OpsBuddy…..

 I’ve recently run across a system on YouTube built for small, shelf type model layouts without many industries. In fact, the developer only has five industries on his layout. With only six on mine I thought I’d give this a try! You can find the video of this system here: https://youtu.be/INmIw8Ijwx8?si=JbcvtsoE0xYZRYPg

However, this is basically a series of Excel spreadsheets that you set up for your railroad. It is not like a system such as JMRI that will auto populate everything. So basically you’re moving things around on the spreadsheet manually after entering your car inventory in. To determine what industries get worked and how many of what type cars it receives you roll a 20 sided dice. I’ve set up the first switchlist for the layout as shown below. Notice the “Penn Central Transportation Company” at top right plus the name of the local switch job, the “Sedamsville local”. I’ll report back how this works shortly! Switchlist is below: