Rik,
Many thanks for the link to your Operations. Indeed you do make the line work for a living. Great stuff. I think that the Cradles that you use to move Stock to where it was if you need to end a session for whatever reason are a great idea. I have seen them before, did you do an article for a Magazine or was it written up on this site? Not sure that it would work for me as I have more wagons at any one Station. But I have (had) two Sheds so that stock from the 2 Main Stations was easily pushed into the Sheds. The small passing Station at a lower level was also pushable into the Shed. Plus the Station at a higher level worked in the same way. Thus all stock was inside and secure outside of sessions and easily put back the way it was for the next one.
I keep track of where things are with a spreadsheet, dealing playing Cards to define where and how wagons will be moved. Sometimes very little happens, other sessions it is all chaotic with more traffic than can be easily managed by the Mixed Trains. I only run mixed trains as that is how the Seketalbahn works in the Harz. Busy or quiet its all in the cards.
My new line in construction just now will have a similar set up having two sheds for storage of rolling stock, but not locomotives. They as always live indoors.
JonD
