I got caled for the "B HCKSCO," a train of empty intermodal cars, or "baretable flats" as we call them. Our work order said that we were supposed to pick up more baretables out of a siding. at Saltus. I looked in my TCMs and they said that the switch at the west end of that siding was "hard to throw." I notified the dispatcher. After we had departed they told us to "highball" the setout. Before we got to Barstow my IPAD said that we were to set out our last two cars in Barstow. When we got in they told us that we were to set out our first two cars. I told them that my IPAD said that we were to set out our last two cars. A different voice came over the radio and called me by name. They said that the cars were lines 3 and 4, and they gave me the car numbers. The router first told us we would be going into Receiver 7, then they told us that we would be going into Receiver 5 and setting the cars out to Receiver 1. We pulled into Receiver 5. I got my "in between" and walked back to look for the two cars. It seemed to me they were much farther back than lines 3 and 4. I found them, tied 3 brakes behiind them, and made the cut. I rode the last car over the switch, and then I shoved us into Receiver 1. We were told to make a hook. I got off when we were about one car away and took my engineer back to a hook. I tied the brakes on the cars tha we were setting out (they were each "5 packers," so they each had one brake on each end). Then I cut us away and rode thel ast car over the switch. I was stopped under the bridge. I kept asking the rotuer to throw the swtich but he did not respond. (I didn't know it but he was having radio trouble). We finally got the swtich and I shoved us back into R5. I stopped us when we were a car away and shoved my engineer back to a hook. I laced the hoses and cut the air in. Since we larady had brakes tied I didn't tie any more. I walked up to the head end and the engineer called for a van and tied the brakes on the motors. I wrote a note for our outbound, telling them that there were 3 brakes tied about 15 or two platforms back. A van showed up quicker than we expected. We went to the depot and tied up. It had been an 11 and a half hour day, which meant that I would get some overtime. I went to the hotel, slept for a few , and got up at 6 for the free breakfast. I went back to bed and slept like a log. I got called for a stack train. On duty time was 5 minutes after noon. We got on at the steps. It was a nice, small stack train with 3 motors on the head end. No setouts or pickups. Still, it was an 8 hour day because they stopped us a couple of titmes. When we got to the Needles singal it was red. I asked if we could flag it and the dispatcher said yes. The railroad police told us that we had several open containers. We notified the outbound that they would have to pull down to the east end so security could close the doors. I stayed behind to roll my train by and told them they had 5 containers open. I tied up. I am now on my rest cycle. I have attached a picture of our leader, the 6202.