North Eastern Railroad Freight Activity (c) 2002

NERP 090-2 Double Duty continued

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Work Order: NERP 090-2

Location: Raton Pass route Raton Yard to York Canyon Mine

Time:10:00 a.m.

Season: Summer

Weather: Clear

Difficulty: Medium

Duration: 2hr 40 minutes

Train: AC6000 #9939

Class:2

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A lengthy repair job on the main through freight route has caused major changes to normal operations.  Through freight traffic has returned to the Raton Pass route until the main freight route (with lesser grades) can be reopened.  Engineers with knowledge of the route have been pressed into service.  Vacations have been cancelled.   As operator of the twice weekly coal delivery from Wyoming to San Diego you have just completed a trip over the pass with an additional transfer freight and placed it in the yard at Raton.

 

 New orders require you to (1)cut the power from the Transfer train you just delivered and connect it to the rear of a train of empty hoppers heading East back over the pass; (2) Add a recently delivered string of empty hoppers to  the loaded hoppers bound for San Diego and deliver them to York Canyon Coal Mine and (3) pick up a unit coal train for delivery to Las Vegas.

 

This is the second of several activities to move the coal through the Southwest division.

 

The time is10 AM and, you are awaiting clearance at Raton Yard with  2x AC6000's and one SD40-2. Traffic in both directions is heavy. Weather is mild and clear.

 

This is the second WO in a series to move the coal through the Southwest division.

 

Jerry Matthews aka HiLine

NE Engineer #090