Recent content by rcwarner1953

Ore Dock and Yard Operations, Part 2 Per part 1, I will continue to use the Great Northern’s operation at Allouez as example of all ore dock operations. *** Note*** currently Trainz gallery is not accepting pictures, forced to use the links below. The switch crews have switched out the...

By 1975, processed taconite pellets had mostly replaced the depleted raw iron ore. Dock 1, far left on the picture above, had its railroad tracks replaced by a conveyor belt unloader combination on its left side. The conveyer belt carried taconite pellets from stock piles to the south. Dock 1...

Ore Dock and Yard Operations, Part 1 The railroad operations at the mine collection yards were simple. The mines called the railroads and ordered empties. A mine job would deliver the empties and then pull any loads. Each car was tagged by the mine with ownership and other information needed by...

The GLIO railroads were more than just iron ore. Perhaps their next biggest commodity originating in the iron range areas was pulpwood. Trains composed of almost all pulpwood and chips were common. The original forest covering was huge ancient pines. All were cut before and after 1900...

Ore Cars and Ore Trains A loaded ore car, generally slightly overloaded, weighted 95+ tons. That was heavy for its era. Empty, they weighted slightly less than 20 tons. They were 24 feet long. The typical boxcar was 40-50 feet long, empty 22+ tons, loaded 73+ tons. Not often fully loaded at...

The route, 4 sessions, rolling stock, and other items are all prefixed GLIO on the DLS. Perhaps the fastest way to find them is by author "rcwarner1953". The route and sessions have a documentation directory which contains information on where non-DLS kuids can be found. Edit the...

This is the start of a blog about various railroad topics using the GLIO as an example. Questions and comments are welcome. The GLIO is my first route. I missed my railroading days and thought to build my own railroad to enjoy. Because I actually had railroad experience, it would be as real...

GLIO now on DLS, see Freeware Announcement.

Sorry, I don't check the forums very often. Yes, today I uploaded to the DLS (waiting approval) the route, 4 sessions, and about a dozen support items. It is freeware, you will need TRS22 to use it. If all goes well, I intend to post on the forum "Freeware announcements" when it is available...

I'm embarrassed, I spent about a day reviewing all the 4.0 track, and above, on the DLS. I pull RXTX from Jointed Rail. I was running TRS19. I was looking for high quality track that worked in both TRS19 and TRS22 after upgrading. I did a CDP of RXTX over to TRS22 when I forgot that I had...

They are what I would like to use to replace the old JR's tracks. But, they cannot be found on the download station running TRS22, why?

A lot of the rules provided by atilabarut in their documentation referred to another rule "Worktable" as a way to control their behavior. Atilabarut created another rule "InputTable" which obsoleted "Worktable". I found using "InputTable" got the results I wanted using the rule...

I am trying to decide what to do with a route and sessions I have created over a couple of years. I have worked on railroads and what I have made is a reflection of real-life experiences and places. There is a reason or an experience for just about everything in the route and sessions. The...

I replaced my 4+ year old PC tower with had modest CPU & GPU power. My new machine is pretty much-state-of-the-art. What I noticed on the old machine was that the number of consists impacted performance (FPS). OK, that seemed reasonable for the old machine. Now it is still a problem...

I am searching for a EMD F7B that is the correct length. All that I have found are several feet too long. A F7A unit is 50' 8", a F&B unit should be 50' 0". Are there any available F7B's at the correct length? C&O or B&O colors would be a bonus.