I got called for the "V BIRBAR," a vehicle train that goes from Birmingham, Alabama, to Barstow. What was unuusal was that we had 6 manifest cars on the rear of our train. (I believe they were all hoppers.). We didn't know how they were going to have us break it up when we got to Barstow. We arrived in the yard after dark, and they told us to pull into the storage yard, leave all but the firrt 14 cars in the storage yard, take those 14 cars to the Receiving Yard, leave them there, and take the power to the house. This wouldn't be so bad. We pulled into the storage yard. I got off and had my engineer pull the cut up to me. He couldn't pull all of the way forward so I walked back a few cars. I tied 3 brakes andw e did a release test. It held. So I made the cut, walked to the head of my train, and we took it to the Receiver Yard. I tied 3 more brakes and cut my power away. We took itto the house. We were done in less that 10 hours. I went to the hotel, had something to east, and slept like a log. I got called the next morning for the Q LACCHI. We had 5 motors on the head end and we didn't need them all. That turned out to be a detriment. Another train was having problems iwht their DP and we were told to give one of our motors to them. My engineer knew a pace near Cadiz that was flat. I tied the first car and it held. I cut my power away and we went up to East Danby. We had to "flag the signal." The dispatcher threw the switch and I shoved us back to a hook on the rear of the other train- it was the H KCKBAR. I asked the the other crew if they wanted me to let it go into emergency, and they said, "Cut it away and leave it." So I closed the angle cocks on the other motor and disconnected the MU cable. We cut away and let it go into emergency. We had to flag the signal again and shave back about 8 miles on the main line. I was protecting the shove and it was cold! I shoved us back to a hook with our train, laced the hoses, cut the air in and released the one brake. After we started out we heard that the other crew was having problems with the engine that we gave them. It worked fine on our train but it didn't work as a DP. So the dispatcher sent helpers, and a releief crew for them. We were almost to Needles when the "dragging equipment detector" got us. It was back about 80 cars. Another train said they saw several open containers on our train, and some people back there with flashlights. I wasn't going anywhere until security showed up. I had the # of the car. We went back in his truck and on the hot side a box was mangled between the wheels of the car. I tried to get it out but it broke. I went back to the hed and end reported what I had found to the dispatcher. My engineer went back there wiht security and somehow got the box out. We continued on our way . We were told that we had 58 open containers and that the outbound would have to pull down to the east end while security closed those containers. The next day I got called for the H GALBAR at 10:30 am. It was just when I wanted to be called- after I had my second cup of coffee. It was a pretty routine ctrip to Barstow. We had 3 motors on the head end and 1 on the rear. Our train was too long to fit into one track. When we got to Barstow I had to make a cut, shove the excess cars into another track, and take the power to the house. I didn't bother to call a van. I just rose the shove and walked up. We went back and got the DP and were done in about 8 hours. I expected to be called at about Breakfast tie the next day- but I got called at 1:30 in the afternoon. I got called for a 14,000 foot stack train. We had 4 motors on the head end and 3 in the middle. There was only one train ahead of us. There was hardly any westbound traffic. We made the trip in 5 and a half hours- a good trip on any day. I am now on RISA after having worked 6 days in a row. I did a lot of running around today.