Realistic revenue operations for model railroads
Subtitle: an easy-to-use class one operations program fully attainable by the individual operator on even a small layout
By: by Eugene Villaret ; sketches, diagrams, charts by the author ; line drawings and technical assistance by Eugene A. Hanlon.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Greenberg Pub. Co.
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Sykesville, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 35
Subjects: Railroads -- Models.
Notes: "6680"--Cover.
Table of contents: label: Chapter I.
pagenum: 5
title: Overview; title: The basics of railroad operation.
label: A.; title: The interdependent components of a real "layout".
label: B.; title: The importance of yards.
label: C.; title: How the small modeler can emulate the real thing.
label: D.; label: Chapter II.
pagenum: 7
title: The Car Routing Flow Chart-- Sequential movements of freight cars in their cycles between shippers, yards, and consignees.; label: Chapter III.
pagenum: 10
title: The Shape of the Track Plan; title: Simplifying prototypical practice to fit dwarf model layouts.
label: A.; title: Adapting the layout to match prototypical practice.
label: B.; label: Chapter IV.
pagenum: 13
title: Industry Selection.; title: The value of a balance of industries as shippers and consignees, local and distant.
label: A.; title: Respondant industires on and off layout.
label: B.; title: Spin-off industries to increase commerce.
label: C.; label: Chapter V.
pagenum: 15
title: Guides to Car Routing; title: The Car Assigment Guide to help determeine what kinds of cargoes can be sent from or received by the selected industires, together with the types of freight cars that might logically visit each industry.
label: A.; title: A Conversion Outline to help in constructing Car Cards fro the Car Assignment Guide.
label: B.; label: Chapter VI.
pagenum: 22
title: Operating Aids; title: The Car Cards-- Built from the Car Assignment Guide and the Conversion Outline, following the structure of the Car Routing Flow Chart.
label: A.; title: The Spinner Wheel-- Devised to introduce an element of randomness in order to reproduce realistic car cycles.
label: B.; title: The Car Card Organizer-- Utilizing a simple file box with separaters.
label: C.; label: Chapter VII.
pagenum: 30
title: Sample Session-- A generalized session applying the Car Cards and the Spinner Wheel to reproduce revenue operations.; label: Chapter VIII.
pagenum: 33
title: Odds and Ends.; title: Refinements and Expansion ideas.
label: A.; title: Summation: A handy outline of the six steps to Revenue Operations.
label: B.; title: Glossary of Terms
pagenum: 34