Southern Pacific Switching Layout

[Brakie]

...save hundreds of man hours by eliminating the runaround moves...

Wouldn't the railroad get more money from requiring a runaround move, since industries are charged on how many "moves" it takes to switch?

Nope that's not spotting or picking the car up at the car industry...

As far as moves a heads up crew will avoid unnecessary moves and couplings since this is amounts to extra work that isn't necessary to get the job done.