Car Card Links
by Richard Schumacher
There are a number of sources for the four-way
waybill and car card system Bob discussed in his
article, as well as
resources and additional information on how to setup
your operations.
For over twenty years,
Old Line
Graphics (www.oldlinegraphics.com)
has offered printed sets of the forms needed for this
operating system. They offer a "basic set" for $22.50
(including shipping) which includes 100 car cards, 150
waybills, 50 special waybills, 50 messages, 50 train
orders, 50 unit train bills, 50 mine block bills, and 50
bad order slips. They also sell each item "a la carte"
in pads of 50 forms.
Old Line
Graphics
1604 Woodwell Road
Silver Spring, MD 20906-2048
The NMRA OpSIG
is a wonderful source of operations information;
membership is well worth the investment of $15/year.
Their "Introduction to Waybills and Car Cards"
article is online at:
http://www.opsig.org/primer/guide/
Along with a primer on car cards:
http://www.opsig.org/primer/carcards.shtml
And the OpSIG Membership form:
http://www.opsig.org/OpSIGappform.pdf
The Australasian
Region OpSIG also has waybills and car cards you
can download and print from their website:
http://www.nmra.org.au/OPSIG/waybills.html
The Gateway Division NMRA
has an operations overview article online at:
http://www.gatewaynmra.org/designops.htm
and an operator's/owner's guide:
http://www.gatewaynmra.org/opguide.htm
Micro-Mark
(www.micromark.com)
recently introduced their "Car Routing System Starter
Pack" (item #82916) which includes 100 each car cards,
waybills, and bad order slips along with 25 locomotive
cards and 4 three-compartment bill boxes for $32.70.
This product is especially interesting because of the
nice wooden bill boxes included with the starter pack –
also available separately (package of 2, item #82914,
$9.95). Prices do not include shipping.
A problem with any car card and waybill system is
where the bills are placed once the cars are spotted.
Some modelers use a banker's clip to hold the cards
together and hang it near the siding. Others build small
boxes or trays attached to the layout fascia, although
they can be complex / troublesome to build. Micro-Mark's
bill boxes look nice, are purpose-made for the task,
pre-assembled, and ready to attach to your layout.
Micro-Mark
340 Snyder Avenue
Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-1595
1-800-225-1066
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