The "Empty Atlas Merchant",
"Empty Book Merchant"
&
"Empty Preserved Book Merchant"
Competitions : 2005
The things we dream up! As a bunch of railtour regulars we decided to add some spice to our touring year in 2002 by introducing two competitions - for the "Empty Atlas Merchant" and "Empty Book Merchant" of the year. On each tour we will mark ourselves on how much new track is "scratched" and how many new locos are had for haulage. The more you get, the higher you score. In 2003 an extra competition was added for additional "spice"....it must be fun as we all came back for the subsequent competitions!
The "needslist" for
the competition players (not yet complete).
(Excel spreadsheet, about 600kb, updated frequently)
Actually the aim is not to be the person scoring the most, but the one scoring the least!
The rules are too complex to explain in simple terms here, these Pages are simply the public record of the competition results so far.
2005 Year-to-date
(Updated frequently)