Re: Freight car ratios

Posted by Mike Trent on
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Roof-Hatches-Mill-Car-Loader-and-Bumping-Tables-tp19659p19648.html

Thanks, Jim. Rather than pure "self control", I really don't have room for more on the railroad. As it is, I usually keep 9 or 10 cars off the layout so I don't have the yard too congested. But I really do need the Coal Gons out there because of the Coal dock. I usually have three or four on the ramp, and three or four on a storage track across from the ramp. They vary in number between loads and empties so they don't look the same all the time. The other two or three cars run in the train, again varying between loads and empties. With the remaining stock I have, I can mix the consists so the trains don't always look the same. Sometimes one, two, or no reefers and tanks and a flatcar can really mix things up without having too many cars sitting around choking up the yard. So, it's just a little sleight of hand to convey the impression of a larger operation than I have room for.