The graphic above illustrates the work done on the video. It’s a pretty simple loads-for-empties swap. Even so, it spun off a good twenty or thirty minutes of entertainment value. I recently uploaded a new operations video highlighting a solo session working Sentry Industries on my East Rail layout. I intentionally left it somewhat unpolished […]
Through years of operating my layouts, rail fanning, and studying rail fan videos, I’ve gained insights I didn’t have before. This knowledge has changed how I design things, how I stage a layout for an operating session, and how I operate. The more you understand the prototype and just copy what they’ve done, the easier […]
Sentry Industries in Miami makes water treatment products. Don’t be misled by its diminutive size; it processes an enormous number of cars. The black tanker contains sodium hydroxide. The white car on the right is loaded with hydrochloric acid. In some cases, we can create a high-value, sophisticated industry without doing much of anything. Free […]
I just uploaded a new video showing a typical solo op. session on the East Rail layout. Typically, something like this would be highly cropped, with a focus on being entertaining. I decided to break form and show the vast majority of the session so viewers can get a sense of speed and pacing. I […]
On a prior shift, the Downtown Spur job, Y120, rolled down the line heading eastward. In the train was a red boxcar designated to be spotted at Family & Son. The problem was that when they arrived, they discovered not all of the cars at said F&S had been unloaded. There wasn’t room for the […]