On Sun, Oct 6, 2024 at 03:46 PM, Dan Boudreau wrote:
On Sun, Oct 6, 2024 at 02:52 PM, Paul Anderson wrote:
I'm accustomed to (and prefer) that the crew job name is only a description of what the crew is doing, and the lead locomotive number is what is used for throttles, dispatcher/crew communications, etc.
You could add a comment to the train Manifest at the turn to use the last locomotive number of the consist on the return trip for the throttle and when communicating.
That is certainly an option that would clearly communicate the locomotive number handling to that crew. Playing the devil's advocate, what about the crews that are scheduled to meet this train with its swapped numbers while it's out on the main line? If I'm using CTC signals and a dispatcher, the other crews don't really care about which train they're meeting; they're just following signals, so no problems there. If, however, I'm using timetable and train orders, the other crews are required to pay close attention to the locomotive numbers that they're scheduled to meet; in this scenario, they'd need to look at both the lead and trailing unit of the locomotive consist during a meet. Ugh.?
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I'm just trying to figure out a solution that doesn't turn into unintuitive mush during an op session.
Paul Anderson