I got a call at 10:30 pm Saturday for a dog catch- I was to dog catch the train that we call the "North Bay." It goes from Bakersfield, through Barstow to Needles, and then on to Winslow. I was to dog catch it near Bakersfiled. I'm not qualified for the Bakersfield subdivison, so I called the dispatcher to ask if I would need a pilot. He said that the train woud probably be in Barstow by the time I dog caught it, so I would be okay. I gulped down two cups of coffee, and at 11:30 pm I got a call saying that the call had been "busted." I was not given a reason. I said, "Great, I just drank two cups of coffee now I won't be able to get back to sleep." But I did get back to sleep. I got another call at 6 am to be a brakeman. I was not given much information. When I got down to the depot I called the dispatcher and found out that my engineer and I would be taken out to Cadiz by van and we would man some helpers and wait to be called, -but the disptacher did not seem to think we would be needed. The van showed up and ran us to Cadiz. He did nt want to drive around to where our motors were in the siding so my engineer and I had to walk across both mains. We sat in one motor. I caught up on my reading and won a chess game on line. After 2pm, when the dispatchers changed shifts I called the new dispatcher and let him know we were there but we hadn't done anything all day. He didn't seem to know why we were ther either. He said he would work on getting us a van. Around 4 pm a van showed up and the dispatcher said we could go home. This driver was nice enough to come to us and she was pleasant to ltak to on the way home. I tied up and claimed 144 miles for the day (the distance to Cadiz and back). I also filed a "special claim" for the busted call. (16.25 miles). When I went home I was exhaused, even though I hadn't done anything all day. I went to bed around 9 pm and woke up refreshed at 7 am today. It looks like I won't go out until tomorrow.