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| The 318 is parked at its usual spot behind McMinn Asphalt |
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| Heading east across Commerce Street... |
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| and passing Dal-Tile. No work here today... |
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| Our crew pauses at Packaging Corporation of America to unlock and remove derails. The storage siding is in the foreground, dock track is to the rear. |
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| The 318 ties onto today's inbound cars, left on the interchange by CSXT. |
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| Watching from Ann Street as the crew inspects the cars and performs a brake test |
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| The crew pulls the inbounds down to the fouling point, then uncouples. |
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| They grab the two CSXT boxcars off the siding... |
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| and couple them to the inbounds. |
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| With all the loads now coupled together into one string, the crew begins classifying cars using the main and siding. The starch hopper is not needed today; it goes onto the siding. The GT car is to be spotted at the dock, and it too goes onto the siding temporarily. |
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| The FBOX goes to the warehouse; it is set out on the main. |
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| The CN car goes to the dock. The ELS box is not needed. Both go on the siding for now. |
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| Finally, the two CSX boxcars (both going to the warehouse) are coupled to the FBOX. The crew shoves the three loads down the main, clear of the warehouse switch. They leave room for one more car between the three cars and the switch. |
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| They left room on the main because this CSXT hi-cube spotted at the warehouse is a partial load that needs respotted. The crew pulls this car from the warehouse and throws it out on the main with the other loads. |
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| With the CSXT respot out of the way, the crew can pull the empties from the warehouse spur. |
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| They couple back to the loads on the main, then spot them at the warehouse. Some jockeying is required to get the car doors lined up with the warehouse doors. |
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| Still holding on to the empties from the warehouse, the crew goes down to the dock to pull two more empties there. |
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| Making the joint... |
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| All the empties are now set out on the interchange for pickup by CSXT. |
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| Having dropped the empties, the crew returns to the siding. They uncouple the starch car and leave it on the siding, taking the three boxcars with them. |
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| Now it's a simple move to spot the GT and CN cars at the dock. |
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| Finally, the crew pulls back with the ELS car (remember it wasn't requested today)... |
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| and places it back on the siding with the starch hopper. |
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| The crew shuts down the 318 and climbs off. They'll complete their day at another switching operation across town. |
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