Operations Special Interest Group

Bibliography

OpSIG has assembled the OpsBibliography containing about a dozen books and over 300 magazine articles and websites relevant to model railroad operations. We have drawn liberally from lists prepared by Gary Gelzer, Bruce Wilson, David Doiron, the NMRA library, Eric Lundberg and no doubt many others.

The list is arranged in order by Keyword and Title and also includes the citation's author, year and month of publication, page, magazine or publisher, and some comments. The list may be downloaded to spreadsheet programs such as Excel. This may be helpful in reading the file which has become un-aligned in uploading. Copies of most magazine articles may be obtained by members from the NMRA Library for a nominal charge. MR back issues or photocopies are available from Kalmbach's Consumer Sales Dept. by calling 800-446-5489, or through the MODEL RAILROADER Home page. Other publications also offer back issues and copies.

Additions and corrections are most welcome. Please send to webmaster@opsig.org.

Keyword List

Book - Books on Railroad Operations Model and Prototype
CarFwd - Articles on Various Methods of Car Forwarding
Computer - Model Railroad Computer Applications
Disp - Articles on Prototype and Model Railroad Dispatching
Genl - Articles of General Interest related to Operations
Helper - Articles on Helper Operations
Ind - Articles on Railroad Related Industries and Modelling
Perish - Articles on Perishable Traffic (Reefers, Produce, etc.)
Proto - Articles on Prototype Operation
Psgr - Articles on Passenger Train Operations
Swtg - Articles on Railroad Switching
Wayfrt - Articles on Way Freight Operations
Yards - Articles on Railroad Yards

Keyword	Title	Author	Yr/Mo	Page	Source	Comments
Book	A Compendium of Model Railroad Operations - from Design to Implementation	OPSIG	2017	Entire book	OPSIG	A complete guide to all things operations, covers every aspect of prototype operations and how to apply them to your model railroad - from design and staffing to yards and paperwork, from communications and signals to dispatching and car forwarding. See ordering information.
Book	19 Copy Three West	Dave Sprau & Steve King	2012	Entire book	OPSIG	A complete explanation and instruction manual on Timetable & Train Order operations, compiled from the seminal series of articles published in the DO, as well as an entire new section on how to teach, implement and enjoy this from of train dispatching. Written by two respected professional experts in the field, 160 pages in full color. Out of print, but available for free to OpSIG members.
Book	Creative Model Railroad Design	Armstrong, John	1978		Kalmbach	For intermediate or advanced modeler. Continues to develop themes presented in Track Planning for Realistic Operation by looking at layout design as influenced by various factors such as pike location, scenery, prototypes or theme.
Book	Design Handbook for Model Railroads	Mallery, Paul	1979		Carstens Publishing	Includes a chapter on design of small layouts and useful diagrams showing segments of track plans throughout the book.
Book	Freight Terminals & Trains	Droege, John A.	1998		NMRA	Reprint of McGraw Hill 2nd ed. 1925. The definitive work on operation of freight trains, terminals, railroads and the people who operated them.
Book	How to Operate your Model Railroad	Chubb, Bruce	1977		Kalmbach (out of prt)	Broad overview of model railroad operations, starting with the prototype and covering most important topics, including timetables, switching, dispatching and freight car forwarding. Unfortunately out of print, but it is still found at some hobby shops and bookstores.
Book	Let's Operate a Railroad	Roxbury, L. E.	1957		High-Iron Publishers	Describes the prototypical operations of a railroad. Everything from what a Yard Clerk does to what a Car Distributor does in his/her job along with various operations in a yard and on the road.
Book	Model Railroading with John Allen	Westcott, Linn H.	1989		Kalmbach (3rd ed)
Book	Operation Handbook for Model Railroads	Mallery, Paul	1991		Carstens Pub, 2nd ed	Reviews concepts, operating positions, timetables, rights of trains, signals, car forwarding, etc., A useful study of issues in operations.
Book	Passenger Terminals and Trains	Droege, John A.	1969		Kalmbach (out of prt)	Reprint of McGraw Hill original edition 1917. The definitive work on operation of passenger trains, terminals, stations and railroads.
Book	Realistic Revenue Operations for Model Railroads	Villaret, Eugene	1985		Greenberg Publications
Book	The railroad--what it is, what it does	Armstrong, John	1982		Simmons-Boardman	Billed as "the introduction to railroading," written for the railroader, this is an explanation of today's railroad technology, the railroad network and railroad operations. A comprehensive overview of the way the today's railroad system works. Also contains a fine bibliography of suggested readings.
Book	Track Planning for Realistic Operation	Armstrong, John	1998		Kalmbach (3rd ed)	First published in 1962, third edition explains whys and wherefores of layout planning, from prototype to table top. Every model railroader planning a layout should read this book.
Book	V&O Story, The	McClelland, Allen	1984		Carstens Publishing	Chapters on Train Procedures Directories, Car cards & waybills
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CarFwd	Administration Planning For Ops - Pt 1 Freight Consignment	Mansfield, Jim	9212	16	Model Railroading
CarFwd	Administration Planning For Ops - Pt 2 Freight Consignment	Mansfield, Jim	9301	60	Model Railroading
CarFwd	All in the Cards	Ellison, Frank	6501	52	MR	originally in MR 5408
CarFwd	Bridge Traffic Can Be Fun	Armstrong, John	7705	84	MR
CarFwd	Car Card Operations for Mountain Railroads	Hansen, Don W.	8605	35	Model Railroading	Card, Mountain
CarFwd	Car Cards	Carangi Charles	9105	11	Railmodel Journal
CarFwd	Car Cards and Waybills	King, Steve	7802	68	RModel Craftsman	see also RMC 2/57 (reprint?)
CarFwd	Car Cards, from the East Coast Action Operators		9105	11	Railmodel Journal	Card
CarFwd	Car Distribution - A Realistic Way to Generate Traffic	Adams, Francis P.	6002		MR
CarFwd	Car distribution with 3x5 cards	Warren	8401	34	NMRA Bulletin
CarFwd	Card Order Operation	Dyer, T. Gerald	5212	48	MR
CarFwd	Card Order Operation on the Victoria Northern	Dohn, Roy	5805	50	MR
CarFwd	Card order operation system	Clark	6803	18	NMRA Bulletin
CarFwd	Cargo Operation	Bull Session	7403	66	MR
CarFwd	Cargo operation, planning industry shipments	Poindexter, Ray	7403	66	MR	Freight, Industry
CarFwd	Colorful operation - using colored tags	Mallery, Paul	6502	28	RModel Craftsman	Tag
CarFwd	Commodity based card operating system	Vail, Jim	9104	76	RModel Craftsman
CarFwd	DiGiT System of Operation	Dohn, Roy	6405	32	MR
CarFwd	Enhanced Car Forwarding on the Midland Road	Koester, Tony	9303	75	MR
CarFwd	Freight Car Routing via Assigned Service Placards	Schleicher, Robert	8504		Model Railroading
CarFwd	G&D Card operation	Johns, D.F. Jr.	6903	26	RModel Craftsman	Card
CarFwd	Generating Freight Traffic with Summaries	Schleicher, Bob	8702	27	Model Railroading
CarFwd	Go with the (Traffic) Flow - Pt I Easy Car-card System	Swanson, John	8711	36	Prototype Modeler
CarFwd	Improved Handling for Empty Freight Cars	Koester, Tony	9403	76	MR
CarFwd	Industry car orders & how rrs fill them	Harber	8907	30	Railmodel Journal
CarFwd	Latest Word on Card Operations	Smith, Doug	6112	52	MR	THE seminal article on car card forwarding
CarFwd	Locomotive and caboose cards	Holbrook, Dan	9202	122	MR	Card
CarFwd	Magnetic waybills - tiny colored magnetic waybills	Doran, William	6505	32	RModel Craftsman	Tag, Waybill
CarFwd	Midland Moves Coal, The	Koester, Tony	9702	70	MR
CarFwd	New Card Order System	Ravenscroft, Ed	5809	22	MR
CarFwd	Operation -- Key to Authentic Railroading	Smith, Doug	5710	24	MR
CarFwd	Operation for the fun of it, basic card systems, part 1	Wright, Bill	82 Fall	76	Model Railroading	Card
CarFwd	Operation Unlimited		6206	44	MR	hand-written switch lists
CarFwd	Operation with CCT	Ravenscroft, Ed	6507	20	MR
CarFwd	Organize your car cards	Boelter, Bob	9612	139	MR
CarFwd	Pre-Printed Car Card Operations	Kelly, Jim	8704	14	Model Railroading	Card
CarFwd	Refinements for CCT Car Forwarding	Hediger, Jim	7207	41	MR
CarFwd	Simplified card orders	Branson, Sidney R.	7702	86	MR	Card Order
CarFwd	Tab System that John Allen Used	Sperandeo, Andy	7802	67	MR
CarFwd	Tab-on-Car Operations	Sperandeo, Andy	8112	84	MR
CarFwd	TIBS, Train & Industry Blocking System	Holbrook, Dan	8707	91	MR
CarFwd	Traffic Generation - A Method of Simulating Traffic	Fink, Bob	7711	108	MR
CarFwd	Waybill Operation	Walsh, Terry	6008	26	MR
CarFwd	Waybill operation on the West Agony & Inchoate	Walsh, Terry	6008	26	MR	Waybill
CarFwd	Waybills on the Car	Ravenscroft, Ed	7511	86	MR
CarFwd	Waytacks for the New Glencoe Skokie Valley	Ravenscroft, Ed	7902	78	MR
CarFwd	What to Do with the Empties	Adams, Francis	6308	27	MR
CarFwd	Wheel Reports for Easy Operation	Hediger, Jim	8405	102	MR
CarFwd	Yard & Industrial Switching Paperwork	Mansfield, Jim	7908	78	RModel Craftsman
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Computer	Computer Applications: Planned Railroad Routing	Puckett, Larry	9110	49	Model Railroading	Computer, Software
Computer	Computer Applications: Ship It! - the best in operations	Puckett, Larry	9610	16	Model Railroading	Computer, Review, Software
Computer	Computer Freight Car Routing System	Hanslip, Mark	8511	33	NMRA Bulletin
Computer	Computer Waybill Operation	Schuchmann, Walt	8911	114	MR
Computer	Computer-generated timetables using fast time	Mollard	9003	124	MR	with Zucor Ltd software review
Computer	Computerized Traffic Generator	Fink, Bob	7402	72	MR
Computer	Computerized Traffic Generator, A	Fink, Bob	8402	72	MR
Computer	Computers and the Modeler - Interlok Software - CarTracker	Bonham, Harry	9307	75	RModel Craftsman
Computer	Computers in model railroading: An operation trainer	Fink, Bob	9112	148	MR	For training new operators
Computer	Computers in model railroading: an operations model	Fink, Bob	9103	108	MR
Computer	Computers in model railroading: Computer yard hopping	Fink, Bob	9209	110	MR	BASIC program generates car orders
Computer	Computers in model railroading: Switch lists by spreadsheet	Sciutto, John	8903	90	MR	Computer, Spreadsheet, Switching
Computer	Computers in model railroading: traffic generation	Fink, Bob	9106	115	MR	Just some ideas
Computer	First simple model railroad computer program	Fobes, Lawrence	8501	48	Model Railroading	Computer, Software
Computer	Metrecon Traffic Generator program	Fiehmann, Don	8506	92	RModel Craftsman	Algorithm, Computer, Review, Software
Computer	Random Way Freight/Industry Car Program	Thompson, Kurt	9304	35	NMRA Bulletin
Computer	Running trains with computers	Thompson, Keith	9710	108	MR
Computer	Stringline Scheduling (Computers in MR)		9506		MR
Computer	Switcher: a second generation traffic generator	Puckett, Larry	9010	26	Model Railroading	Computer, Software, Traffic
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Disp	Centralized traffic control for the Sunset Valley	Chubb, Bruce	8401	186	MR	Ctc, Electronics, Signal, Svrr
Disp	Creating an employee timetable		9710	116	MR
Disp	CTC on the Cat Mountain Line	Thompson, Ken	8405	74	MR
Disp	Designing a Timetable for the Maumee	Darnaby, Bill	9301		MR
Disp	Dispatcher on the Sunset Valley	Chubb, Bruce	7511	72	MR	Dispatcher, Svrr
Disp	Dispatcher panel with class	Geiger, Doug	9211	80	RModel Craftsman	CTC; pt 1; pt 2 in 1992 Dec
Disp	Dispatching and Scheduling	Towers, Whit	6207	48	MR
Disp	Dispatching Techniques	McCurdy, Belding	9106	13	NMRA Bulletin
Disp	How to design a timetable	Ravenscroft, Ed	5807	28	MR	Timetable
Disp	It's Your Railroad	Abbey, Wally	5301	20	Trains & Travel	B&O CTC dispatcher shift
Disp	Operating with Train Orders	Prehoda, Robert	9906	69	RModel Craftsman
Disp	Phones on the Huntington Northern	Birsa, Joe	9904	78	RModel Craftsman
Disp	Pre-Planned Dispatching	Bates, Alan L.	7408	42	RModel Craftsman
Disp	Real Railroad Operations, part III: Dispatching	Bonham, Harry	9306	40	Railmodel Journal	Dispatcher
Disp	Rights of Trains (reprint)	Josserand, Peter	1999		Simmons-Boardman	classic explanation of rulebook and TT&TO dispatching
Disp	Scale distance & speed (art of MR pt 4)	Ellison, Frank	6411	24	MR
Disp	Scale time & fast clock	Koester, Tony	9405	120	MR
Disp	Scale time (Art of mr pt 3)	Ellison, Frank	6410	34	MR
Disp	Scheduling from scratch	Ellison, Frank	6412		MR	How to prepare a mr timetable
Disp	Scheduling with a spreadsheet	Schuchmann, Walt	9506	112	MR	String-line train scheduling - Computers in Model Railroading
Disp	Scratchpad dispatching	Queyrel	8102	14	NMRA Bulletin
Disp	South End Desk	Frailey, Fred	8609	24	Trains	MKT dispatcher
Disp	Telephone system used on the Cat Mountain & Santa Fe	Thompson, Ken	8208	64	MR
Disp	Telephones for Your Model Railroad	Westerfield, Al	9403	75	RModel Craftsman
Disp	Timetable and Train Order Operation	Tajibnapis, Will	9908	80	MR
Disp	Timetable and Train Order Operation, a Primer	Amsler, Bob	9907		www.gatewaynmra.org/tto.htm
Disp	Timetable for the Sierra, Cajon & Pacific, A		7311	40	NMRA Bulletin
Disp	Timetable Operations on the Alturas & Lone Pine RR	Towers, Whitney K.	8806	54	Model Railroading	Alp,Timetable
Disp	Timetable Work Sheets	NMRA	7309	55	NMRA Bulletin
Disp	Timetables for smoother operation, BASIC program	Pyfer, Jerry	8704	70	MR	Computer, Software, Timetable
Disp	Timing and Use of Clock in Operation	Allen, John	6603	26	MR
Disp	Track Warrant Control on the CATS	Williams, Ron	9208	68	MR
Disp	Track Warrants	St. Davids, Wayne	9308		Model Railroading
Disp	TT&TO		9704	120	MR
Disp	Why use scale time?	Allen, John	6606	22	MR	Time
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Genl	80 Minutes of Operation in 80 Square Feet	Moore, Bob	8001	83	RModel Craftsman
Genl	ABC's of model railroading - operating your model railroad	Allen, John	7511	46	MR	Beginner, Layout
Genl	Allegheny Midland: 2	Koester, Tony	8801	116	MR	A discussion of the factors that enhance operation
Genl	Art of Model Railroading, The	Ellison, Frank	7607		MR	also Mar-Aug 1944 reprinted by Kalmbach as a book
Genl	Beginning operation	Lucas, Carl F.	6206	44	MR
Genl	Beyond the "oval" layout Part 1	Bowers, Peter	9502	19	Trackside Modeler
Genl	Beyond the "oval" layout Part 2	Bowers, Peter	9504	26	Trackside Modeler
Genl	Bookshelf HO Layout with Staging	Taylor, Joe	9410	82	MR
Genl	Bridge Line Operations on the Johnstown & Gerryville	Puckett, Larry	9804	46	Model Railroading	Bridgeline
Genl	Cardinal System - 4 rr's coordinate traffic	Brown, Jack	8904	73	RModel Craftsman	Freytag, Dean,Kattau, Hal, Layout, Roberts, John
Genl	Case Against Operation, The	Kuykendall, Ronald	7703	32	NMRA Bulletin	slow down and enjoy
Genl	Check list for good operation	Schopp, Bill	6312	58	RModel Craftsman	Troubleshoot
Genl	Class I for One Man: a Track Plan		7004	30	MR
Genl	Clinchfield Simulator	Bull Session	7904	130	MR	Carangi Charles
Genl	Control And Power Planning For Operation	Mansfield, Jim	9403	19	Model Railroading	Basics Of Control Panels And Power Distribution - On Track Pt 2
Genl	Crew communications	Mansfield, Jim	9611	27	Model Railroading
Genl	Delta Lines Operating Night	Ellison, Frank	5511	26	MR
Genl	Design & Operate Model Rr Based on Prototype Pts I&II	Durrenberger, Cyril	8112, 8202		Prototype Modeler
Genl	Designing Model Railroad Operations (with bibliography)	Schumaker, Richard	9805		www.gatewaynmra.org/designops.htm
Genl	Direct Traffic Management for Model Rr Dispatching		8810	114	MR	magnetic dispatcher's panel
Genl	Downgrade with empties, upgrade with loads	Hegge, Bob	5704	22	MR	Interurban, Layout
Genl	Enhance your operating sessions - unusual consists	Pyfer, Jerry	8709	35	Prototype Modeler
Genl	Enhancing Operations with Procedures Manuals	Gruber, Bill	9201	72	RModel Craftsman
Genl	Evolving Operations on the N Scale Three Sisters RR	Lewis, Dan	9602	112	MR
Genl	Fast freight on LPA-1 on the Alturas and Lone Pine	Towers, Whitney K.	6609	22	MR	ALP, Trackplan, HO
Genl	Follow those short lines, for operating and motive power ideas	Dockham, Ralph	7810	16	RRModeler	Industrial, Shortline
Genl	Forming an Operating Group	Lundberg, Eric	9507	56	RModel Craftsman
Genl	G&D, Operation on the Delaware	Taylor, Richard W.	6212	38	MR	dispatching and destinations
Genl	Give Operation a Try	Sperandeo, Andy	9509	86	MR	Very basic overview
Genl	Go with the (Traffic) Flow - Pt II Designing Operations	Swanson, John	8801	32	Prototype Modeler
Genl	Hazardous cargo - add operational interest	Obregon, Conrad	8005	57	RModel Craftsman	Hazardous
Genl	Helix tracks for Holding/Layover Operations	Hansen, Don W.	8607	38	Model Railroading	Helix, Holding, Layover, Track
Genl	How to operate a small layout realistically	Kelly, Jim	9211		MR
Genl	How to Operate Your Layout	Barrow, David	9510	104	MR	also June, Aug 95
Genl	How to use signals	Small, Charles	5011	44	MR	Signal
Genl	Index of Operations articles	Burroughs, Albin	8611	4	Model Railroading	Article, Index
Genl	Index of Prototype and Model Operations Articles	Morgan, Brian	8804	4	Model Railroading	Article, Index
Genl	Intermodal Terminal Operations	Kelly, Jim	8701	28	Model Railroading	Intermodal, Terminal
Genl	Keeping Track (operations forms)	Lundberg, Eric	7803		MR
Genl	Layover/Holding Track Operations	Hansen, Don W.	8603	44	Model Railroading	Holding, Layover, Track
Genl	Leadville Operator	Lundberg, Eric	9103	24	NMRA Bulletin
Genl	Lessons from a session	Schaumburg, Bill	9409	110	RModel Craftsman	operating tips
Genl	Mainline Train Movements (Operating a Local)	Towers, Whit	6110	54	MR
Genl	Maumee Turns a Mike, The	Darnaby, Bill	9607	94	MR
Genl	Measuring Scale Speed	Bull Session	8601	170	MR
Genl	Model Railroad Operations	Healy, Ken	9002	9	OVAR Interchange	Ottawa Valley Area Railroaders (club)
Genl	Multi-Operational Concept, The	Mansfield, Jim	9503	30	Model Railroading	Ontrack
Genl	My two railroads - thoughts on operation and planning	Vail, Jim	9707	44	Narrow Gauge &SL	Trackplanning, yard capacity
Genl	New Age of Operations, part I: Evolution	Brown, Jack	8911	40	Railmodel Journal
Genl	New Age of Operations, part II: Model or prototype?		9003	54	Railmodel Journal
Genl	New age operation, part 3: the human element	Lemke, J.H.	9106	44	Railmodel Journal
Genl	N-scale railroad built for realistic operation	Hall, George	9310	108	MR
Genl	Operating night on the narrow gauge	Christopherson/Ellerby	9411	40	Narrow Gauge &SL	relaxed tt ops
Genl	Operating Night on the Santa Cruz Northern	Providenza, Jim	9605	72	MR
Genl	Operating Schemes	Mansfield, Jim	9309	50	Model Railroading	Ontrack
Genl	Operating the Allegheny & Lake Erie - 4x14 dogbone	Armstrong, John	5209	16	MR	Trackplan, Ho
Genl	Operating the Alturas & Lone Pine RR	Towers, Whitney K.	8302	72	MR	Alp, Layout
Genl	Operating the Midwest Modeler's layout	Neale, Bill	8707	86	MR	Club, Layout
Genl	Operating the new Sandric & Lake Superior	Lundberg, Eric	9702	82	RModel Craftsman
Genl	Operating the South Plains District	Barrow, David	9612	100	MR	also Sept, Oct, Nov 96
Genl	Operating Your Model Railroad	MR Staff	5711	46	MR	illustrated overview of operations
Genl	Operation at the Fillmore engine facility	Chubb, Bruce	7711	90	MR	Roundhouse, Service, Svrr
Genl	Operation Comes after the Surgery	At The Throttle	7511	45	MR
Genl	Operation For The '90s: Operation 2000	Mansfield, Jim	9405	62	Model Railroading	Ontrack
Genl	Operation is key on the Colrain Valley RR, small room	Hayden, Bob	7711	58	MR	Layout, Trackplan, Ho
Genl	Operation on the Crystal River Southern	Hiatt, John T.	6808	36	MR
Genl	Operation on the Sandric & Lake Superior	Lundberg, Eric	8008	62	MR	card order system
Genl	Operation on the Texas & Rio Grande Western - Part 1	McClanahan, Bill	5812	32	MR	Part 2 in MR 5912 p86
Genl	Operation Shorthand	Mansfield, Jim	9507	24	Model Railroading	Ontrack
Genl	Operation unlimited, 9x10 G	Dohn, Roy	6012	55	MR	Trackplan, HO
Genl	Operation: the Pros and the Cons	Tipton, Rick	8001		MR
Genl	Operation-An Indusrty Run Railroad	Sand, Linda	9111	43	NScale	Sand, Linda
Genl	Operations ?Granite Mountain Style - Parts 1,2,3	Geiger, Doug	'0007	25	Model Railroading	also Aug, Sept 2000
Genl	Operations at Rockford	Denton, Bill	9501	42	NScale	Layout, N
Genl	Operations intimidation?	Providenza, Jim	9102	90	RModel Craftsman
Genl	Operations on East Bay's Santa Fe Central	Powis, E.W.	6803	35	MR	California, Club, Layout
Genl	Operations on Stony Creek & Western	Freitag, Gil	9508	68	MR	Kelly, Jim, Layout, Trackplan, Ho
Genl	Operations on the HE&WT	Durrenberger, Cyril	8205	30	Prototype Modeler
Genl	Operations on the HO Scale Shawmut	Andrews, Dick	82 Summer	4	Model Railroading	Layout
Genl	Operations on the Sunset Valley RR	Chubb, Bruce	7006	36	MR	Svrr Trackplan, HO
Genl	Operations Seen From Both Sides	Pyfer, Jerry	8609	36	Prototype Modeler
Genl	Operations the thing at the Culver City Model Railroad Club	Tarjany, Fran	7807	38	RRModeler	Club, Layout
Genl	Operators, The	Towers, Whit	1963-64-65		RModel Craftsman	monthly columns covering all aspects of ops from prototype to mr and all systems
Genl	Pitfalls of operation	Bates, Alan L.	7712	66	RModel Craftsman
Genl	Prototype Operation on the Sunset Valley	Chubb, Bruce	7911	118	MR
Genl	Radio usage suggestions	Tetzlaff	9012	216	MR
Genl	Radio verbiage	Mansfield, Jim	9306	65	Model Railroading
Genl	Railroader's Story - Metropolitan Corridor Parts 1 - 6	Carangi, Charles	9012		Railmodel Journal
Genl	Railroading without Derailments	Hediger, Jim	9605	80	MR
Genl	Realistic and Simple Train Operations	Wengenroth, Fred	8707	10	Prototype Modeler
Genl	Realistic locomotive assignment	Gruber, Bill	9610	112	MR	Assignment, Locomotive
Genl	Realistic Operations, part 10	Kang/Providenza	9605	55	Railmodel Journal	Distributing cars in 'blocks' to & from major yards
Genl	Realistic Performance	Douds, Charles	6305	38	MR
Genl	Redesigning for better operation	Boelter, Bob	9707	98	MR	Improving the O scale Great Western
Genl	Running the Rockland	Robb, Arthur T.	4711	910	MR	Layout
Genl	Secrets of better operation	Schopp, Bill	6203	28	RModel Craftsman
Genl	Self-adjusting system of operation	Vondrak, Ed	8707	32	NMRA Bulletin
Genl	Setting up an operating system for a mr	Webb, Craig and Pete Moffett	9907	79	RModel Craftsman
Genl	Shift Time	Cole, R. Thomas	9304	88	MR
Genl	Short Line, Mixed Train Railroading	Small, Charles S.	5502	52	MR
Genl	Signaling & Operation on Canandaigua Southern	Armstrong, John	9609	98	MR
Genl	Signals that help you operate	Garrison, Paul	7504	60	RRModeler	Signal, Wiring
Genl	Sizing up the fleet (Official Register)	Schleicher, Robert	8801	8	Model Railroading
Genl	Sneak-off tracks	Ellison, Frank	4604	240	MR
Genl	Stretching the Too-Short Main Line	Houghton, Phillips	6105	33	MR
Genl	Symbol Freight Operations on Rick Kang's Layout	Kang, Rick	8808	11	Model Railroading	Layout
Genl	Testing procedures used by the Pasadena Model RR Club	Bates, Alan L.	7407	58	RRModeler	Towards better operation
Genl	Time-Out for Brake Tests, New Age Operations, Part VI	Christopherson, Bob	9403	12	Railmodel Journal	Brake Test
Genl	Tonnage Ratings for Model Steam Locomotives	Reschenberg & Odegard	6003		MR
Genl	Towards reliable operation - stamping out gremlins	Armstrong, John	7909	72	MR	Useful table of maintenance/checklist items
Genl	Tower Operations, a Railroad's Story, Part IV		9308	50	Railmodel Journal	Tower, Prototype
Genl	Traffic and freight cars on the Cardinal System	Brown, Jack	9111	85	RModel Craftsman	Freight, Layout
Genl	Traffic Density	Mansfield, Jim	9207	44	Model Railroading	Planning For Operation Part 4
Genl	Train Blocking	Mansfield, Jim	9205	44	Model Railroading	Planning For Operation Part 2
Genl	Train Classification	Mansfield, Jim	9204	66	Model Railroading	Planning For Operation Part 1
Genl	Train Scheduling	Mansfield, Jim	9206	28	Model Railroading	Planning For Operation Part 3
Genl	Trains of Thought: Realistic operation	Koester, Tony	9208	112	MR	Trainsofthought
Genl	Yard Hopping on the Glencoe Skokie Valley	Ravenscroft, Ed	5907	22	MR
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Helper	Action On The Nation's Busiest Helper District	Six, Jim	9204	16	Model Railroading	Locomotives of the PRR Cresson Helper pool
Helper	Helper - with a name like that, what else could it be?	Sims, Donald	8005	54	RRModeler	Helper, D&RGW
Helper	Helper Operations	Hansen, Don W.	8607	30	Model Railroading	Helper
Helper	Helper service	Morgan, David P.	4904	42	MR	Helper
Helper	Helpers: for those steep grades	Hutchinson	5112	28	RModel Craftsman
Helper	Improving helper operations	Henderson, Bill	9205	60	RModel Craftsman	Helper
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Ind	Car Movements at the Lone Star Portland Cement Plant		9505	16	Railmodel Journal	Cement, Industry
Ind	From timber to tidewater - lumber operation	Sabol, James W.	6608	20	MR
Ind	Haulin' steel on the Ohio Southern	Hediger, Jim	9604	82	MR
Ind	Interrelated industries	Knotts, Stan	9404	14	MR
Ind	Loads-in/Empties-out Operations	Saunders, Lee	8511	28	Model Railroading	Empty, Load
Ind	Making better use of industries	Dohn, Roy	6310	38	MR	Industry, Technique
Ind	Midwest Pulpwood carloading practices and capacities	Holbrook, Dan	8910	16	Railmodel Journal
Ind	Mill You Can Model: The Action at a Paper Plant	Kang, Rick	9709	11	Railmodel Journal	Mill, Paper
Ind	New England Paper Mills	Lancaster, J. E.	9705		Railmodel Journal
Ind	Pulpwood in the South, Part II: Operations on the SAL		9310	4	Railmodel Journal	Industry, Pulpwood, Sal
Ind	Pulpwood industry pts 2 & 3	Holbrook, Dan	9001	54	Railmodel Journal
Ind	Railroads and the automotive age	Hediger, Jim	9705	70	MR	contemporary era in June issue
Ind	Team Tracks and LCL Freight Yards	Burroughs, Albin	8609	64	Model Railroading	Lcl, Team, Track
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Perish	Operations At Produce Terminals/Freight Houses in Pittsburgh		9008	22	Railmodel Journal	Freighthouse, Terminal
Perish	Refrigerator Car Icing	Clinic	7511	113	MR
Perish	Roll those Reefers	Novit, Edward	9909	90	MR
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Proto	ABC's of diesel dates	Kelly, Jim	8707	58	MR	Models by years
Proto	ABC's of prototype signaling	Odegard, Gordon	7609	54	MR	Signal, Prototype
Proto	Air Brakes for Model Railroaders	Carlson, Fred	9411	100	MR
Proto	Airbrake Valve Action	Westcott, Linn H.	6808	40	MR
Proto	Applying prototype knowledge to model ops	Sperandeo, Andy	9411	69	MR
Proto	B&O Baltimore street ops '40-'55	Schlerf & Sagle	9212	30	Railmodel Journal
Proto	B&O Fells Point Street ops	Schlerf	9210	30	Railmodel Journal
Proto	BN Selkirk Part III: Operation Procedures	Morgan, Brian	9205	45	NScale	Layout, Bn, N
Proto	C&NW Operations	Sage, Harry	9303	53	Mainline Modeler	also Aprp63, Mayp53
Proto	City Street Operations at Baltimore's Fells Point	Sage, Harry	9211	46	Railmodel Journal	City, Street, Trackplanning
Proto	Company Mail - Q&A on prototype operations	Swanson, John	1988	monthly	columns	Prototype Modeler
Proto	Denver O.S. Train registers, train orders, other paper work	Steele, Rick	8501	68	Narrow Gauge &SL	Trainorder
Proto	Employee Timetables		7511		MR
Proto	Extra 6138 East: prototype railroad modeling	Hendrickson	9001	10	Railmodel Journal
Proto	Fast freight	Ellison, Frank	4912	16	MR
Proto	Finescale Operation I - State of the Art	Lemke, Jeff	8911		Railmodel Journal
Proto	Finescale Operation II - Operating Principles	Lemke, Jeff	9003		Railmodel Journal
Proto	Finescale Operation III - Interchange	Lemke, Jeff	9106		Railmodel Journal
Proto	Finescale Operation IV - Interlockings	Lemke, Jeff	9201		Railmodel Journal
Proto	Finescale Operation V - Slowing down the pace	Lemke, Jeff	9401		Railmodel Journal
Proto	Flag & Whistle - operations in the D&RGW and RGS	Coker, Jim	9207	82	Narrow Gauge &SL	Flag, Narrowgauge, Whistle
Proto	Freight Car Pooling	Davis & deYoung	8304		RModel Craftsman
Proto	Freight Houses and Railroad LCL Service	Yungkurth, Chuck	8411	95	RModel Craftsman
Proto	Freight Houses, Part I The Freight Houses	Lemke, Jeff	8907		Railmodel Journal
Proto	Freight Houses, Part II Freight Handling	Lemke, Jeff	8909		Railmodel Journal
Proto	Freight Houses, Part III Produce Terminals	Lemke, Jeff	9008		Railmodel Journal
Proto	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Yard Operations		9504	16	Railmodel Journal	Yard, Prototype
Proto	It's More Than Horsepower	Tipton, Rick	7811		MR
Proto	Lafayette, Indiana: NKP & NYC operation	Harvey, Bill	8811	68	Mainline Modeler	NYC, NKP
Proto	Name That Track	Geletzke, Charles	9406		MR
Proto	Operation Night: BN Selkirk - Part IV	Morgan, Brian	9207	38	NScale	Layout, Bn, N
Proto	Palmerston, l.c.l. and the CNR	Wilson, Ian	9707	87	RModel Craftsman	Cnr, Lcl
Proto	Pend Oreille Railroad: Operational insights	Ingbretsen, Roger	8804	52	Mainline Modeler	Operation, Railroad, Prototype
Proto	Real Railroading, Made Easy, Part I, Terms	Kang & Providenza	9205	8	Railmodel Journal
Proto	Real Railroading, Made Easy, Part II: Through Freights	Kang & Providenza	9207	48	Railmodel Journal	crew calls, rules, moving traffic
Proto	Rules Class, Parts 1 through 5	Thorne, Dan	9011, 9012, 9103, 9107, 9109		Railmodel Journal
Proto	Through Freight - Realistic Operations Parts 1 - 10	Kang & Providenza	94		Railmodel Journal
Proto	Tips 'n tales from the cab - branchline operations	Hart, Vernon	9203	120	MR	Branchline
Proto	Tips 'n tales from the cab - prototype switching	Hart, Vernon	9204	142	MR	Switching, Prototype
Proto	Train Dynamics	Davis, John	9601	49	Mainline Modeler	Slack, Prototype
Proto	Train Procedures Directories	Gurin & McClelland	7901	75	RModel Craftsman
Proto	Train symbols	Gruber, Bill	9201	39	NMRA Bulletin
Proto	Unit train, real rr trains with solid consists	Kang & Providenza	9402		Railmodel Journal
Proto	When LCL Meant Fast Freight	Bohi, Charles W	9308	58	Trains	LCL ops
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Psgr	Baggage Car Operations on the Reading		9212	6	Railmodel Journal	Baggage, Passenger, Rdg
Psgr	Card Order Operations for Passenger Trains	Darnaby, Bill	9310	74	MR
Psgr	Drop That Sleeper	Houghton & Bowen	4804	25	MR
Psgr	Express Box Car Operations	Saunders, Lee	8509	63	Model Railroading	Expresscar, Passenger
Psgr	Freight Cars of the 50s: Express Boxcars for Psgr Svc		8509	58	Model Railroading
Psgr	Gems of Passenger Operation	Larson	5804	50	MR
Psgr	Gems of Passenger Train Operation	Larson, Paul	5804	50	MR
Psgr	Handling Mail	Bull Session	9108	146	MR
Psgr	Local passenger train over the Gorre & Daphetid	Allen, John	6901	46	MR	Layout
Psgr	Make mine passenger operation - terminal trackplan & ops	Orgibet, Jorges	7411	66	MR	Passenger, Terminal, Trackplan, Yard, Ho
Psgr	Milk car off-loading	Blardone, Chuck	9010	28	Railmodel Journal
Psgr	Milk Part 1 of 2: HP Hood Creamery	Lancaster, J. E.	9003	28	Railmodel Journal
Psgr	Milk Train Operations: 1957	Ozanich, John	9210	16	Railmodel Journal	last days of milk trains
Psgr	Milk Trains, Part 1: History, power and passenger cars		9111	44	Railmodel Journal	History, Locomotive, Milk, Passenger, Train
Psgr	Milk Trains, Part II - Creamery Operations	Lancaster, J. E.	8905	30	Model Railroading	Milk Train
Psgr	Milk Trains... Boston & Maine Milk Cars and Combines		9112	34	Railmodel Journal	Combine, Milk, Milkcar, Train
Psgr	Modern Passenger Service - Via Flag Stops	Watson, Russ	9307	24	Model Railroading	Flagstop, Passenger
Psgr	MR rides a doodlebug	Larson, Paul	5904	24	MR	Gas-Electric, Odegard, Gordon, Passenger, Prototype
Psgr	Passenger Cars: Getting Passengers Aboard	Fitzgerald, Jim	9201	21	NScale	Hay, Es, Skip, Passenger
Psgr	Passenger Train Operation	Clark, R	7208	38	NMRA Bulletin	Prototype example from 1967
Psgr	Passenger train operation	Ellison, Frank	5106	8	MR	Passenger
Psgr	Passenger Train operations on the Chesapeake System	Alcock , Bruce & Michael Raskob	9608	58	MR
Psgr	Passenger train operations, a neglected opportunity	Bisgeier, Craig	2000		Website see comments	http://www.HousatonicRR.com/passops.html
Psgr	Passenger Train Oriented Layout - Parts 1-4	Clark, Robert A	'0201		Model Railroading	4 parts Jan-Apr 2002
Psgr	Passenger Trains on the CM&SF	Sperandeo, Andy	8003	62	MR
Psgr	Passenger-train Challenge	Broad	6412	67	MR
Psgr	Prototype Portfolio: Milwaukee Road's Fast Mail	Stauss	8508	37	Prototype Modeler
Psgr	Pullman Prolificacy	Shaffer	6710	24	Trains
Psgr	RR operation at stub terminals	Robinson, Cliff	5602	42	RModel Craftsman	Passenger, Switching, Terminal - cont Mar 56 p 25
Psgr	Santa Fe passenger trains on the Argentine Div	Hitchcock, Chuck	1991	28	Great MRs	Hitchcock, Chuck:, ision, 1991, p.21-28
Psgr	Sunshine on the Southland	Clark	4710	27	Trains	extensive route switching
Psgr	Switching action with passenger equipment	Nehrich, John	8409	21	Model Railroading	Passenger, Switching
Psgr	To Market by Rail: Milk Cars Part I - RR Owned	Yungkurth	8602	89	RMC	Also Pt II - Private 8603 p 85
Psgr	Twelve Hours at Argentine	Hitchcock, Chuck	1997	10	MR Planning	Hitchcock, Chuck
Psgr	Twist on Tuscan Red	Dubin	6709	38	Trains
Psgr	When Two Trains Equal One	Shaffer	6402	44	Trains
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Swtg	ABC's of switching Cars	Kelly, Jim	8710	108	Model Railroading	Kelly, Jim
Swtg	Box Car Clean-Up Switching Moves		9101	31	Railmodel Journal	Boxcar, Switching, Freightcar
Swtg	Flying switch operations	Bull, Howard W.	7401	42	MR	Flyingswitch, Switching
Swtg	Switching on a branchline	Stauss, Ed	7712	58	RRModeler	Caboose talk - you have to plan ahead
Swtg	Switching Prototype Style	Bates, Alan L.	7912	126	MR
Swtg	Switching Shippensburg	Lemke, J.H.	9211	40	NScale	Reid, Bill, Switching
Swtg	Switching the Interchange	Christopherson, Bob	9401	27	Railmodel Journal	Interchange, Switching
Swtg	Track Scale Switching Movements	Kelly, Jim	8706	4	Model Railroading	Scale, Switching
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WayFrt	Apple North out of Sunrise	Koester, Tony	9303	69	MR
WayFrt	Brakeman on the Yellow Extra, on the Sunset Valley	Chubb, Bruce	7301	56	MR	Svrr
WayFrt	Consider the Lowly Peddler	Boomer Pete	5406	6	MR	Very basic info
WayFrt	Consider the way freight	Hiatt, John T.	6811	60	MR	Freight, Wayfreight
WayFrt	Day with a Jersey Eastern switching crew, 11x16 ctr op	Mansfield, Jim	8411	104	MR	Layout, Trackplan, Ho
WayFrt	Day with extra 487	Dunning, Denis	7408	30	RRModeler	Freight, Wayfreight, UP, Prototype
WayFrt	Mixed Train (Daily) Operations	Kelly, Jim	8707	38	Model Railroading
WayFrt	Mixed train: bull session	Hediger, Jim	8806	132	MR
WayFrt	Modern mixed train operation	Heinen, Ken	6601	38	MR	Railroad, Wab, Prototype
WayFrt	Railroad operation: Way Freight No. 2A	Robinson, Cliff	5604	40	RModel Craftsman	Wayfreight
WayFrt	Realistic Operations, part 9; Wayfreight	Kang, Rick	9704	11	Railmodel Journal	Operation designed by former railroaders
WayFrt	Riding the Cookie Box extra	Steer, David G.	9604	73	RModel Craftsman
WayFrt	Route switching - model railroading at its best	Ellison, Frank	5003	24	MR	Switching
WayFrt	Useful little peddler, the	Robb, Arthur T.	4812	929	MR	Wayfreight
WayFrt	Way freight	Ellison, Frank	5002	28	MR	Wayfreight
WayFrt	Way Freight Operations on the Yampa Valley RR	Rothe, Robert	7710	114	MR
WayFrt	Winfield Local - ride along on a prototype freight, part 1	Karsten, Robert	7801	53	RModel Craftsman	Freight, Ri, Wayfreight - cont Feb 78 p 59
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Yards	Around the clock at Frankfort Yard	Daily	1996	p16	MRPlanning	NKP yd
Yards	Freight yards	Ellison, Frank	5001	31	MR
Yards	Give the Yardmanster a break	Tipton, Rick	7809	126	Model Railroading
Yards	Go with the (Traffic) Flow - Pt III Yard Operations	Swanson, John	8803	34	Prototype Modeler
Yards	Large Terminal Operations in Small Spaces		9112	56	Railmodel Journal	Washington Terminal
Yards	Model the Action, NOT the Yard: A Railroad's Story, part I	Puckett, Larry	9012	16	Railmodel Journal	Trackplanning, Yard
Yards	Yard at Manchester - adding a small yard to the Ma&Pa	Ellison, Frank	6502	48	MR	Switching, Yard
Yards	Yard at Westport - operators have to cooperate here	Decker, John R.	8309	116	MR	Layout, Switching, Yard
Yards	Yard Operations Planning on the Allegheny Midland	Koester, Tony	1996	10	MR Planning	Koester, Tony
Yards	Yard Switching, Prototype Style	Towers, Whit	6107	38	MR
Yards	Yard throats for operations	Barrow, David	1997	84	MR Planning

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