Waybill operations make layout operation purposeful and for my mind, enjoyable too. Waybills give freight cars a reason to be on the layout, and with a bit of planning, you can run a railway similar to the real thing.
A couple of months back I planned all the cars I wanted on the layout without having too many, and made sure they aligned with the proposed operations and industries.
Once all that was worked out, I needed to fill in the Car-Cards and the waybills. I basically did an excel spreadsheet with every freight car on it, and what its move would be in and out of staging (set as Chicago and Twin Cities)and what town or industry it would go to on the layout.
I have operated a 'full-day' of train running which takes about 3-5 hours non stop for one person (but I would do it over a period of a few days) and everything seemed to run smoothly.
The photos below show the set up of the car cards with every wagon in Jonestown Yard.
Subsequent to this all happening, I have ripped up the middle of the layout to put in a large lower deck staging yard for more staging and improved operations (and more run-through trains). More on this in another post!
Enjoy!
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