Timesaver

Track plan of the classic Timesaver by John Allen (gray: optional track to connect two Timesavers)

A Timesaver is a strategy game based on a simple model railway system .

history

The first Timesaver was developed and built by John Whitby Allen in 1966 . Allen first presented the simple model railway system to the public in 1972 in the American magazine Model Railroader . The original layout was the NMRA (National Model Railroad Association) Howell Day Museum in Chattanooga donated a twin copy went to in San Diego Situated Model Railroad Museum . This "Shunting puzzle" (German "Shunting puzzle" ) have been implemented already DOS times on the PC and in 2011 are playable online yet.

game

A locomotive and a different number of wagons are placed on the shunting tracks and must now be brought to a predetermined target position via the sidings and switches . If the game is played against each other, the winner can be determined after the smallest number of maneuvers or after the time required.

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Interesting facts on the topic

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Manfred Curbach: Shunting game not without pitfalls In: MIBA , 1993, issue No. 11, pp. 84 ff., ISSN 0723-3841 .
↑ http://www.wymann.info/ShuntingPuzzles/sw-timesaver.html .
↑ http://www.precisionlabels.com/shunt/jg3tims0.html .

[MIBA_1993/11-1] Manfred Curbach: Shunting game not without pitfalls In: MIBA , 1993, issue No. 11, pp. 84 ff., ISSN 0723-3841 .

[2] ttp://www.wymann.info/ShuntingPuzzles/sw-timesaver.html .

[3] ttp://www.precisionlabels.com/shunt/jg3tims0.html .