Branch line/ISL

[Canadian Atlantic Railway]

As far as boxcars..If you notice I use 'em on my ISL because boxcars is still widely used-both NS and CSX handles more boxcars per week then intermodal..

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Great link for reference

The switch list generator was found on the internet. It's a spreadsheet file that uses a database of your cars and randomly builds trains for set out and tells you what to pull. I truly wish I could remember where I found this. Want to give credit where credit is due. Please, if anyone recognizes this program and knows the author, post. You can determine maximum length of trains, max munber of turns the cars are out before pull and % of dummies or place holders in train. The car inventory columns can be customized. The database shown below came with the program. I have not yet entered my car information. I believe the original file was an .xls I have since converted to .ods (open office). It does contain macros, but I've been playing with it for months now and haven't encountered a problem. If anyone wants a copy PM me and I'll email it to you (if that's appropriate).

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Have a good weekend!

Still using the same switchlist generator? Do you have the same cars on the layout all of the time or does it take into account if cars have been removed?