[Accrs-ho] Proposed Rules - Friday's meeting

[ACCRS HO Scale]

Jamie,

Can't recall if you were at the meeting or not.   The thing about the 
length of train, of course, for shows and the Fair, was about what makes 
a train.  An engine, two cars and a caboose, are not as exciting to a 
patron as a longer train.   The longest train gets the most comments.  
Nothing was set, but it was a discussion point.   There are prototypical 
trains that only run two or three cars.  A track full of these type of 
trains wouldn't be so interesting to a patron.  That was the 
discussion.   No rules were offered or decided.

On a side note.   A few weeks back, early of a Friday afternoon, Peter 
ran a 100 car coal train and pulled it with 4 locos.  It ran well.    I 
put out a 60 car train.   His cars were 40-45' cars, mine were 50-60' 
cars.  Mine would not make it up to Jamestown with 4 locos.  .   It is a 
wonder it got our of the yard.   Trains were of comparable length, but 
mine was heavier.  I had to add a 5th loco and everything was good.   
Ran with no problems and could run for a show or the fair if allowed.

Dean



On 10/15/2017 2:44 PM, ACCRS HO Scale wrote:
> Message From: A380Fan Aviation Videos  bayarearailfan at gmail.com
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> I agree with Guenther regarding having some sort of track cleaning car 
> on each train. The track is so often so dirty that Ron Chapman and I 
> spend almost the whole time during Friday sessions just cleaning track 
> so we can run other trains and even pay extra visits to the club to do 
> that.
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>  But regarding the minimum limit on number of cars on trains, if this 
> is what I think it is, I personally do not think that would be a good 
> idea. Not sure about other members, but I have a couple of 
> locomotives, in particular my Analog GE AC4400CWs and my Genesee & 
> Wyoming-painted CORP SD40-2, that are really restricted in the number 
> of cars they can pull before stalling coming out of the Hidden Yard or 
> climbing the grade into Jamestown, especially if I run heavier cars, 
> and I don't want those engines just being limited to switching 
> industries just because they can't pull as many cars when there are 
> short local trains that do run on the mainline.
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>  - Jamie
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> On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 12:47 PM, ACCRS HO Scale 
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>     Message From: g.sound at sbcglobal.net <mailto:g.sound at sbcglobal.net>
>     g.sound at sbcglobal.net <mailto:g.sound at sbcglobal.net>
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>     Hi Dean
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>     Everyone has to have somekind of track cleaning device on your train.
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>     Guenther
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>     *From: *ACCRS HO Scale
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>     *Date: *Sat, Oct 14, 2017 8:42 PM
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>     *Subject:*[Accrs-ho] Proposed Rules - Friday's meeting
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>     Message From: Dean&  Margaret Lewis  lewis2 at earthlink.netVer  <mailto:+lewis2 at earthlink.netVer>y productive evening discussing club operation on the HO side.  Many suggestions and discussions.   Below is a list of most of the items we discussed.  These items should be covered in the rulesbook.Tr  <http://book.Tr>ain Length - for shows / Fair   As long as track 9?  or????Don't set up in front, usehidden.Do  <http://hidden.Do>n't clean engines out front???  Don't put equipment on top of the main control panel.Pull problem cars if they act up 3 times.Test your train and locos prior to a show or Fair.  Do we wan
>       t to set a minimum limit on #of cars in a train?Perhaps a sign-up sheet for priority in operating the panel or running trains during shows orfair.Com  <http://fair.Com>munication between Hidden and control panel is needed.  Fix phones???How to check equipment for standards and mark each car and/or loco in someway when they meet the standards.  Who will be the "car clerk" that does this?Assigning consist numbers using your assigned two digits.Yorg was going to take a stab at writing/rewriting Operating Rule 4.0 regarding visitors and/or non members running trains and some of the newest proposed wording in Rule 5,0Let me know if I missedanything.De  <http://anything.De>an._______________________________________________Accrs-ho mailing  listAccrs-ho at mail.accrs.orghtt  <mailto:+listAccrs-ho at mail.accrs.orghtt>ps://mail.accrs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/accrs-ho  <http://mail.accrs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/accrs-ho>
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