I got called for the "SALTLBJ1." On duty time was 7:10 pm. Traffic was light due to the holiday. Our trip was about 7 hours. When we got to Barstow we tied it down on Main 2. I only had to tie one brake. It was about 3 am when I got into bed. I got up at 6 for the free breakfast and went back to bed. Boy, did I sleep! I got up around 1, got dressed, and went across hte street to Barstow Burger for something to eat. The place was jam packed with people. I was in line when I got my call. I was going back to Needles on a another stack train- the S LBTMEM1. On duty tme was 3:15. I got down to the depot early. The engineer for this trip would be my next door neighbor. We got on at the steps. We had 3 motors on the head end and 2 on the rear. The inbound had reported that there was a problem with one of the DPS. We had to wait for Diesel Service to come and blue flag out train then they inspected the DPS. They coudn't find anything wrong so we departed. It was a good trip. About 7 hours. When we got in there was another train blocking the pad- so I had to climb over it with my grip and everything. Our outbound wasn't on duty just yet. We had to wait for a few. This morning I was saddened to learn that my Uncle Tom, my last living Uncle and my mother's last living sibling, passed away in Upstate New York. He was 87 or 88. My condolences to his family.