Hi Pete. Thank You for getting back to me. I have attached two files, one is the switchlist for the Dayton Transfer Job coming from staging, the other is the Build Report for this job. To help you better understand what I'm trying to do, my layout is a 13'x18' three times around single track mainline with 5 passing sidings and a small Yard (Arnold Yard). There is also a 4 track staging Yard underneath Arnold Yard for which I am super excited to incorporate into my operations plan using JMRI Ops Pro. What I'm ultimately trying to do like so many other Model Railroaders is to have cars coming onto the layout via staging or interchange to serve the different industries then move off the layout via staging or interchange. I would also like to use Ops Pro to rotate my rollingstock and Locomotives so everything gets used.
I have begun reading your Quick Start Guide which I believe has already helped to resolve some issues, so I'll keep reading this excellent guide. Thank You for your time in putting this together Pete, it has helped me a lot.
The questions I have (for now) are:
1.) How can I get the Dayton Transfer job to setout it's cars in the Arnold Yard arrival/departure track only, pick up the cars meant for it to go off the layout and return to an arrival track in staging? (I know, that's a mouth full!)
2.) Need I understand everything the Build Report is telling me or that will come in time?
3.) I am terrified to click the "Move" button once I have built a Train and created a switchlist as I'm afraid something will happen that I won't be able to recover from. Maybe I should try using the Demo files for this?
4.) Is how I have the switchlist configured i.e. Road, Number, Type, Lgth, Color, To, From, Blocking an ok way of doing things or am I creating more work for myself by doing it this way?
Thank You Pete for your time and patients helping me with all of this, it is so very much appreciated.
Mel
Mel