Year in Review

A year ago, I started setting up a number of my retired UMG modules to have a home layout and the White River Southern (WRS) was created .

This is the system map of the first version of the WRS created by my modules.

This Blog was started to follow the work and activity on the WRS.

On February 19th, the first operating session was held. The four crews ( Yard, Junction, Dogwood and Rosetown) when off to perform their assigned duties.

In March, there were two more operating sessions and a couple more modules were added to the layout.

In April, another area was added to the layout, Bartown. The revised system map is on the left. There was one operating session.






In May there was an operating session and a section was added to Dogwood.

In June there were two operating sessions.

In July, there was a major change in the WRS. The layout was rearranged by moving Junction to the other end of Dogwood and connecting Dogwood and Rosetown together. This changed the WRS to a point to point layout. Also Blue Ridge area was added to the the other leg of Junction.




In August, the changes to the layout was completed and an operating session was held at the end of the month.


In September, a much needed run around was added to Blue Ridge.


In October, there was little activity on the WRS due to other commitments.


In November, operations returned to the WRS, with two operating sessions. Between the two operating session, the classification and departure tracks in the Yard were increased in length to handle the increased traffic on the WRS.

In December, the WRS expanded again. The area beyond Bartown was added. This included the new town of Riverside and the new Yard. The plan is to add an Interchange track(s) to the Yard to allow for movement of cars off of the WRS. With a new Yard, the old Yard will be converted to the Mill (White River Paper Company). This will be the major industry on the WRS.



This year, a dozen operators have helped make the eleven operating sessions on the WRS possible and enjoyable. The WRS has grown from 13 industries with 20 car spots to now 20 industries with 53 car spots. The four crews at the start of the year, has been replaced with seven crews (Yard, Bartown Local, Rosetown Local, Mill Run, Mill Job, Dogwood Switcher and Junction Switcher)


Projects for 2008 will include installing the Interchange trackage, completing the Mill complex track work and installing more buildings on the WRS. The first area to be addressed, is Bartown with the arrival of Green Mountain Limestone Bulk loading complex.


thanks

Doug