Coal operations

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Hi,
I have a small branch line (proto freelance), about 12*12.  The stuff on
the layout is n&w design and used in real locations.  However, the coal
mines need to be very abbreviated.  I have one "real" tipple that is from
the clinch some where.

It's an around the walls with a center pennensula after a lance Mindheim
design.  My space is not 100 percent the same so it's modified.

In general the layout runs by having coal or coal/empties.  I run around
swapping the loads for mty.  Then I sort the coal by size.  I was very
careful about including the nearby town with a combo station.  I also made
sure to have another large industry besides coal for interest.  A wood
finishing Mill, gives an excuse for a box car.  Right now I have a pickle
salting place, but I have not but the mill yet ... Looking for pics of one.

The mix keeps it fun.  I run to shifters, one passenger, one freight.  Or I
combine the two into a mixed for fun.  One shifter goes out.  The am
passenger goes, then the shifter goes back.  Then the passenger returns.
Then I do the pm shifter and mixed.  My layout has a nice passing siding at
a branch junction.  I use signals, but that is because I love them and
enjoy making CTC stuff.  I use flagging instructions like on the tug fork
article.

So the whole point is my layout fills up a small outer yard for a large
branch line.  We keep the coal moving.

I change the year by changing out the locos and passenger (get rid of if
1959).  So you can see M,E,Z or Y6 depending on the day.

David

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 6:59 AM NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <
nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

> Does anyone have a coal operating layout that does more than haul coal
> drags?  I try to envision running mine runs with a group of people and I
> can come up with only one person pulling a train of empties up the branch.
> I don’t have room for more than one branch. So I’m the one person but I
> want to have people over to share the fun.
> Some do a great job of hauling coal but I think there may be compromises
> on pure N&W described in books and these lists with the desire to have
> friends over. Modelling is full of compromises, of course.
> How have others modeled coal mining operations? ie picking up loads and
> dropping empties...etc
> Thank you,
>
> Mike Shockley
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