11-10-2011, 12:57 AM
The Almeda Terminal & Gulf is a small switching railroad which serves local industries in southeast Houston, the "Almeda" area. It has a track to the town of Seabrook which is 30 miles south on Galveston Bay (Gulf of Mexico") hence the "Gulf" part of the name. Era is modern. The trains would be all freight.
For the slang names, I like Brakie's suggestion of "Sweep", for example, the "Afternoon Sweep". And that suggests the morning train to be the "Dawn Patrol"? Is that too much of a cliche? Seabrook Job and Spud Job sound good. I also like the term "Transfer" for moving the empties.
For Brakie's suggestion on trains 5 and 6:
5.The BNSF GERN-BNSFGE(empty) and BNSFGL(loads).
6.The UP GERN-UPGE/UPGL.Same as BNSF
What would the crews call those trains? Would they say all the initials?
For the slang names, I like Brakie's suggestion of "Sweep", for example, the "Afternoon Sweep". And that suggests the morning train to be the "Dawn Patrol"? Is that too much of a cliche? Seabrook Job and Spud Job sound good. I also like the term "Transfer" for moving the empties.
For Brakie's suggestion on trains 5 and 6:
5.The BNSF GERN-BNSFGE(empty) and BNSFGL(loads).
6.The UP GERN-UPGE/UPGL.Same as BNSF
What would the crews call those trains? Would they say all the initials?