I got called for the H AMSBAR, wich goes from Amarillo, Texas to Barstow. On duty time was 9:20 pm. Our train had 8 motors on the head end and one on the rear. Most of the motors on the head end were either dead or isolatated. This train was gong to be fun to put away when we got to Barstow. They put us into the siding at Amboy and we waited there for 3 and a half hours. Then we were told to swap trains with the crew of the Q CHISBD. They had work to do . They had a set out in Bartow. I assumed we would be settting the cars out to the buggy tracks. My engineer said, "They might have us come into Main 4 and set out to the I Yard.."That was exactly what happened. I could not ride a van because there was no road for the van. When we pulled into Barstow I walked back 14 platforms and tied 4 brakes. That didn't hold. I tied 3 more and it did hold. I walked up and made my cut. I walked to the head end. I rode past the signal, got out, and had my engineer pull ahead. The car was very easy to ride. We had a red over a flashing red. So we shoved into I3. We were told to shove back to a hook. There were some intermodal cars way at the east end of I3. I got off about a car away and took my train back to a hook. I tied one brake on my cut and it held. I walked up to the motor, cut my motors away, and we were going to go back to our train on Main 4 but the router asked us if we had time. We had 15 minutes left. He told us to go back to the cut and call it a day. We did that. I called van while my engineer tied the brakes on the motors. . When we tied up my engineer and I were projected for the H BARKCK at 10:45 pm. I didn't think we would get it because you never get the first train that you are projected for. At the depot I asked the terminal manager for a new "peak season" hat and he gave me one. I got some new ear plugs from Diesel Service too. I grabbed a burrito and went to bed. I slept good for about 4 hours and then I couldn't get back to sleep. TCM was having a marathon of classic 1950s horror movies. I watched part of "The Thing From Another World," "Invaders from Mars" and "I Married a Monster From Outer Space." I finally got to sleep about an hour before I got my call. I got called for the BARKCK. On duty time was 9:36 pm. I grabbed a burrito from across the street and was down to the depot early. I found out, to my relief, that the yard crew had built our train. It was a big train; with 176 cars. It had 3 motors on the head end and one in the middle. The van ran my engineer and I to the head end- which was on Main 3 across from the Amtrak terminal. We relieved the yard engineer who was still on it. During the trip we lost communication with our ETD. My engineer suspected that the yard crew did not punch the ETD number into the DP. So for the rest of the trip we were limited to 30 MPH. When we got to Needles we volunteered to fix the problem. I got my radio and had the outbound pull ahead 91 cars. My engineer got on the DP and found out that the yard crew had not punched the ETD number into the DP. Once he did that communication was restored. I finished the roll by and tied up. I requested a SMART Rest. It looks like I will go out early tomorrow morning. Hopefully I will get a