I’m planning on running to run the following trains on my layout, I’ve listed (on most lines) two trains (divided by /), and the arriving and departing locations per line.
Locals
WPRT-1
WPRT-2
WPRT-3
Freights
RTAL/ALRT (Riverton, NJ to Allentown, PA and back)
RTCS/CSRT (Riverton, NJ to CSX/Baltmore, MD and back)
RTNS/NSRT (Riverton, NJ to NS/Atlanta and back)
RTHB/HBRT (Riverton, NJ to Harrisburg, PA and back)
RTPI/PIRT (Riverton, NJ to Pittsburgh, PA and back)
RTSE/SERT (Riverton, NJ to Selkirk, NY and back)
Multilevel
ML-413/ML-492 (Riverton, NJ to Detroit, MI and back)
Mail
Mail-11/Mail-12 (Delaware-Intermodal, NJ to Chicago, IL and back)
Trailvan
TV-27/TV-28 (Delaware-Intermodal, NJ to Chicago, IL and back)
TV-UP/TV-104 (Delaware-Intermodal, NJ to SP/UP/Oakland, CA and back)
TV-UPB/TV-104B (Delaware-Intermodal, NJ to North Bergen, NJ and back)
TV-SF/TV-106 (Delaware-Intermodal, NJ to ATSF/BNSF/Long Beach, CA and back)
TV-215/TV-216 (Delaware-Intermodal, NJ to NS/Atlanta, GA and back)
Runthrough
DH???/DH??? (undecided)
Steel
RTB-01/RTB-02 (Riverton, NJ to Burns Harbor, IL and back)
RMJ-1/RMJ-2 (Riverton, NJ to Mingo Jct, OH and back)
Amtrak
??/?? (undecided)
Notes: Multi Level trains are auto parts/racks, Trailvan and Mail trains are intermodals.
What do those letters and numbers mean? Hopefully the following section will explain!
Locals use a “W” (which stands for Wayfreight), a letter for a division (IE, H for Harrisburg), two letters for the yard it is based out of (IE, EN for Enola), and one or two numbers, the finial product in this example would be "WHEN-1)
Freight symbols are farely easy, the first two letters stand for the originating point (IE, AL in ALPI), the last tw