Yardmaster

Details

  • Crew:    C&E
  • Head end power:   M-I #51 (NW2) with ProtoThrottle or NCE Intermediate Cab
  • Rear end:    None
  • Locale:    Middle Yard
  • Session:    Opens with cars in yard; expect Incline & Road Crews to deliver additional cars within 30-60 minutes.

Duties

  1. Check Car Cards for pale yellow WEIGH IN TRANSIT slips.  Weigh cars per instructions on fascia trim near the Scale House (track 3).
    • If weight is within limits, remove the WEIGH IN TRANSIT slip from the Car Card and forward car to its next destination per the Waybill.
    • If overloaded, remove the WEIGH IN TRANSIT slip from the Car Card and insert a bright yellow OVERWEIGHT CAR slip.  Shove the car to the end of Middle Yard Track #3 and re-weigh tomorrow.
  2. Review Dispatcher Line Up for inbound/outbound car volume to determine priority of building trains & cuts…
    • Incline Job will need up to 12 northbound cars for the next boat trip.
    • Mosher Switcher works Peerless Lime ONLY & returns to Middle Yard.
    • Afternoon Yard Job works Ste. Gen. industrial area & SLSF interchange ONLY.
    • Derby Jct Turn works locations outside yard limits ONLY (e.g., Weingarten, Millers & Derby Jct).  Bridge traffic makes up much of this train with interchange to MoPac and the M-I’s Bonne Terre sub.
  3. Break Train № 92 on arrival (most cars go to the boat, some may need weighing first or re-routed southward on another train.
  4. When the boat cut is ready, call the Incline Crew and…
    • have the crew pick up the cut on the A/D track and
    • hand off Car Cards/Waybills to them.
  5. When a train is ready, call the Road Crew and…
    • have the crew pick up the train on the A/D track,
    • slip proper Form 19 orders into their Engine Card
    • hand off Car Cards/Waybills to them and
    • direct them to hostle power with or without caboose.
  6. Break returning trains as needed and repeat as needed.

Important Notes

  • Northbound trains will hold at the Ste. Gen depot & call Yardmaster requesting clearance into Middle Yard.
  • Facing/trailing point switches may require re-directing of cars southward after arrival at Middle Yard.
  • The two A/D tracks (light tan colored ballast) are shared by Thomure Yard & Middle Yard. As both yards may use them for run-around moves, the Incline Crew is instructed not to use them for storage.
  • Yard C&E may take Mosher Switcher or Afternoon Yard Job, or call Incline Crew if they are idle.