The Train Game
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Today I am showing you guys “The Train Game” Which is a super simple way to operate a layout. This is for people who are intimidated by realistic operations, but want to run their railroads with a purpose.
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Hi Jimmy,
So my #2 GrandSon (16 yrs.old) has been showing less interest in trains and more in girls. So with the quarantine he has been moping about facetiming, texting, Tik-Tacing and TICKED OFF. NO PROM. NO GRADUATION. NO GIRL. So I said let's try your TRAIN GAME & he could be dispatch. His younger brother, other Pop-Pop, & I would be engineers.
Your idea didn't settle all his qualms. But at least he is more "Chillaxed Dude."
Thank you.
~Jim
That is how you do model railroading right there!
This is a really great way to get started with operations. I’ve been looking for a way to share my hobby with friends outside of just showing off the trains running in a circle. I think this will be a great way to do that
Thanks Jimmy, that's definitely a great way to incorporate some purposeful switching to folks interested in testing out the operations side of the hobby. I can see it as a great way to wrangle in the short attention spans of younger kids as well.
It reminds me of my first layout as an adult ... small beginner layout, twice-around oval with a few sidings, scenery mostly to try techniques out and make it look nicer. I built it, put some scenery on it, ran trains around in circles for a week or so.... then asked "well, now what?" For me, railfanning the layout got boring pretty quick, and it stayed under the bed for months at a time. Then I discovered operations. I set mine up very similar to the Train Game, but I used an 8-sided die instead of a random number generator. And it was a blast! I realized my track arrangement needed some revisions, so I fixed those and really drove in. With the layout having a purpose and trains that had jobs to perform, it stayed out and got used a whole lot more, until I moved into a place where I had room to build something more substantial.
Soon after, I discovered the Operations Special Interest Group and that there was a whole branchline of the hobby dedicated to more realistic operations on model railroads. Which pretty much informed all my subsequent layout builds.
Like that idea!!!👊🏻 Good way to start out and learn!!! Stay Safe & God Bless!!!
Nice video Jimmy. I used to use a deck of cards and say that each suit represented a type of freight car - boxcar, tank car, reefer car and gondola. Then deal a set number of cards from the pack. Maybe you'd get a 5 and 3 of the same suit so you could decide to group them as 8 or have them apart in the manifest to be delivered to different yards.
This is perfect for a fun day Jimmy, thank you!
I was looking for something like this- a "gateway" to more prototypical stuff. Thanks.
Hi Jimmy. Great video - I love the train game! I have played it many, many times - and anyone who is not really interested in, or is not quite ready for, realistic operations should give it a try. It really brings your railroad to life when you are moving cars around 'with a purpose' - even if that purpose comes from a random number generator! I use JMRI Operations Pro as the next step up from this. Define your industries and track lengths (and specify what kinds of cars each will serve - if you want to), enter your rolling stock, and then let JMRI start building switch lists for you. A bit more up front work but after that you no longer have to go through the process of the random number generation. Take care - Rick
Thanks for this video, this is perfect for my 5 and 10 yr old. Definitely going to do this with them.
As for myself I haven't operated yet, I'm still building structures. I was going to do the same method as this video with the exception of adding being specific of what type of rolling stock goes to what industry: industry 1 only accepts boxcars, industry 2 only accepts tablets and gondolas, etc
Great video, very informative. When I don’t feel like setting up a realistic operating session, I use an inglenook switching game. It has kept me busy for years but I definitely will try your train game, it looks just as interesting. Keep up the great work!
My method of switching will be to move cars in and out of my one siding (2 spots), as a daily run of sorts. Each “day” the local arrives to deliver or pick up cars. A draw from a deck of cards helps determine if 1 or 2 are delivered, and if the one at the second spot is another car for the first spot, or is a team track delivery for another business. I‘m hoping one session will allow for more switching on my little layout than it would otherwise.
As someone not into model trains at all, I'm not sure how I ended up on this video, but it was an entertaining watch. Are we at a point in model train technology where this can be totally automated? I'm picturing computerized locomotive control, automated uncoupling and switching, and car identification (via RFID or camera). Perhaps you can feed in the "work order" of getting particular cars to specific location, or make it all random like you did here where it'd take the computer a couple hours to finish. Maybe even a monitor displaying the current operation ("car x en route to destination y" for instance). Just thinking out loud; it'd be interesting to watch the computer using the yard to build trains in a certain order to minimize the time to put all the cars where they need to go. But of course it'd all be optional if you want to do it yourself.
Hi Jason. Theoretically all the technology required to do this exists but the level of car location detection sensors required for that level of automation would be very prohibitive in terms of time and expense. Some amounts of automation are being done - check out ruclips.net/video/oTHWqBzYxus/видео.html for an example if you are interested. -Rick
Hi Jimmy, great video on a great simple operating system that does not get too complicated. I will have a look at how a can use your train game on my British Railway layout here in the UK. Thank you for sharing and stay safe too. Regards Gary. 😀
Thank you for detail video as great watching this
Thank you sir..Definitely a fun way of doing things..
Another great video Jimmy
I operate by just running some trains, switch the yard, operate 4 industries, and pleasing all those who come to visit.
Loved seeing two locos up front! :-P In my younger days, I was part of a model railway group that had some retirees from the railways. It was in this group that I started to learn and love the operations aspect of railways. In fact I love operations to this day and have been involved in compiling a rule book for work and providing practical training (I am a Train Driver).
Something that is a fun aspect and could be 'The Train Game - Hard Mode' is having rules in place (such as tank wagons cannot be directly behind a locomotive or a locomotive needs 'runners' (wagons between the loco and tankers) when dropping off a consist at the specific industry. Also, if you have older rolling stock mixed with more modern, one could say that no single axle wagons can run alone, there must be a minimum of at least say two next to each other in the consist.
We had members in the group such as yourself who simply enjoyed their trains running around and that's fine too.
Trying to understand prototypical operations gave me a headache, the train game got rid of it
I'm 64 and have a 15 month old grandson. Him and I will learn together
Thank you so much
If we pass GO can we still collect $200? Great game and great video! I might try this.
Yes but I collect a fee.
Do u know what the little connectors at the end of just plug lighting r called? Keep up the great videos
Can you tell us more about the work table? (Maybe you already did, in which case I missed it.) I have a typical work bench, with drawers in it, and it just isn't working. I like the butcher block top on your table and the leg room under the table. Where did you find it?
It is a used Harbor Freight workbench here is an amazon link in case you don't have a Harbor Freight near you. amzn.to/3crXMDN
HI, DIY & Digital. I like your video I like to know how I can make a industry area with 4 tracks lines by using the Atlas # 4 turnout snap, I am writing to you from SAUDI ARABIA. Thank