Thursday, May 15, 2025
I got called for a dog catch again. We were supposed to dog catch a Z train near Bartow. I figured it would be a good night. A good trip on a Z train, then they woudl let us go home. Instead we dog cauth it at Goffs. On the way the van driver was speeding, going 69 in a 55 MPH zone. I told him to slow down and he did. We made it to Needles very quickly. Then they sent us to Homer to untie a stack train. The note in the cab said that there were 39 brakes tied. I started untying brakes. How many? I didn't count. There may very well have been 39 of them. I was glad when I was done. The van gave me a ride up to the head end. We found out there was a problem with the lead motor and we were to set it out in Needles. This was turning out to be a onger night than I thought it would be. We went got to Needles and we were lined into Yard 2. We went to the east end of the yard. The outobund helped us with the set out. Usually when we set out a motor at the east end it is the last motor, not the first. It actually made things easier. The outbound got on the second motor, and we just cut the lead motor away. We went over the switch. I threw it and shoved my engineer back over the switch. I relined it for the outbound, and helped my engineer shove into Yard 3. All of the swtiches were lined for us. We were done for the night. I got home and in bed around 4 am. I'm not projected to go out in the next 24 hours.
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