Assistant yard master duties

Assistant Yardmaster Duties

Freight Tasks

Today you have seven (7) drivers to assign tasks to. Starting with the coal run from Beards Fork Coal Co to Alloy Power Station. Load the gondolas. Suggested sequence of commands.

Driver Eric

Beards Fork to Alloy Power Station

• Navigate to Beards Fork Coal ->Track 2
• Load
• drive to trackmark - AL10
• Wait for 30 minutes then
• Navigate to Alloy Power Station
• unload

Driver Franky

Mercury Lumber (lumber) to Kincaid Quarry Co

• navigate to Mercury Lumber (Lumber Pickup)
• load
• navigate to Kincid Coal Co – track 2
• unload

Driver Skip

Twenty Mile Fuels to Texaco Fuels

• drive to trackmark TMF10
• drive to BTS1
• wait 30 minutes
• drive to TMF50
• drive to TMF80
• navigate to Texaco Fuels
• unload

Driver Tram

Mercury Lumber (woodchips) to Bentree Paper Mill

• drive to trackmark ALS1
• wait for 30 minutes
• navigate to Bentree Papermill
• unload

Driver Paul

Ericsons Coal to Kanawha Coking Co

• drive to trackmark ER30
• you will have to take manual control to unload at Kanawha Coking Co.
• unload

Driver Geoff

Winona to Mercury Lumber

• drive to trackmark WN10
• drive to trackmark WN20
• drive to WN30
• reverse to clear KC New River Coal Co switch
• drive to WN35
• wait for 40 minutes
• drive to WN60
• navigate to Mercury lumber (logs)
• unload

Driver Louise

Ansted to Sewell

• drive to trackmark AN10
• wait 30 minutes
• drive to trackmark SED30
• drive to trackmark TM20
• Reverse and unload at the freighthouse

Passenger Run

Driver Smiley
You have six (6) stops on the passenger run today. This needs to be completed in less than 3 hrs.

Handley Station to Deep Water

• Depart Handley Station
• Navigate to Deep Water ->Platform 2

Deep Water to Kanawha Falls

• drive to trackmark KF10
• Navigate to Kanawha Falls ->Platform 1
• unload
• load

Kanawha Falls to Fort Defiance

• Navigate to Fort Defiance ->Platform 1
• unload
• load

Fort Defiance to Hawkes Nest

• Navigate to Hawkes Nest ->Platform 1
• unload
• load

Hawkes Nest to Ames

• Navigate to Ames ->Platform 1
• unload
• load

Ames to Sewell

• drive to trackmark SED10
• drive to trackmark SED20
• drive to trackmark SED30
• Navigate to Sewell ->Platform 1
• unload