Operations
Everything a crew member needs, from a first look at the railroad to the dispatcher's desk. New to Neville Island? Read the primer first; the rest is here when you need it.
Your first session
Start here · HB-01
New Operator Primer
The island's story, the jobs on the board, destination colors, and how the track scale works. No memorizing required.
Photos
Session night: the layout room
A walk through the room: the lounge, the dispatcher's desk, the yards, the scale, and the crew's paperwork.
Gallery
Rolling stock
The car fleet side by side, photos of cars on the layout, and the locomotives that work the island.
Session paperwork
What's on the clipboard, built for a phone at the fascia.
D749 · NVL · CK1
Crew sheets
Your job's steps, your colors, and where you work. Tick steps off as you go.
YM-01
Yardmaster sequence
Who gets which cut, in order, by color.
DS-01
Dispatcher train list
The lineup, the priority strip, and the Route 23 timetable.
SM-01 to SM-06
Station maps
West Yard, South Yard, Barn, East End, and Shenango, with track and switch legends.
TT-23
Route 23 timetable
The Neville Queen streetcar's station times. Freight holds until it clears.
Reference
Destination colors
Eight colors, eight places: the island industries and the two interchanges.
Reference
Industry spot sheets
Every customer's tracks and spots: which car goes where, and what it carries.
EQ-01
Scale instructions
Calibrating the track scale and weighing the coke pull.
Print & download
Publications shelf
Every official publication with its number and revision, ready to print.
Dispatcher's desk
How-to
Dispatcher guides
The USS CTC lever machine, the CATS Digicon CTC panel, and JMRI auto-dispatching.
Interactive
Layout Explorer
The full Digicon board. Click any switch or signal mast for its control point and hardware.
At the layout
Live tools
STS, MQTT Mimic, and JMRI web. These links only work on the layout's own network.
Shop & build
Under construction
Neville Island helix
The construction plan, half-lap screw template, build status, and every printed fixture.
Reference
Device roster
A searchable list of every switch, signal, and sensor on the railroad.
How-to
Shop guides
Speed matching and the measure table (STRR SOP), and how the Digicon system fits together.