Thursday, May 21, 2026

I got called for the V BLUBAR, a vehicle train. When we get to Barstow we never know how we are going to yard this train. On duty time was 10:25 pm. Our train was tied down on Main 2. It had 2 motors on the head end and 1 on the rear. I onlyu had to untie one brake. They stopped us quite often. We wondered if we were going to make it to Barstow. They let us in with about 3 hours left to work. They told us "Receiver 6, power to tthe house." This would be easy. Receiver 6 was the longest track in the Receving Yard, but our train barely fit in there. The first car was blocking part of the crossing, but the router said it as okay. I tied 3 cars, we did a release test, and I cut my power away. We took it to track 15 in the Roundhouse. We still had to get our DP. THERE WERE NO VANS AVAILABE. We waited a half hour for a van. We had on hour left when we got a van. Our DP was facing east. I cut it away, and they told ius to take "the short way." Since we were facing east I had to protect the shove. When we got to Diesel we had a wait a while. They finally let us in. They told us to put in in track 15. I walked ahead. We tied up just before we went DOL. They had stopped serving breakfast at t he hotel by the time I got therre, but the nice lady gave me the leftovers. I had so many jpancakes I was stuffed. I went to my room and slept like a log. I got a burrito from Fizzy's at 7 pm and went back to bed. I got called by a live person around 9:10 pm. They said they had been trying to call me . I guess I slept trouogh the call. I was called for a stack train at 10:25 pm. I accepted it. We had a student engineer. We waited about 2 hours for our train to come in. We found out that someone had closed an anglecock and broken into several containers. We got on at the steps. We stopped a few times. It was a good trip once we got going. About 6 hours. We came in on Main 4 and they told us to tell the oubound to pull down to th east end so security could close some containers. I rolled my train by and tied up. I am now on my 3 day rest cycle. I can use a rest. I have attached a picture of our leader, the 7663.

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