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americaN: Operations concept

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Kategorie: Operation: Railroad Model (english)
Zuletzt aktualisiert: Samstag, 19. Dezember 2009 12:54
Geschrieben von Bernd Schneider / mh

Concept of Operations

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The real railroads which serve as our prototype don´t, of course, run trains just for the fun of seeing the wheels go ´round. -John Armstrong-

 

Model railroading can be more than just runnig trains in circles.

Earlier than in Germany, North American model railroaders started with "Realistic Operations". The aim is to simulate what real railroads do. For example: supply a needed empty freight car at the shipper at the right day, or collect the loaded car and to transport it to the consignee.

These are the practices and tools which we at americaN use to copy the prototype:

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americaN: Track Warrant Control (us)

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Kategorie: Operation: Railroad Model (english)
Zuletzt aktualisiert: Samstag, 19. Dezember 2009 12:55
Geschrieben von Bernd Schneider / mh
 

Track Warrant Control

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TWC at the prototype

Up to now, in USA there are many railroad lines without any signaling. These lines are called dark territory, and there are some different ways to assure security. Since the invention of telegraphs, and until dependable radio transmission was developed in the seventies, the traffic in dark territory was dispatched by Time Table and Train Order.

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Connecting hardware and software railroad divisions

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Kategorie: Operation: Railroad Model (english)
Zuletzt aktualisiert: Samstag, 19. Dezember 2009 12:55
Geschrieben von Michael Homberg

Connecting hardware and software railroad divisions

For railroad models, there always are some limitations. Big ones are time, money and space. But, think a moment: would you like to have a railroad model empire as large as you want?

The concept by Linn Westcott:

"Linn Westcott has made the suggestion, perhaps in the jest but with much reason, that if CTC is desired, the existing layout should be operated using conventional dispatching and another division created by operating with CTC. The new division would not physically exist. It would be represented by an electrical circuit simulating trains responding to actions of the dispatcher by lighting lamps on the CTC board in an appropriate manner." (Source: Paul Mallery: The Complete Handbook of Model Railroad Operation, p. 56; Tab Books, 1979).

Are there any realizations?

There are many examples of hardware divisions (= the real railroad models) and software divisions (for example: those of "Train Dispatcher Software".

Unconnected, both versions are in big numbers.

But: are there any examples of connected operating?

--> Please let me know if you have any information.

 

americaN: Betriebskonzept

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Kategorie: Operation: Railroad Model (deutsch)
Zuletzt aktualisiert: Samstag, 19. Dezember 2009 12:53
Geschrieben von Bernd Schneider

Betriebskonzept

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The real railroads which serve as our prototype don´t, of course, run trains just for the fun of seeing the wheels go ´round. John Armstrong
Dass eine Modellbahn nicht einfach nur im Kreis herum fahren muss, sondern durchaus auch "sinnvoll" betrieben werden kann, machen die nordamerikanischen Modellbahner schon seit Mitte des letzten Jahrhunderts vor. Bei "Realistic Operation", also vorbildgerechtem Betrieb, versucht man die vom Vorbild vorgegebenen Abläufe und Tätigkeiten auf der Modellbahn umzusetzen. So müssen beispielsweise Güterwagen zu einem bestimmten Termin an einem bestimmten Ort zur Beladung bereitgestellt werden. Anschließend sollen die Güter mehr oder weniger schnell, in jedem Fall aber sicher, zum Entladeort gebracht werden.

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