<kuid:417385:100769> C&O Hinton Div. Session #1 Hinton Yard Work w/GP9's Ver. 3.0

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' BE SURE TO READ THE NOTES SECTION ! '

Session Developed with T:ANE SP2

Difficulty: Normal Time: 1½ hour Weather: Fall

This morning we'll be doing switching operations in the Hinton Yard moving cars up to Hilltop and assemble the loads and empties in the yard into a string for the trip to Thurmond. We have the new GP9's for our work so let's get to it.

NOTES: This session is modification of the original Avis Yard Work session where the empty and loaded cars are assembled into a train for Thurmond. GP9's from the Download Station have been substituted for the loco of the original session. You can also use a couple of JointedRails GP9's (as I have when I developed this session) for a bit better engine experience. Just substitute the JR engines (or whatever engine you'd like) for those included in the session. Make sure you rename the lead engine 6209 so the session will work correctly. You may (probably will) have to edit the session 'Driver Setup' rule to ensure that engine 6209 is assigned to a driver. If '6209' is in read, delete that driver, add a new driver and assign 6209 to him and you're good to go.

As in the original, you'll have to make all the switch changes yourself so you may want to turn on the junction overlays. Your choice. Also, all the resource checks for navigation point completion and scoring in the original session have been removed so it's up to you to ensure than the various cars are unloaded or loaded. However, I did leave in the triggers in to show the load statis of the cars. When loading, unload or spotting cars at navigation points, it's best to click on the car that needs spotting as the distance to the navigation point is measured from the car selected . Just a little heads up as a lot of the siding tracks up at Hilltop are short and if you have the loco selected you'll never trip the navigation points. I have configured most (but not all) of the couple, uncouple, unload, etc. navigation points as 'stop required' so to trip the navigation point you will have to come to a complete stop. Be patient at the Hinton Hardware unload as it takes a bit for the unloading to start and complete. If you put the back boxcar at the end of end of the platform all five of the cars will be unloaded with no need to reposition. At New River Groceries, back the three cars to almost the end of the siding (where the ballast is on top of the rail) and all three cars will be unloaded at one time.

One thing I have noticed in the Hinton route is the lack of realistic speed limits in the yards. 15-25 mph are general limits that I've found in the various track diagrams I have and the siding up to Hilltop would genrally be on the order of 10-15 mph. I have added 25 mph to the yard tracks and 15 mph on the Hilltop sidings to try to calm things down a bit.