The following action takes place on the less finished portion of my layout. So not everything is as neat and tidy as I normally post.
Sitting in the crew room, at Lampson Yard, discussing the days work, you and your crew ignore the persistent rumors of this new thing called Conrail. It’s a fine late summer day and the Falls Turn has work to do:
- Ristuccia Plastics - spot loaded hopper of pellets.
- Consalvi Stone - spot loaded hopper of cement, and a gondola of stone blocks. Pull emtpy gondola.
- Brodar Woodcraft - spot loaded boxcar of hardwood boards.
- MNB Publishing - spot loaded boxcar of paper.
- Dave Brewing - spot loaded grain hopper.
- Byrd Building Supply - spot one boxcar of lumber, one boxcar of plywood, and one boxcar of roofing material. Pull empty boxcar.
- Interchange track - no cars to deliver. Pick up any cars there.
- R. Nicholas Steel - spot empty coil car. Pull loaded coil car.
Finishing the briefing, you tromp out to your train with nearly new MP15 2771 gently idling on the point.
After a quick air test, you get the highball from the conductor, and the OK from the yardmaster to depart. The engineer notches out on the throttle, and 2771 roars to life. The train rumbles past the yard office, and around the curve to the signal at Elise.
You call the operator at Lack Tower, to request 30 minutes on the main to work Ristuccia Plastics and Consalvi Stone. Lack says you’d be holding at Frank anyway and gives you permission to open up and work.
Spot the cement hopper then pull the empty gon:
Spot the load:
Afte