Paper work, and whats really there!

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Hello, i am currently, thinking about getting into some of the detailed paperwork such as waybills, frieight lists, and ive never had any running, or operating sessions yet, but my biggest question, is if you have a way bill set to send a loaded gondola to a scrap yard, then schedule a local empty frieght run to pick it up from the scrap yard, which suppositivley unloaded all of the scrap that day or night, the cars dont really empty or unload, and i know that model railroading is basically one particular day repeated over and over several times, but to an extent, so heres my question, what do you do when you run a running session and suppositivley have a car being emptyed out, or cleaned out when theres always a permanent load being shown or in the car, box cars are easy because you can simply say yeah its loaded or no it has electronics in it.

okay, hope to hear from pplz soon,

Tim

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At my club, no permanent loads are allowed. All loads must be removeable, and all cars must be able to run empty.

The only other way I would consider doing it is to acquire a double for each loaded car. For example, say 35’ Hopper WM #35611 has a permanent load of coal glued in. You could also have another 35’ Hopper WM#35611 without any load. in between operation sessions, simply swap cars.

The best method yet is the one used by some company that puts a metal slug (I think) into the pre-cast load. Then, to remove the load, use a magnet to lift it out of the car.

Paul A. Cutler III

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