North Eastern Railroad Freight Activity (c) 2003

NEOW Reiner #079 01 Tuesday 8:30 am

Route: Ohio Rail

 

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Work Order: NEOW079_01

Time: 8:30 a.m.

Season: Autumn

Weather: Rain

Difficulty: Hard

Duration:2 hours

Train: 1 SD70 and 1 SD40

Class: 3

 

Your assigned dispatch call number is 9237.  You are responsible for hauling a 52-unit coal train to Hawkin's Pier for loading onto barges.  Your train weighs 7,400 tons, so you are a little light on power; use judicious train handling to avoid broken couplers.  Traffic is heavy, but should not be a problem as long as you keep to your schedule.  There is a restricted speed zone passing through the Mill Grove yards due to maintenance on an adjacent track, from mile 10.5 to 9.5.  You have mainline clearance from 8:30 am to 9:45 a.m.

 

Car locations:

all          to          Hawkin's Pier (any order)

 

Set out 26 cars on each pier track; you have to back them all the way to the end to make them fit.  When finished, drive all 3 engines and the caboose to the Marietta maintenance yard.

 

Speed Limits:

Yards = 15 MPH

Marietta North yard = 30 MPH

Main = As posted

Other = As posted

Drive Safely!

 

Jon, NERR # 079

 

 

  

Notes:  This is my first MS activity that (a) works as intended, and (b) I feel comfortable sharing with others.  Feedback and constructive criticism is welcome.  It was originally part "b" of a 2-part activity, but after hours of fiddling couldn't get part "a" to work right, so I'm giving it a rest and releasing part "b" by itself.  If you have difficulty getting the train restarted up the hill at the Reiner helper tracks, see the NEOW079_01_hints.txt file.  I very carefully selected engines with just 'barely' enough power to negotiate the grades.  Being a long and heavy train, you must handle it very carefully--it will not start or stop quickly or easily.