March 27 Update

Last night was a busy night on the WRS, a total of eight operators were busy working the different jobs on the Railroad. This allowed for a brakeman to be added to each of the crews. This move allowed the required time to do a Turn to be reduced to a point we were able to do three Turns. The extra people did cause a problem when everyone was heading to or from the Yard. This is going to be addressed by moving the yard to increase the wallway between the yard and wall on the Crew side of the Yard. This will likley cause a number of other problems as most of the layout could be moving also. Time will tell.

Also looking to add an industry or two to Junction Turn.

I am hoping to have this work finished before the Monday Night Gang visits again.

Work Stopage ???

Crews waiting between sessions catching up on today's activity.

Crews were busy

David and Ross busy at Dogwood (back left), Jeff and Pierre at Rosteon (back right) and Glen at Junction

Crew at Junction

Don and Glen working the Junction Switcher Job

Doug M and Bruce

Bruce and Doug discussing somthing important in the yard.

News Flash

Steam and sound hits the WRS.

March 19 Update

I found a couple old Tyco ramps while I was house cleaning the back room. Modified one to unload of the flat car. The second ramp is the future location of the warehouse for R & C Transfer.

Next week the Monday Night Operating Group will be visiting the WRS for the second time. So this weekend will be another weekend of cleaning up.

Until the next time.

March 12 Update

While looking for something else, I came across this building in one of my tubs. This is now the new home of A & D Plastics, located in Roseton. In the foreground is the future home of R & C Transfer. The track is in, but need to work on the unloading ramp and the warehouse building.

Mama's Pasta building as under gone a few changes. The front and middle sections have been lowered to allow the operators to see the trackage.

March 5 Update

Last night we had our second operating test session. Overall everything when over great. There were a few new issues to deal with. There was a problem with the Exchange Trackage not holding all the cars, this has now been addressed with the removal of the 2 x 4 on edge and the installation of 9.5 x 24 module. This will allow one more car in each of the tracks. There were also a few "dead" sections, which I hope to have addressed by the next session. A complete check of the rolling stock is also planned sometime soon.

This session included two new operators, Jeff Ryan, who will be a regular and Scott Jay, a visiting operator from PEI, who was in town for meetings. Bruce Castle was Yard Master as last time, but this time he did get to leave the Yard to do the Junction Turn.

It is still taking between forty five minutes to an hour to do the Roseton and Dogwood Turns. I hope that as more operating sessions happen, the time will be reduced as more operators learn the trackage of each Turn.

Roseton

Visiting operator Scott Jay, from PEI, working Roseton.

Dogwood

Jeff Ryan switching Dogwood

Yard Master

Bruce Castle busy operating the Yard.

March 2 Update

A few things have changed on the layout since the last update. I have added my other 28 inch module to the Roseton area. This has allowed Leo's Feed to move from its old location to the new module, allowing more room for scenery around the area. The old location of Leo's Feed is now R & C Transfer, a loading ramp and small warehouse. Also the track for Inland Cement has been lengthen and A & D Plastics ( formly ABC Plastics) will be added to this track. With A & D Plastics moving to Roseton from Dogwood, the reloading track will nowlocated at their old track in Dogwood.

Sunday night, I am hoping to have a second test session with a guest operator Scott Jay.

Caboose Track

The WRS Engineering Department is please to report that a Caboose Track has been installed in the Yard.

White River Bridge

As can be seen from this picture, the WRS Engineering Division have completed the replacement of the bridge over the White River. The old bridge had to be replaced when one of the crews servicing Junction at the last operating session, had an oil car, which they were moving, go through the side of the bridge.