Saturday, November 19, 2022

Operating Session 17

Operating session #17 took place on Saturday 11/19/2022.  The session started at 1:34pm railroad time, and ended at 9:03pm railroad time.  I had 6 crew, a mix of Amrail and the usual guys, in addition to my self.  With one of the crew members being a student paired with another person, I could have optimally used one more crew.   We ran at a 3:1 clock ratio, which continues to work well.

Here were the assignments for the session, afternoon/evening of Thursday 9/17/1959:
  • Clock on at 1:34pm
  • 1:34pm ATSF/P&E/C&IM/P&PU Dispatcher on duty.  Dan J, all day job.
  • 1:34pm ATSF Pekin switcher.  Rick W.
  • 1:34pm PPU East Peoria yard switcher.  Bob M.
  • (Late) 12:50pm PE #95 Westward freight from PE staging (Bloomington).  Mike A.
  • 1:42pm ATSF Extra 721 West local freight from Streator.  Chris C + Matthew C.
  • 2:00pm PE Pekin switcher on duty.  Mike A.
  • 2:00pm PE #12 Eastward passenger from East Peoria.  Gary H.
  • 3:05pm CIM #7 Southward freight from East Peoria. Dan J.
  • 3:15pm ATSF #13 Westward passenger from ATSF staging (Streator). Gary H.
  • 3:30pm ATSF #50 Eastward way-freight from East Yard.  Gary H.
  • 4:30pm PE #90 Eastward freight from East Peoria.  Dan J.
  • 4:45pm ATSF #49 Westward way-freight from ATSF staging (Streator).  Mike A.
  • 6:07pm ATSF Extra 715 West coal extra from ATSF staging (Streator) to East Peoria.  Bob M.
  • 6:49pm ATSF Extra 721 East local freight from East Yard.  Gary H.
  • 7:00pm ATSF #18 Eastward mail and express from Pekin.  Chris C + Matthew C.
  • Clock off at 9:03pm
  • DID NOT RUN 1:20am PE #99 Westward freight from PE staging (Bloomington)

ATSF train orders issued during this session, afternoon/evening of Thu 9/17/1959:
Order #ToBodyComplete
7C+E Eng 721 at StreatorEng 721 run
extra Streator
to Pekin East Yard
1:42pm
8C+E Eng 715 at StreatorEng 715 run
extra Streator
to Pekin East Yard
6:07pm
9C+E Extra 715 West at Roanoke
C+E Extra 721 East at East Yard   
Extra 715 West
meet
Extra 721 East
in Morton
Extra 721 East
take siding
6:47pm
10C+E Eng 721 at East YardEng 721 Run extra
East Yard to Streator   
6:49pm


PE train orders issued during this session, afternoon/evening of Thu 9/17/1959:
Order #ToBodyComplete
1C+E No 95 at Tremont   
C+E No 12 at Peoria   
No 95 Eng 5607
meet
No 12 Eng 5606   
In East Yard
No 95 take main
1:15pm


Thoughts on how the session ran:
  • Overall the session ran well.
  • The 3:1 clock ratio continues to work well.  It allows me to not feel rushed when thinking about and writing train orders.
  • Everyone is doing a good job of signing and reading the registers, and getting a pretty good handle on TT&TO operations.