<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Gotcha Dean. Of course I'm not saying the entire layout should be of short trains (I myself love to run longer trains as you've seen). But on occasion I do like to pull out my Central Oregon & Pacific SD40-2 and run a local train with like 9 or 10 cars. However, I will also be bringing my CORP GP38 back into service finally after having to get a replacement decoder for it, so hopefully I will be able to at least double that number of cars.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"> - Jamie<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Oct 15, 2017, at 5:11 PM, ACCRS HO Scale <<a href="mailto:accrs-ho@mail.accrs.org">accrs-ho@mail.accrs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Message From: Dean & Margaret Lewis <a href="mailto:lewis2@earthlink.net">lewis2@earthlink.net</a></span><br><span></span><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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Jamie,<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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Dean<br>
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<div dir="ltr">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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<div> 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.</div>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Hi Dean </p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Everyone
has to have somekind of track cleaning device on your train.</p>
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<pre>Message From: Dean & Margaret Lewis <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:+lewis2@earthlink.netVer" target="_blank"> lewis2@earthlink.netVer</a>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 rules <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://book.Tr" target="_blank">book.Tr</a>ain Length - for shows / Fair As long as track 9? or????Don't set up in front, use <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://hidden.Do" target="_blank">hidden.Do</a>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 or <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://fair.Com" target="_blank">fair.Com</a>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 missed <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://anything.De" target="_blank">anything.De</a>an.________________<wbr>______________________________<wbr>_Accrs-ho mailing<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:+listAccrs-ho@mail.accrs.orghtt" target="_blank"> listAccrs-ho@mail.accrs.orghtt</a><wbr>ps://<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://mail.accrs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/accrs-ho" target="_blank">mail.accrs.org/cgi-bin/<wbr>mailman/listinfo/accrs-ho</a></pre>
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