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it helps connect like-minded hobbyists; and more. It also publishes a quarterly magazine called The Dispatchers Office (also available in electronic format, at a discount since there are no printing or mailing costs). The Dispatchers Office is always a good read, and over the years the mag- azine has featured a number of articles about TT&TO. In 2008, David Sprau wrote a series on the subject, while in years previous Steve King tackled the issue in a series of articles. Both au- thors have professional railroading ex- perience, with first-hand knowledge of TT&TO operations. Either would be a great guy to have on an operating crew, so it’s a real treat that they agreed to work together to revise, update and blend their series of articles from The Dispatchers Office, and present the art of timetable and train orders between a single set of covers.
The book is divided into two sections. The first section demystifies TT&TO, explaining how train orders work and why they’re used. This is a great guide, walking the reader through the various tools that are needed to use TT&TO. These tools include the timetable, the dispatchers sheet, the train order book, the paper forms, the types of orders and their wording, and so on. Given that these tools are fairly consistent across any North American railroad, readers
can compare this book’s information with the employee timetable and rule book for their favorite prototype and figure out how the railroad worked. The second section explains how to take this information, and apply it to a model railroad. It includes a series of questions (eg: “Can No 67 head on to Charlie?”) and then explains what needs to be done before a crew can an- swer that question. The format encour- ages reader participation: The best way to read the book, I’ve found, is with a copy of a timetable and a rule book at hand, plus something to write or doodle on. The latter helps me visualize what’s happening on the sample railroad. In other words, this isn’t just a book to read passively, but a book that encour- ages one to learn the TT&TO system. After discussing the system, the book
then walks readers through the practi- cal application of TT&TO to a layout. For example, it explains what logs, books and forms are needed, and how to make or purchase them. It explains what rules are important on a model railway, and what rules are probably im- practical to implement so we can ignore them. It offers ideas on building dis- patcher’s offices (ranging from a simple table to replicas of actual offices from fa- vorite prototypes) and options for repre- senting train order boards at stations where orders may need to be collected.
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