First Sunday Operating Session

The Management and Staff of the WRS has been busy dealing with the issues that arose during the last operating session. Most of those on the List have been addressed.

A revised Train Orders have been completed and printed. The Track Gang have spend time visiting some of the switches on the Railroad, also have reconnected the power feeds to the Exchange Yard.

The Freight Agent has been busy getting all the Paperwork completed for the next Operating Session, which will be on Sunday November 2.

later

Doug

Oct 20 Operating Session

The WRS is moving freight again. The first train out of the Yard was the Mill Run with Wayne at the throttle. The Mill Run stopped at Junction were the Ridge Switcher operated by Dave, remove the last four cars to be delivered to Junction/Ridge Area. After Dave reinstalled the caboose on the Mill Run, Wayne departed for the Mill.Dave busy operating the Ridge Switcher

Wayne (in the centre) arriving with the Mill Run. Pierre ( on the right) and new operator Barry (on the left) operating the Mill Switcher.

The second train to depart the Yard was the Dog Run which was operated by Doug and Glen. This job now does the towns of Roseton and Dogwood.

Doug and Glen at Dogwood

The third train to depart was the Bar Run, which was operated by Wayne and me. This train services Bartown and Riverside.

There were the usual issues with operating again after being off for the Summer, but everyone had fun. The WRS maintenance crews and management will be busy in the next few weeks making improvements.

The Operating Sessions will be moving to Sunday afternoons starting in November.

Until next time

Doug

Interesting Web Site

http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/mrh_theater

this is an interesting site that I have been using the last few months. It started with video reports of supplier's new products from the NMRA Convention.

Now they are showing some of the clinics that were presented at the Convention. The first was Digitrax's Users Clinic, then the Layout SIG's and now Joe Fugate's Clinic on his Siskiyou Line. The next clinic should be Decoder Pro for Begineers. Each section is about 15 minutes long and most clinics are in four sections.

Have fun watching and learning.

later

Doug

Operating Session

It is time to get back to Operating on the WRS. The next operating Session will be Monday Oct 20.

There will be a few changes since the last session. Mainly,in the Train Orders.

The DOG RUN now serves Roseton and Dogwood.

The RIDGE RUN now serves only Junction and Blue Ridge with a local based switcher.

The BAR RUN (a new train) will serve Bartown and Riverside

The MILL RUN will have the cars for the The RIDGE RUN added to its train.

The MILL JOB is unchanged.

later

Doug