Hello one and all, today is my first Update blog, where i know i promised photos, but they are not ready at this time. for now, i will share an insight into my goods waybill system. So sit back, relax and enjoy. as always ant feeback or comments are greatly appreciated, as i try to respond to as many as possible.

So, waybills. the reason why ive chosen to introduce a waybill system is as described earlier, my layout is a 7x2ft end to end, and i chose waybillas as i would like to add operational interest to my layout, and make my railway feel like its a part of the real world.
My layout, like ive mentioned before is set in a fictonal part of Devon, and i have studied the real railway netork around where my layout would fit in the real world. i have estabished that trains coming from or going to the east would go to stations such as Poole, Brighton, Bournemouth, Portsmouth, London and more. these lines going to the east would carry a lot of war supplies to the naval harbours, and likley also have a flurrying fish trade. to the west you could get to places such as Yeovil, bath, Bristol and Swindon. I've taken all of these lines into account, and around these, I've designed my waybills.

so take this waybill, for example. this is for War supply wagons. this can incorporate Warwells, Warflats, or general goods vans carrying war supply's like ammo, bombs etc. the first row shows where the goods is going to and where it has come from. line 2 can also show a final destination for the cargo if it is different to the first stop. eg. if empty Warmwell come from London that need to go to Bristol, but they need to stop at Warmwell to pick up their load. on the waybill it would read to; Warmwell, from; London, destination; Bristol. line 3 shows the goods carried by the wagon, so in our example it would read "Tanks." the customer, is a purely cosmetic category, but it adds a touch of realism to the waybill. the next row, "Empty" is a simple tick or cross saying whether the wagon is loaded on this trip. the next two, wagon return and return empty, are simple yes or no questions asking if, once the wagon has arrived in the goods yard, will it return to its original destination, and will it return empty. the row after is the category of wagon this is, and on this example its war supply wagons. the colour on this section depicts the colour of dice I would use to select traffic, but that part of the system I'm still working on. below that it shows the wagon type, so in my worked example it would say 50t Warwell. the final line is any other notes that you need to add. these cards are printed and then laminated, so they can be wrote on with whiteboard pens and rubbed off with each goods working.

thanks for taking the time to read this waybill system is WIP And is not fully complete. as always, any feedback or suggestions are greatly appreciated.

I'm planning another February update later in the month, so keep a look out!

Cheers,
Brad.