I was hoping for one more good round trip to end the half but I got called for a dog catch. My engineer and I went to Walapai and shadowed a train to Topock. At Topock we were told to get on an engine n the siding and take it to Needles. The engine was coupled to some baretables, but the air was not cut in. My engineer did a release and the cars did not move. I had to drop the derail and line the swtich onto the main. The engine was facing the wrong way, so we would have to take it "long hood forward" as we say. We would be limited to 45 MPH. When we got to Needles I only had to throw one swtich. We left it in "Roundhouse 3." After that we were told to dog catch the H KCKBAR at Berry. I think we had to stop once and let a Z train get around us. After that we had been on duty 9 hours so we tied up and claimed 296 miles. Not bad for one day. Today is Saturday and I am not projected to go out today, but that could change. I have attached an article about how the BNSF expect a surge in traffic in the near future. https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/bnsf-prepares-for-container-surge/?link_id=6&can_id=a68003f214d0c1e72a8e7559e703b65b&source=email-td-newswire-bnsf-predicts-container-surge-after-tariff-pause&email_referrer=email_2754601&email_subject=td-newswire-bnsf-predicts-container-surge-after-tariff-pause