Currently, SwitchList assumes an assigned car goes to the shipper, gets loaded,
then taken to the receiver, and gets unloaded, then gets returned to the owning
railroad. On real trains, cars can stop at multiple other locations:
* A car could be held at a yard waiting for the lading's price to change.
* A car could go to an ice house for precooling before receiving fruit.
* A car could go to a scale after loading to weigh the load being shipped.
* A car could go to a cleanout track after being received to make sure it is
suitable for the next customer.
SwitchList currently has no support for any of these, and adding support could
make for interesting switching. It might also be worth distinguishing between
destinations where the car only sits temporarily while in the same train, and
destinations where the car might sit for multiple days.
Original issue reported on code.google.com by rwbowdi...@gmail.com on 20 Dec 2011 at 6:14
Original issue reported on code.google.com by
rwbowdi...@gmail.com
on 20 Dec 2011 at 6:14