07-25-2010, 02:53 PM
Glad to help Richard. As far as mainline and "roundhouse" moves, well, just about anything can take place here. I'll give you a few "examples" to help you out.
Mainline "situations":
As mentioned above, you can ALWAYS be subject to: hotbox and dragging equipment detectors. Where are you going to set off that defective car?
"Open plug doors": Plug door boxcars CANNOT travel with doors open. Trains are stopped by trackside employees who "spot" these doors open. They can fall off and kill someone. Regular "sliding" doors should be closed as well but sometimes overlooked. Where are you going to set off that car?
"Open top shiftable loads" CANNOT be placed next to tank cars! If you have a gon full of I-beams or poles, and they extend over the top of the gon, they are a "shiftable load". They can puncture a tank car in no time flat. So, if your the yard conductor and your thinking about placing that car next to a tank car - think again. Bad move.
Enginehouse moves
Where's the Hostler? You can spend more time here than you can "on the main". All you need are some unique pieces of equipment and maybe 2 or 3 pieces of rolling stock. Some of the following equipment can be found at a enginehouse. These examples are taken from the NYS&W Rwy's Utica, NY engine facility. Here has been found (all at the same time too), Steamer #142, their E-9's 2400 & 2402, passenger coaches, leased locomotives, locomotives being repaired from other RR's (such as BAR and MA&N), flat cars with wheel sets on them, boxcars full of beer - for online customer, stored here for security reasons because their siding was full, (imagine a boxcar load of beer just sitting on a siding located next to a high school
Furthermore, former NYS&W president Walter Rich was a AVID railfan. He Collected different pieces of rolling stock and stored some of it at Utica. Some examples are former D&H cranes, gons, and flat cars. There were also some 40 and 50' FJ&G boxcars here too.
Most enginehouses are also repair facilities as well - especially for shortlines. So whenever a railcar needed repairs, it was put to the enginehouse for repairs.
And because this was a 4 - track enginehouse, stuff was ALWAYS in the way. Before starting our day, we ALWAYS had to move equipment for the enginhouse people. This, sometimes, took almost 2 hours and sometimes made for an 8 hour day. Use your imagination here. Almost anything is possible at a enginehouse.
Hope that gives you some help.
Mainline "situations":
As mentioned above, you can ALWAYS be subject to: hotbox and dragging equipment detectors. Where are you going to set off that defective car?
"Open plug doors": Plug door boxcars CANNOT travel with doors open. Trains are stopped by trackside employees who "spot" these doors open. They can fall off and kill someone. Regular "sliding" doors should be closed as well but sometimes overlooked. Where are you going to set off that car?
"Open top shiftable loads" CANNOT be placed next to tank cars! If you have a gon full of I-beams or poles, and they extend over the top of the gon, they are a "shiftable load". They can puncture a tank car in no time flat. So, if your the yard conductor and your thinking about placing that car next to a tank car - think again. Bad move.
Enginehouse moves
Where's the Hostler? You can spend more time here than you can "on the main". All you need are some unique pieces of equipment and maybe 2 or 3 pieces of rolling stock. Some of the following equipment can be found at a enginehouse. These examples are taken from the NYS&W Rwy's Utica, NY engine facility. Here has been found (all at the same time too), Steamer #142, their E-9's 2400 & 2402, passenger coaches, leased locomotives, locomotives being repaired from other RR's (such as BAR and MA&N), flat cars with wheel sets on them, boxcars full of beer - for online customer, stored here for security reasons because their siding was full, (imagine a boxcar load of beer just sitting on a siding located next to a high school
Furthermore, former NYS&W president Walter Rich was a AVID railfan. He Collected different pieces of rolling stock and stored some of it at Utica. Some examples are former D&H cranes, gons, and flat cars. There were also some 40 and 50' FJ&G boxcars here too.
Most enginehouses are also repair facilities as well - especially for shortlines. So whenever a railcar needed repairs, it was put to the enginehouse for repairs.
And because this was a 4 - track enginehouse, stuff was ALWAYS in the way. Before starting our day, we ALWAYS had to move equipment for the enginhouse people. This, sometimes, took almost 2 hours and sometimes made for an 8 hour day. Use your imagination here. Almost anything is possible at a enginehouse.
Hope that gives you some help.
Doing my best to stay on track and to live each day to it's fullest, trying not to upset people along the way. I have no enemies.....just friends who don't understand my point of view.
Steve
Let's go Devils!
Steve
Let's go Devils!