tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218524178230712938.post5643203983692556385..comments2024-03-28T17:35:45.759-07:00Comments on modeling the SP: Bad order cardsTony Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11593061828601275378noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218524178230712938.post-45601893801417957312020-01-03T18:29:12.502-08:002020-01-03T18:29:12.502-08:00Nice idea, Craig! Track defects continue to affect...Nice idea, Craig! Track defects continue to affect an operating session and would be useful to call out, whereas a misbehaving freight car can be lifted off the layout and banished to the workbench, ending its impediment to the session.<br />Tony ThompsonTony Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11593061828601275378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218524178230712938.post-15245965820776310342020-01-03T18:27:02.155-08:002020-01-03T18:27:02.155-08:00Thanks, Jim. This more modern SP card is a lot lik...Thanks, Jim. This more modern SP card is a lot like the BNSF card I showed, in several respects. I am mulling over whether I want to modify my existing card to permit more detail in reporting defects, or whether to continue as before, which does work.<br />Tony ThompsonTony Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11593061828601275378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218524178230712938.post-80070162252425952232020-01-03T10:59:39.514-08:002020-01-03T10:59:39.514-08:00Here are two sides of a card that I found along th...Here are two sides of a card that I found along the right of way at the Bakersfield Yard around the mid 1980s:<br /><br />https://james-harness.smugmug.com/Public/i-WBRMrvQ/A<br /><br />https://james-harness.smugmug.com/Public/i-K4zvs37/A<br /><br />Jim HarnessJim Harnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00884035627738827988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218524178230712938.post-67503279541006851942019-12-31T13:01:39.712-08:002019-12-31T13:01:39.712-08:00Having a stack of brass slow order signs would be ...Having a stack of brass slow order signs would be an interesting addition. If a operating crew discovers a track defect, they stick a prototypical slow order. Than that also gives the owner a visual of where the problem is.<br />Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14038902725419552488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218524178230712938.post-58453976564915867612019-12-31T11:52:19.506-08:002019-12-31T11:52:19.506-08:00In my experience, the larger the layout, the bette...In my experience, the larger the layout, the better it is to provide bad order slips for operators to fill out, because the owner may have too many demands on their time to hear about each issue with a particular car. I've had people use them to flag issues with bad track, too. And, having a clipboard, like you mentioned, is good too, because sometimes people will come right over and add to it while I'm distracted with something else. It all works! :)Burr Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09674488834633851987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218524178230712938.post-3577104495414186682019-12-31T10:59:44.173-08:002019-12-31T10:59:44.173-08:00Good point. Now I will need to develop an economic...Good point. Now I will need to develop an economic model, specific of course to 1953, to account for this . . . though it's likely the bad-order car would have to go back to San Luis Obispo in any event, to reach a car shop.<br />Thanks for the comment, which does raise interesting issues in some ways.<br />Tony ThompsonTony Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11593061828601275378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218524178230712938.post-39880215227416492622019-12-30T22:17:35.973-08:002019-12-30T22:17:35.973-08:00But Tony, now your crews will have to decide if SP...But Tony, now your crews will have to decide if SP can make money repairing the foreign car or if it is a loser and gets routed home. When ACI RFID transponders were introduced, SP was actually making a profit installing as many of them as possible on foreign cars.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015452689882771491noreply@blogger.com