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Pick five cards and marshal a train
Hi All. I am guilty of being a YouTube fan, and one thing I would like to have a go at is marshalling a train.This idea involves starting with eight cards and rolling stock to match, but I need to make the cards first.I can take photos of my wagons and vans, but it has been recommended to use Excel? But until I get my Laptop working I haven’t got a printer, unless I purchase a WiFi printer to go with my iPad??? I googled the question and apparently Apple have their own version, well if I can figure that out, I would need a long sleep afterwards.
Back to the game with the stock in position , the player shuffles the cards, picks out five and that is the formation of the train. You probably know the rest, get Shunting. Any help please??? Best wishes Kevin
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The random selection of you 5 wagons from the 8 can be achieved in many ways - all cheap.
One method is small coloured balls - from a childs toy set. You stick a coloured disc on the roof of your vans then draw a coloured ball from a bag. 5 balls drawn, 5 wagon train to make up.
Or, stick a number disc on each of your wagons. You can buy little wooden bingo callers number discs very cheaply. Select 5 numbers from the bag. The order they come out is the order of the wagons in the train.
It's all a bit like drawing the lottery - or the football fixtures ……………………
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I use a random number generator that chooses x from y, where in this case x=5 and y=8. Takes all about a millisecond. Note them down on paper. http://www.randomlists.com
You need a list of what wagon corresponds to what number. Excel or similar.
No need for a printer. Buy some more wagons instead.
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Hi Michael. Thank you for your reply. The issue isn’t taking photos, I am capable of that. The issue is uploading photos of the correct size into the gallery. I have had some success, with assistance from YMRC Members, and I have had to delete some of my failures. Best wishes Kevin As you say Kevin, you are capable of taking and also
As you say Kevin, you are perfectly capable of taking and also posting photos, so don't give up, but repeat your successes and learn from the mistakes. It's how we all do it!
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