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 #	To	Body	Complete
7	C+E Eng 721 at Streator	Eng 721 run extra Streator to Pekin East Yard	1:42pm
8	C+E Eng 715 at Streator	Eng 715 run extra Streator to Pekin East Yard	6:07pm
9	C+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
10	C+E Eng 721 at East Yard	Eng 721 Run extra East Yard to Streator	6:49pm

PE train orders issued during this session, afternoon/evening of Thu 9/17/1959:

Order #	To	Body	Complete
1	C+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.