I got called for the "Q MEMSCO" for the second time in a row. For the second time in a row our train was to split at Needles. For the second time in a row I was on the head end and the other crew had to do the split. They would also have to pick up some cars in Yard 3. On duty time was 7:30 pm. Our trip was about 8 and a half hours. Our outbund came out pretty quickly. I got into bed around 4 am. (Daylight savings time had just ended and the clocks moved ahead). I got up at 6 am for the free breakfast and slept another 4 hours. I got up and I couldn't get back to sleep. I went to Fuzzy's and got a burrito. I got called for an X train going from Fresno to Minot, North Dakota. It had 2 motors on the head end and 100 empty grain hoppers. I was hoping that we would just get on and go. But the work order said at we had to pick up 51 empty hoppers in Storage Track 12. The inbound crew had 5 hours left but they didn't have to do it. Also, our train was in I1. We couldn't go directly into the Storage Yard from I1. We would have to go out to the main line and shove in. The van ran us out to our train. We asked the van to stay with us. We told the router, and the bowl tower what we needed to do. We went thorugh the East Barstow signal. I got off and rolled my train by. I got on the last hopper and we had a red over a flashing red. We shoved into the storage yard. I had the van run me back and I lined the switches. I shoved us back form the van. When we got within two cars of the hook I removed the ETD from the rear of our train. There was a work train trying to do some work in track 14 and they were irritated because we frogged them in. I brought my engineer back to a hook. I laced the hoses and cut the air in. I put the ETD in the van and we went to the end of the train,. My engineer could not hear me over the radio but the work train was nice enough to relay my messages to him. I hung the ETD. We did the Class III and the two way. There was one brake at the rear of the train. There were 3 brakes on the east end of the cut. The van ran me to the head end. They ran us pretty good. But our train was limit

ed to 55 MPH and we were underpowered. We got in around 3 am. I filed a cliam for riding the rear of my train for over 1 mile. I am now on my rest. I have attached a picture of our leader, the 8489.