I got called for a nice, small, stack train. The work order said that there were no set outs and pick ups. It started out as a good rip, then they kept stopping us. As we got closer to Barstow we found out we were comboing with another train. There was a stack train behind us about the same size as us, with three motors on the head end. They took us into Main 4 at Barstow. I had the easy part. I just had to tie 2 brakes to tie us down. The other conductor had to remove our EDT, bring his train to a hook, and then connect all of the hoses and the MU cable. We were told that we were being flipped with the other crew. My engineer had to do several tests, including the dynamic brake test. We had to wait for Diesel Service to show up. Finally the test were over and we were in the van, headed back to Needles. We had been DOL for an hour when we got to Needles. It was 2:30 AM. I claimed the "flip rate." I slept good. I'm projected to be on the KCKBAR at 5:10 pm today. Lots of fun. No pictures.