S12A

509 – Albany & Susquehana RR

Rand Hoven

OPS SESSION—Thursday, 9:00 am
— 12:00 pm
Location—Tewksbury, MA
Distance from Hotel—51 Miles
Scale—N
Operator Limit—9 People
Control system —NCE
Scenery Completed — 100%
Accesibility—Not HC Accessible
Parking—In the driveway or on North St. -- NOT ON QUAIL RUN

The Delaware and Hudson’s Bridge Line in upstate, NY, during the 1990s. Most main line trains are moving freight to Canada and New England. These jobs are worked in Oneonta, and movements are controlled by CTC signaling. Each of these jobs takes at least 20 minutes of movement at mainline speeds. Other jobs are yard operators and road switching jobs. There is no need to read itty-bitty numbers on the sides of cars. Freight movements are controlled by drawing cards, much like in a board game. Feel free to bring your own NCE radio throttle.