5.5mph. The fixed point I used was the visible edge of the road on the crossing; it's possible that you were already slowing the train for the stop, then.
