I have a question about a common ops scenario that I would like OperationsPro to facilitate, but I haven't figured out how to yet.? ?So I come here for advice.
I have 3 towns in sequence: A, B, C.? Towns A and C have yards while town B has 7 spurs and a siding.? The siding has been designated as an Alternate Track for the 7 spurs to handle off spots (it is categorized as a yard track). The spurs in B are served by a Turn that follows a route A>B>A (and only that route) and that works fine.? Now I would like to add a way freight that follows a route A>B>C, and which can spot cars for B on the siding there, to later be spotted by the Turn.? However, when I try to build the way freight, I never get any work for it at B, despite having several suitable cars available in yard A.? Here is the snippet of the build report that I don't understand:
? ?Find destinations for (NAHX 516177) type (Co Hop Grain) load (L<oad>) at (A?yard, UP A1 / BNSF D1 (2506))
? ? Searching location (B) route id (25r2) for possible destination?
? ? Can't send (NAHX 516177) directly to alternate yard (Siding)?
? ? Can't set out (NAHX 516177) by route (A-B-C) to spur (BB)
? ?etc.
In my reading of this, the last line tells me that a direct spot is not possible because the route A-B-C is not able to serve this spur (even though the car/load is suitable for it), which is what I expect.? But the prior line confuses me: I thought the way freight should be able to spot the car at the siding as an "inbound" car, later to be spotted by the Turn, so I don't understand the logic that precludes that.? Perhaps I am misreading the following two sentences in the Alternate Track documentation: "The program refers to these cars as "inbound" to the spur/industry. For a car to be "inbound" is has to be transported by trains that don't directly service the spur/industry."
Thanks in advance,
Gary
