Sunday, April 12, 2026

I got called for a grain train going to BARSTOW. On duty time was 8:15 pm. It had 3 motors on the head end and 3 in the middle. For some reason our lead motor was low on fuel- it only had about 1000 gallons. The whole train was going north, so we knew that we wouldn't have to break it up when we got to Barstow. They told us to bring it into I1 and spot it for fuel. They would fill up all of the motors een though all of the motors except the leader had enough fuel. A carman came out and fueled up the 3 motors on the head end. Then I had to get out and spot the DPs. When we were stopped I asked the carman if I could sit in her truck and she said yes. It was cold out. When she was done she gave me a ride to the head end of my train. The router told us to pull ahead to the pad and tie our train down. I only had to tie 3 brakes. A van gave us a ride to the depot. I got in bed aroud 4 am, went down for breakfast, and went back to bed. I literally got called off my rest. On duty time was 1:38 pm. I was called fo the "Q BARCHI." It had 4 motors on the head end and 2 in the middle. It was what we call a "combo" train. The front half was all intermodal cars, the rear half was conventional cars. We were limited to 55 MPH. The termilnal manager told us that our train was past Megatoms and tied down. The van took us out there . He took us to the "Riverside Drive" side because we thought it was safer. (There is a homeless camp on the other side of the tracks). We had to cross all 3 mains to get to our train. I knew that I had to untie 4 brakes. I walked by on the same side of the train as the homeless camp. There was a homeless person near the first car. He didn't look up at me. I released the 4 brakes, walked back 3 more, and walked to the head end of my train. We had to wait for a couple of trains to leave before us, then they gave us the signal. Our trip was just over 5 hours. I'm projected to go to wourk around 1 pm today. No pictures.

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