Work Order: NEDF-109-09-Must-Ret05

Time: 1:00pm

Season: Summer

Weather: Clear

Difficulty: Easy

Duration: 1hr 10min

Train: U23B#4493 & GN-GP38#2011 + RS18 as helper

Class: 1

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After dropping off the sick Mustangs at Dierker Farms, you are on the return load continuing from Saratoga Yard to Circus City  where we were stopped by Dispatch. There are no speed restrictions, just keep in mind you are still carrying various Hazmat materials and need to be extra cautious.

 

SPECIFICS: (per Work Order)-see text file for additional information

MP99   - Saratoga Springs Yard

            Pickup entire 32788 consist and

            add them to your own before leaving

 

35mph Crossovers at MP101 and MP109, both directions. Be careful there.

 

To help you plan your attack, your load is:

2268 Ton, 1659ft minus the additional 10 Empty gondolas to NoWater

15 Hazmat (explosives) to NoWater, Valley Mining and Ada Earth Products

 8 Martins Manure Cars to Caines CT and Gayles Nursery,

 4 Tropicana Cars to CC Bottling and AB Bottling

 

Your finish time on this may vary.

 

RobertR #109

 

The only advice is that you may have to back down the hill before you can make it back up the hill. It will take Run8, running deep in the loadmeter, but it is only about 3 minutes, so when you hit the top, back off a couple of notches and let the traction motors cool a bit while you gain speed.