Model Railroading Operations 101: Part 4 Advanced Topics Seminar draft

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Model RailroadingOperations 101Part 4
Advanced Topics Seminar - ltdraftgt

• Tom Crosthwait
• President, Mogollon Southwestern RR
• Fred Bock, MMR,
• Chief Dispatcher, MSw

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Advanced Topics

• Other Model Railroad Responsibilities -
  Operations
• Superintendent
• Traffic Manager
• Road Foreman of Engines
• Locomotive Hostler
• Rolling Stock Manager
• Station Agent
• Tower Operator
• Code of Operating Rules experience, not
  arbitrariness
• Car Forwarding Delivery Systems
• Card Order manual - Douglas S. Smith
• Tack-on-Car manual - Ed Ravenscroft
• Tab-on-Car manual - John Allen and others
• Switch list -- manual
• Station Agent
• Computerized Systems
• Developing a Layout Operations Plan for your
  layout
• Locale for the railroad and its impact
• Traffic Patterns

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Other Model Railroad Responsibilities -
Operations

• The Modeled World
• Superintendent
• Traffic Manager
• Road Foreman of Engines
• Rolling Stock Manager
• Freight Agent
• Yardmaster
• Yard Crews / Personnel
• Dispatcher
• Train Crews

• The Real (Layout) World
• Scheduling of sessions
• Types of sessions
• Types of trains
• Timetables
• Locomotive types/quantity
• Car acquisition maintenance
• Industries / structures
• (Not applicable)

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