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Operations Kit and Uncoupling Model Railroad Cars A guest demonstrates an operations kit and how to uncouple model railroad cars. From "Workin' On the Railroad" episode DWRR-207L

Host Chris Chianelli is joined by guest David Popp, associate editor of Model Railroader Magazine in the Workin' on the Railroad workshop. David explains the operations kit by Micro Mark, and he demonstrates how to use car cards for each train and how to uncouple cars from the locomotive.

Once a new car is coupled and moved away from the shipping yard, that car's card is removed from the operator box, and once the operations is completed, the train is then on its way for deliveries.

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	All you need is an operating kit to get started on creating an model railroad "operations" session.
	Figure A

Operating Kit

Materials:

un-coupler tool
operations kit
rule book (contains everything you need to know)

1. Remove the car card (figure A), which contains information about the car.

2. The waybill contains the information on where the car is going and what it is loaded with.

3. Once the info is filled out on each card, place in the proper industry slot in the card box.

4. Separate the cars using a coupler pick. Simply jam the pick down between the cars and twist. This separates the couplers.

5. Move the locomotive forward and switch the tracks.

6. Back locomotive to the company where the next car is to be picked up.

7. Once the new car has been coupled, remove its card from the card box.

8. Repeat the process for each car.

RESOURCES :

Magazines and Books on Railroading
Kalmbach Publishing Co.
Website: www.modelrailroaderbooks.com

Small Tools and Accessories
Micro-Mark
Website: www.micromark.com

Trains in N, HO, O
Atlas Model Railroad Co, Inc.
Website: www.atlasrr.com

Model Railroader magazine
Website: www.kalmbach.com

National Model Railroad Association
Website: www.mnra.org

Couplers for Model Trains
Kadee Quality Products Co.
Website: www.kadee.com

GUESTS :

David Popp
Kalmbach Publishing Co.
Website: www.kalmbach.com