<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <style type="text/css" style="display:none;"></style> </head> <body dir="ltr"> <div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size:12pt;color:#000000;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" dir="ltr"> <p>Hi Gary, I received this email with the attachment. Nice work on getting this outlined and started.</p> <p><br> </p> <p>A couple things cross my mind - will list them below, but will read more the whole this weekend and provide more feedback.</p> <p>Cheers!</p> <p>Tony</p> <p><br> </p> <p>Operation Section</p> <p>- Hidden yard operation - need some protocols on topics like: setup, especially around DCC, track selection switching, entering yard, existing the yard, storing your train in the yard, wheel cleaning in the yard, mainline programming in the yard.</p> <p><br> </p> <p>-Exiting hidden yard and requesting permission to enter main line - protocols on that.</p> <p><br> </p> <p>Hidden Yard - I think it would be nice to have a "pit shop" area to perform loco wheel cleaning. I purchased that Woodland Scenics track cleaning device a couple years ago and that is where I use it - because 1.) cleaning wheels are the dispatching panel should be prohibited ; 2.) carrying your models up/down to the DCC programming table is risky to model breakage - plus it's too time consuming to take them upstairs. The woodland scenics device works well for 4 and 5 axle diesel models, but I haven't tried it with steam. </p> <br> It also might be useful to setup a dedicated programming track in the hidden area for basic changes like cab number assignment, cv changes that you can't do using mainline programming.<br> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <div> <hr tabindex="-1" style="display:inline-block; width:98%"> <div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Accrs-ho <accrs-ho-bounces@mail.accrs.org> on behalf of ACCRS HO Scale <accrs-ho@mail.accrs.org><br> <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 8, 2017 10:10 PM<br> <b>To:</b> accrs-ho@mail.accrs.org<br> <b>Subject:</b> [Accrs-ho] HO Rules and Guidelines</font> <div> </div> </div> </div> <font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <div class="PlainText">Message From: Gary Lewis glgslewis@comcast.net<br> <br> </div> </span></font></div> </div> </body> </html>