Operating Session 22

Operating session #22 took place on Saturday 5/24/2025.  The session started at 6:00 AM railroad time, and ended at 1:55 PM railroad time.  I had 6 crew, in addition to myself.  We ran at a 3:1 clock ratio.  This was a session for Amrail, and three of the six crew members were from out of town and were first-timers on the layout.

Here were the assignments for the session, morning of Monday 9/21/1959:

• Clock on at 6:00 AM
• 6:00 AM ATSF/P&E/C&IM/P&PU dispatcher on duty.  Dan J, all session job.
• 6:00 AM ATSF Pekin switcher on duty. Peter A.
• 6:00 AM PPU yard switcher on duty.  Mark W.
• 6:15 AM ATSF Eastward extra local freight from East Yard.  Steve R.
• 7:00 AM ATSF#14 Eastward passenger from Pekin.  Paul H.
• 7:30 AM PE #94 Eastward freight from East Peoria.  Dave H.
• 7:45 AM ATSF #47 Westward green fruit express from ATSF staging (Streator).  Rich S.
• 8:00 AM PE Corn Products switch job. (Unless we have larger crew)
• ~ 8:30 AM ATSF Westward extra local freight from Streator.  Paul H.
• 10:00 AM ATSF #48 Eastward through-freight from East Yard.  Dave H.
• 10:15 AM CIM #6 Northward freight from CIM staging.  Rich S.
• ~ 11:00 AM ATSF Eastward coal empty extra from East Yard to ATSF staging (Streator).  Rich S.
• ~ 11:30 AM ATSF coal extra from ATSF staging (Streator) to Pekin Jct.  Steve R.
• 12:05 AM PE #11 Westward passenger from PE staging (Bloomington).  Mark W.
• 12:20 AM ATSF #17 Westward mail and express from ATSF staging (Streator).  Peter A.
• 12:50 AM PE #95 Westward freight from PE staging (Bloomington).  Paul H.
• Clock off at 1:56 PM

ATSF train orders issued during this session, morning of Mon 9/21/1959:

Order #	To	Body	Complete
1	C+E ENG 2395 at East Yard	ENG 2395 RUN EXTRA EAST YARD TO STREATOR	5:57 AM
2	C+E No 14 at Pekin C+E No 47 at Streator	No 14 ENG 21L MEET No 47 ENG 300L IN ROANOKE No 47 TAKE SIDING	6:28 AM
3	C+E x2395 East at Morton C+E x715 West at Streator	EXTRA 2395 EAST MEET EXTRA 715 WEST IN ROANOKE EXTRA 2395 TAKE SIDING	8:09 AM
4	C+E Eng 715 at Streator	ENG 715 RUN EXTRA STREATOR TO EAST YARD	8:17 AM
5	C+E x715 West at Washington C+E x810 East at East Yard	EXTRA 715 WEST MEET EXTRA 810 EAST IN MORTON. EXTRA 715 WEST TAKE SIDING	10:09 AM
6	C+E Eng 810 at East Yard	ENG 810 RUN EXTRA EAST YARD TO STREATOR	10:15 AM
7	C+E x810 East at Washington C+E x2105 West at Streator	EXTRA 810 EAST MEET EXTRA 2105 WEST IN ROANOKE EXTRA 2105 TAKE SIDING	11:15 AM
8	C+E Eng 2105	ENG 2105 RUN EXTRA STREATOR TO EAST PEORIA VIA TPW AT PEKIN JCT	11:18 AM

No PE train orders issued during this session, morning of Mon 9/21/1959:

Order #	To	Body	Complete

No CIM train orders issued during this session, morning of Mon 9/21/1959:

Order #	To	Body	Complete

Final thoughts:

• The layout ran well.
• The expanded intro talk continues to get the crew to remember to sign the registers consistently and to fully ponder their train orders.
• Six crew is perfect for a session that takes place in the morning railroad time.
• This crew did a great job.
• I wrote more train order than usual, as there was a lot of extras.  I ran both an eastbound coal empty extra and a westbound coal extra, in addition to the usual AM eastbound and AM westbound local extras.

Operating Session 21

Operating session #21 took place on Sunday 5/4/2025.  The session started at 1:45 PM railroad time, and ended at 10:00 PM railroad time.  I had 6 crew, in addition to myself.  We ran at a 3:1 clock ratio.

Here were the assignments for the session, afternoon of Saturday 9/19/1959:

• Clock on at 1:45 PM
• 1:45 PM ATSF/P&E/C&IM/P&PU dispatcher on duty.  Dan J, all session job.
• 1:45 PMATSF x707 West (Order #7) at starting at Morton to East Yard.  Bob M.
• 1:45 PM ATSF Pekin switcher on duty.  Mike A.
• 1:45 PM PPU yard switcher on duty.  Will A.
• 1:45 PM PE #95 Westward freight from PE staging (Bloomington), running late.  Bill A.
• 2:00 PM PE Pekin switcher, along with Corn Products and American Distilling switch jobs.  Rich S.
• 2:00 PM PE #12 Eastward passenger from East Peoria.  Frank S.
• ~ 3:00 PM CIM Northbound extra from CIM staging.  Frank S.
• 3:15 PM ATSF #13 Westward passenger from ATSF staging (Streator).  Frank S.
• 3:30 PM ATSF #50 Eastward way-freight from East Yard.  Bill A.
• 4:30 PM PE #90 Eastward freight from East Peoria.  Bob M.
• 4:45 PM ATSF #49 Westward way-freight from ATSF staging (Streator).  Frank S.
• 5:30 PM ATSF Eastward extra local (x707 E) freight from East Yard.  Bill A.
• 3:05 PM ~ 5:30 PM CIM #7 Southward freight from East Peoria, run late.  Will A.
• 7:00 PM ATSF #18 Eastward mail and express from Pekin.  Frank S.
• ~ 7:45 PM ATSF Westward coal extra (x2105 W)Streator to East Yard.  Rich S.
• Clock off at 10:00 PM
• 1:20 AM PE #99 Westward freight from PE staging (Bloomington).  Did not run before end.

ATSF train orders issued during this session, afternoon of Sat 9/19/1959:

Order #	To	Body	Complete
8	C+E No 50 at East Yard C+E No 13 at Morton	No 50 MEET No 13 IN EAST YARD	3:20 PM
9	C+E ENG 707	ENG 707 RUN EXTRA EAST YARD TO STREATOR	4:38 PM
10	C+E x2105 West at Streator C+E x707 East at Washington	EXTRA 2105 WEST MEET EXTRA 707 EAST IN ROANOKE EXTRA 2105 WEST TAKE SIDING	6:46 PM
11	C+E ENG 2105 at Streator	ENG 2105 RUN EXTRA STREATOR TO EAST YARD	6:48 PM

PE train orders issued during this session, afternoon of Sat 9/19/1959:

Order #	To	Body	Complete
1	C+E No 95 at Tremont C+E No 12 at Peoria	No 95 MEET No 12 AT EAST YARD No 95 TAKE SIDING	1:19 PM

CIM train orders issued during this session, afternoon of Sat 9/19/1959:

Order #	To	Body	Complete
1	C+E ENG 54 at Havana	ENG 54 RUN EXTRA HAVANA TO EAST PEORIA	1:35 PM
2	C+E No 7 at East Peoria C+E x54 N at Havana	No 7 RUN TWO HOURS LATE	1:40 PM

Final thoughts:

• The layout ran well.
• The expanded intro talk helped get the crew to remember to sign the registers consistently and to fully ponder their train orders.
• Six crew works well for a session that takes place in the afternoon railroad time.  It could also work with five.
• As it gets into the evening railroad time there aren't enough trains to keep everyone busy, but I'm ok with that.