Saturday, May 6, 2017

PRSL Operating Session #8

We had our 8th group operating session today. We were missing one of our regulars so I had to do some actual railroad work in addition to my normal responsibilities of handing out demerits and providing general crew harassment. As I mentioned on a couple of the model railroad forums we learned the following:
  • You can't take a 23 car tank train up a 3% grade with only 2 Atlas GP38s
  • The crew will forget everything they have learned from the first 7 op sessions when you give them 6 months off
  • We only have 2 operators that can still fit into the Camden access hatch since the city encroached into its space.

Mario (@mrodtoo) got cheated in the crew highlights of my articles in N Scale Magazine (you could only see the back of his head while he was working), so this is his actual face. He obviously enjoys yard work:

Mr. Model Railcast Show, Tim, switching the Woodbury area:

Bob stuffed in the access hatch fixing a mistake 😊:

A 23 car tank train struggling up a 3% grade behind a pair of PRSL GP38s:

The famous PRSL meatball on the lead unit's nose:


The Philly transfer leaving Camden behind a Baldwin RT624:

...while a pair of Baldwin BS12s shove a cut of cars into Pavonia Yard:


c

3 comments:

  1. Looks like a good time was had by all!

    ReplyDelete
  2. "The crew will forget everything they have learned from the first 7 op sessions when you give them 6 months off"

    LOL ... You're doing okay then. Some of my crew members forget everything they've learned five minutes after they leave my train room.

    ReplyDelete