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RailPro Operation Weekend Invite

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KPack:
I also was able to attend the ops session and it was a blast.  Lee is an awesome guy and his layout was fantastic.  I was amazed that the scenery was all completed...there were no bare spots on the layout at all.  The signaling and full vintage CTC board was intense.  Signaling was all new to me, so I had to repeatedly confirm with people that the signal was calling for me to proceed...didn't want any accidents.

I'm also new to ops in general, so I had a rather humerous experience of taking a train out of staging but not realizing there was paperwork for it.  So I happily drove it almost the entire length of the layout before dispatch found me and informed me that I was supposed to set out and pick up at the very first stop on my route.  So I got to back the train up the entire way and do it right the second time.  Good experience for me!

Jacob and I were able to meet a lot of other Railpro converts.  I'd say about half the guys there were on Railpro.  We had some issues with dirty track/wheels, but those got resolved.  We also had some issues with software glitches because Lee was running some of the new beta programming...but that's why we beta test so that we can find errors.  All errors we ran across have been solved by Tim.  Overall Railpro functioned very well in a multi-user, large scale environment.  I was very impressed with Lee's Railpro setup and how streamlined he has everything.  The lanyards around the neck were such a good idea.

Thanks Lee for the invite!  I hope to be able to make it back to your place on one of my trips to Utah.  If any of you ever have the opportunity to operate on his layout I highly recommend it.  It is a must-see!

-Kevin

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