I have a yard setup with 8 C/I tracks for various next destinations so we can sort cars as they come into the yard.
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I also want some extra storage space available to each C/I track so if a given track has 8 car spots available but 10 cars that should be placed on the C/I track the software has somewhere to put them.
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To make it more complicated lets assume that the outbound train can only handle eight cars
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So, ten cars come into the yard for Woodsville.? Eight go onto the Woodsville C&I track and the other two go into "general storage"
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When the time comes for the Woodsville train it grabs the eight from the C/I track, freeing up room for the other two cars to be placed on the C/I track for the next train.
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A yard job then runs and puts the two from general storage onto the Woodsville C/I track
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Two questions:
What would the real railroad do?
Is there a way to accomplish either my idea or the prototype solution in JMRI?
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Thanks!
