Friday, January 1, 2010

Passenger Service Upgrade--Car Cards

There is excitement among the crowd at South Newbridge station as passengers learn that a newly instituted card system will now ensure that first-class trains have sufficient capacity for the passengers at each station who have purchased tickets. Shown below is the conductor's form along with a card listing the number of passengers boarding and disembarking. As the Carleton Railway expands its passenger service, management is initiating a new "car card" system for passenger trains. Designed to put an end to boring passenger runs, crew members will now keep track of train capacity and the number of passengers boarding and disembarking at each station, adding additional coaches as necessary. Card holders have been installed at each of the five passenger stops along the main line (the photo below shows the card holders at Nortondale) in accordance with a recent article in the OPSIG's Dispatcher's Office. Passenger operations on the Carleton Railway will never be the same!

3 comments:

Scott Jay said...

Oh no! I think that before I get a passenger run I should prove that I can follow the simple instructions at South Newbridge! I'll try not to put every car in town on the same train when we visit next month.

Scott

Steve Mc said...

Yes Scott, that train still holds the record as the longest ever on the Carleton Railway! 37 cars as I remember. Made for a very short Valley Local later though.

Doug Whitman said...

Steve

Have you had an operating session with the new system or are you going to use Scott to test it.

Thanks for the updates and looking forward to visiting the layout again.

Doug