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Sparked by Jim's "favorite paths" below, what are the largest trains you've handled?I just put together a small train of North Jersey cars bound for Selkirk to be classified:Engines: 8 (35,200 hp, 1600t) Loads: 94 (8884t) Empties: 115 (3578t) Totals: 209 cars, 14062t, 2.5hp/tI don't think this thing will fit in Selkirk's Receiving Yard!-Dave Conrail Albany Division ...striving for "Continuous Quality Improvement" http://gcdranet.homelinux.com/davehonan/Yard Duty Superintendent of Maps http://members.trainorders.com/dwhonan/yd/projects.html
WOW, That's alot of trains,but like you said....What do you do if your yard can't handle it. The NMJ can store about 300-400 cars. The most I ever had in that yard is about 100-150 and it's alot of work. Jim, What happened to the message that told you how many cars were in the yard that you were in?Andrew
The message you're asking about is in Map/Loaded Map/Statistics.I've kept away from monster trains because the yards I deal with don't have the room for long trains. My biggest recently was a 120 car train out of Ayer heading up to Maine. It had 5 engines, 89 Loads, 31 empties for a total of 11899T. It was basically a 118 car train from Dave Honan that had a 20 some car set-off & pick-up at Ayer.As far as cars in a yard, I have 449 in Port of Albany, and there were 497 in Selkirk when I handed it back to Dave Honan recently. E. Bingo has 165, Taylor has 82, and Pittston has 42, though all of them have some room for more.
Paul Metzger Track Foreman/Trainmaster CP Rail System (D&H) "Courtesy keeps customers"
I once handled a 160 some car train at Debutts, don't know the stats on it. As far as cars in the yard go, I had about 1600 cars in Debutts when I came back online after being unable to run the program for a while. That was depressing!Corey "LongHoodForward"
1600 cars in any yard would be very depressing. No wonder it took you a while to get things moving again.Paul Metzger Track Foreman/Trainmaster CP Rail System (D&H) "Courtesy keeps customers"
