How Are Articulated Cars Counted?

Since we work almost exclusively with passenger cars, that’s the length we generally use. I generally cheat a bit. We run on stick rail, so two sticks is about a car. Even if it’s off a bit, I’m still fairly consistent.

But there are those folks…

I work an assigned job, regular crew members and hours…my engineer almost always responds to the rhythm and cadence of my voice as I count down, he hears the car counts, but respond to the tone of what I am saying more often than not.

So long as you are consistent, even if your car count is long, or short, as long as it is always the same, it works.

Like dancing with a favorite partner, you both learn how the other is going to perform.