With East Rail 2 being the cover story in this month’s RMC I decided to put the layout to work so you could see it in action. Episode 10 of my ops 101 YouTube series focuses on OMNI logistics and what’s involved in working it.
I’m still experimenting with the YouTube format but for now I’m intentionally staying away from a highly stylized, highly edited look. The experience I’m after is that of having you over and handing you a throttle.
I’m human. I make ops mistakes. Rather than editing those out I think it’s more educational to include them. The first mistake I made was saying I was going to get the empty last. Wrong. The best approach is to grab it first and use it as a handle. That way it’s over and done with.
The second was trying to block the cars on the curve. The coupler were NOT happy. I should have shoved the cuts further down to the straight section of the lead. Enjoy.
Finally, I built OMNI with 50′ door spacing. This means the cars will still be coupled when I spot them. I didn’t have the room but wish I could have had a wider door spacing.
I think the way your videos are produced really
compliment your articles and books, it’s a fresh change in the YouTube world and great to feel like we are there getting a bit of a casual lesson on ops, and also get to see your layouts from a different perspective, really neat!
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!