INSTALLATION
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Unzip the download files into a temporary folder.  Drag your .APK packaged 
activity file onto the TSUNPACKLPS program (available at the L&PS web site). 

DESCRIPTION
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Fri, Jul 1,1927  
Its 97 degrees and sunny out.
The shop foreman has assigned you 
to assemble the train for a picnic extra.

Make up a passenger train consisting of No 2, 1, 3 and 4
You'll find No 2 on shop track 4.
The rest of the cars are in the car shed to the north.
Move the consist to London Station, south track.


BACKGROUND
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The L&PS operates a regular daily local to Port Stanley and back called 
the Port Turn.  In addition, 'Bucket Runs' are made as needed to keep the 
coal moving - empty hoppers southbound, loads northbound.  The agent will
often add coal hoppers to the Port Turn to fill out its tonnage.  All
freight trains are run as extras on the L&PS

The London Switch crew, usually using L2, assembles the Port Turn in the
morning and spots the cars it returns with in the afternoon.  The London
Switch also handles the CN transfer, picking up the string of incoming cars,
spotting them and making up the outgoing string for transfer later in the day.

Cars are sorted into the yard tracks between Simcoe and Hill St. as follows:

L Track 1 - empty buckets (hoppers) destined for the Port
L Track 2 - cars destined for the CN interchange
L Track 3 - all southbound cars ( ie MCR, PM etc )
L Track 4 - this is used as an arrival and departure track

NOTES:

1.  Don't leave cars standing across city streets.  When you drop cars in the
yard, split your train at Grey Street, Simcoe and Hill.

2.  If you move a car to reach a drop further into the spur, be sure to replace it.

6.  There is no AI traffic in the L&PS switching activities but for more realism 
keep an eye on the timetable and clear the main five minutes before any scheduled
trains.

7.  You won't need the front coupler for these activities.  Save yourself some grief.

9.  When switching, avoid leaving cars standing on the main.

11. When operating the Port Turn, don't run around cars at facing point spurs. Instead, 
set out those spurs on the return trip later in the day.

12. When switching Elgin Handles and the freight shed in St. Thomas, do not foul the 
Wabash diamond. 

(c) 2006 wacampbell@rogers.com
