Maybe this article should be titled What Is/Are Model Railroad Operations?
I know a lot of people that won't even turn on a model railroad layout unless they are doing some kind of operation on it. I also know quite a few people that are just as happy doing nothing more than round-and-round. During the Christmas season our Modular Railroad Club (
The Hostlers, Ogden Utah) has been lucky enough to be invited to setup our layout at a local mall and run for customers during the entire month of December. This is a round-and-round session because we are promoting the hobby as much as we can. However, when I run my trains on the layout I will do some small operations in one of the small yards we have. This really is nothing more than building a small train of five or six cars and switching out a locomotive or two but you would be amazed at the people that watch this intently. I've finally figured out that the average individual has only seen model railroads under the Christmas tree or during a display such as ours (round-and-round, get it???). They are fascinated watching trains do work!So if you're thinking about operations and getting into that or maybe wondering what, exactly, operations are, take a look at the links below. They are downloadable Microsoft Office PowerPoint slide shows (you will have to have PowerPoint or PowerPoint Viewer to view these). They include JMRI Operations in the discussion but you'll see that it's not absolutely necessary for operations.
One additional reference you may want to take a look at is Designing Model Railroad Operations.
Whatever you decide JUST HAVE FUN!!
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