North Eastern Railroad Freight Activity (c) 2004

 

Work Order: NEFL-018h FLO

Time: 8 a.m., November 1954

Season: Fall

Weather: Rain

Difficulty: Easy

Duration: 25 mins.

Train: 1x Lt. Mountain

Class: 1 with auto-fireman,  2 otherwise

 

The early season orange harvest is reaching a fevered pace in Florida.  Processing plants are swamped with Hamlin and Parson Brown varieties, warehouses are at capacity.  Shippers are screaming for as much tonnage as as the NERR can muster, to get oranges to the cold storage and distribution facilities in the Midwest and Northeast.

 

NEFL-018h is part of a series of work orders to represent different parts of the NERR's traffic handling the Florida orange harvest. 

 

The tail end of the heavy storms that flooded out the East Metro up north is still plaguing Florida, but the orange harvest goes on.  You have just driven a mixed consist down from the Southrail sub-division, and you're going to take a priority consist of reefers back north, loaded with oranges destined for the the cold storage plants in Dunedin.

 

Hostlers just turned your Lt Mountain at the Orlando Wye [use your imagination] and you're ready to go, as soon as your consist arrives from St. Pete.  It's scheduled past here any minute now.  After it passes, back out onto the main and head up to the Orlando North interchange track to pick it up.

 

Speed Limits: 45 mph maximum or as posted.