North Eastern Railroad Freight Activity (c) 2004

 

Work Order: NEMM-018f FLO

Time: 8:30 a.m., November 1954

Season: Fall

Weather: Clear

Difficulty: Medium with auto-firing, hard otherwise

Duration: 1:40 hours

Train: 4-8-4 with 80 reefers, 13 tankers

Class: 3

 

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.

 

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

 

You just picked up the Georgianna Wye helper, for the 40 Mile Grade up to Fritt, and now you're under way again to continue the long haul south on the M&M.  The main is clear.

 

At Fritt, you'll drop off the tankers at the repair facility there, and also drop off the helper.

  

Speed Limits in Yard 15 mph, otherwise as posted.