Saturday, July 19, 2025
I got called for a big stack train. Over 14,000 tons. It had 4 motors on the head end, 2 in the middle, and 2 on the rear. It was tied down at East Needles. I only had to untie 5 handbrakes. On duty time was 7:20 pm Mountain Time. We went DOL before we got to WInslow. We got dog caught at Loop road, about 10 miles outside of Winslow.
I got to the the hotel in time for breakfast, went to bed, got up around 3, and watched TV, then went down to the grill to eat. I slept pretty good. I got called at 11 pm for a baretable going from Cicero, Illinois to Long Beach. We had two motors on the head end, and our IPADs said that we were to set out our second motor in Needles and pick up another motor. That made no sense. It was a good trip. We were on duty just over 8 hours. When we were close to Needles I asked the Needles disptacher about the work, and he said to "higfhball it because another train was in the yard." When we got in we saw an eastbound going into the yard, but when our outbound came out they said they had been told to do the set out and pick up. They said they would do it and we thanked them. I did a bunch of running around when I got home today (catching up on the things I've been meaning to do but I've been working a lot). I'm going to have a good supper and go to bed now. I'm tired! It got up to 109 degrees in Mohave Valley today.
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