How we use Car Cards on the QUAKER VALLEY RAILROAD 

We are developing this page to describe the use of the Card Cards and Waybills on our home road.  Please check back for future updates.

Each town and yard location has a slot for each track or industry.  The car cards for the cars located on the railroad are stored in the appropriate slot.  We assemble these from pine lattice boards and masonite.  The pine lattice provides a uniform size for the sides and bottom of the card box.  Masonite panels are glued on front and rear.  We use drywall screws to attach these to the fascia.  Labels identify each industry or yard track.  What you see pictured here is the town of Moss Creek.  Industry tracks (in red) are for Reading Bone Fertilizer, an as yet unnamed siding, and Goodwin Brick.  The two tracks identified with the QV logo are the mainline and a passing siding.  The two track boxes to the right are for B&O staging tracks which joint the QV mainline just east of Moss Creek at Twin Rocks.
 
 
 

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