Shop and/or RIP track moves

[Brakie]

Absolutely - there are are many ways to have fun.

The jobs that you are talking about are some of the "non-revenue" work that's required to get the revenue...! Technically, switching the yard doesn't even pay, except that it sets up a paying job. A lot of people like to model the revenue operations with the interesting and creative industries and switching jobs while the rest is just "fiddle yard" stuff. There are those however who enjoy the "behind the scenes" just as much...


Andrew

Not to mention adding a shop switcher.The yard crew sits out a B/O car and the shop crew picks it up and takes it to the rip holding track where it may sit 2 or 3 days before being switch to the RIP track-try explaining that to a shipper or the receiver. If the repair is simple it can be done on a yard track once blue flags is placed on both ends of the yard track.This is done so a yard crew won't make a unprotected shoved down the yard track-you can do this in a yard.