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Railcar 101 The Basics of Railcars: Car
Types, Components and Rules
How the Railroad WorksCarol Scarborough
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Railroad Operations
Data Flow Train Operations Overview Terminals Network Operations Interchanges
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It all starts with a bill of lading
Railroad OperationsData Flow
BOL
RailroadCustomer Service Center
MovementWaybill
RailroadRatingSystem
FreightBill
Instructions to pull car
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Railroad Operations Data Flow
OriginSwitch
List
TrainConsist
InboundSwitch List
DeliveryInstructions
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Railroad OperationsTrain Operations Overview
Pull car fromplant Local Yard
Road Train IntermediateClassification Yard
Road Train
Local YardPlace car
at Consignee
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Railroad OperationsTerminals
Work Order to Pull Car
Industry Crew Pulls Car
Return to Local Serving Yard
Origin Terminal
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Railroad OperationsTerminals
Local Crew Yards Train
Based on waybills, switch list is produced
Train is inspected, bad orders marked for shop
Origin Terminal
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Railroad OperationsTerminals
Switch List Track 851 - Houston Local 05-20-08
Car L/E Dest Block Track TrainAMOX 1234 L Salt Lake City, UT Ft. Worth 345 HOFWMAMOX 1185 L Los Angeles, CA W. Colton 312 HOWCMAMOX 1100 L Los Angeles, CA W. Colton 312 HOWCMAMOX 1141 L Seattle, WA - BNSF W. Colton 312 HOWCMAMOX 1121 L Miami, FL - CSX New Orleans-CSX 319 HOCSMAMOX 1112 L Salt Lake City, UT Ft. Worth 345 HOFWMUTLX 2515 E Bayway, NJ - NS Strang 310 HOSRLUTLX 1212 E Bayway, NJ - NS Strang 310 HOSRLAMOX 1819 L El Paso, TX El Paso-Loads 313 HOWCMAMOX 1288 L Laredo, TX San Antonio 301 HOWCMAMOX 1585 L Bayway, NJ - NS Big Four, IN - NS 311 HOCRMAMOX 1586 L Bayway, NJ - NS Big Four, IN - NS 311 HOCRMAMOX 1587 L Coos Bay, OR - CORP W. Colton 312 HOWCMAMOX 1833 L Laredo, TX San Antonio 301 HOWCM
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Railroad OperationsTerminals
Yard Crews Make up Outbound Train
Train Inspected
Yard Crews switch inbound local
Origin Terminal
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Railroad OperationsTerminals
Road Power and Crew Ordered
Train Departs With Permission from Dispatcher
Bad Order Cars Repaired or Switched Out
Origin Terminal
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Railroad OperationsTerminals
A “No Bill” car is handled differently
Pull carArrive local
yardSwitched to“Hold” track
Billing Received
“Hold” trackswitched
Car gets switched tooutbound track and back in
normal service
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Railroad OperationsTerminals
A “Bad Order” car is also handled differently
Pull carArrive local
yard
On inbound inspection car is
bad ordered
Switched toshop
for repair
Yard crewspots cars in
shop or Riptrack
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Railroad OperationsTerminals
A “Bad Order” car is also handled differently
Car is repairedand released by shop
Yard crew pullscars from shop
Car gets switched tooutbound track and back in
normal service
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Railroad OperationsTerminals
Destination Terminal
Train Arrives Destination Yard Arrival Track
Switch List is Prepared From Inbound Consist
Yard Crew Switches Inbound Train
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Railroad OperationsTerminals
Destination Terminal
Yard Crew Makes Up Industry Local
Industry Local Switches Plant Spots Load
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Railroad OperationsNetwork Operations
Terminals are generally scheduled operation Arrivals and departures at major yards are
coordinated so inbound cars can be switched and depart on outbound trains in 8 -20 hours
Most blocks will depart once/day
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All mainline tracks are under control of dispatcher
Arranges train “meets” and issues instructions and permission for trains to occupy tracks in their assigned territory
Corridor manager, chief dispatcher or director of operations controls overall flow of traffic and makes decision on priorities
Railroad OperationsNetwork Operations
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Road trains generally have an engineer and conductor
Both must be “qualified”on the territory they operate over
Crews usually change at 100 mile or 200 mile intervals
Road trains receive inspection every 1,000 miles Unit trains file a waiver for inspection every
1,500 miles
Railroad OperationsNetwork Operations
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Railroad OperationsNetwork Operations
Switch List Track 851 - Houston Local 05-20-08
Car L/E Dest Block Track TrainAMOX 1234 L Salt Lake City, UT Ft. Worth 345 HOFWMAMOX 1185 L Los Angeles, CA W. Colton 312 HOWCMAMOX 1100 L Los Angeles, CA W. Colton 312 HOWCMAMOX 1141 L Seattle, WA - BNSF W. Colton 312 HOWCMAMOX 1121 L Miami, FL - CSX New Orleans-CSX 319 HOCSMAMOX 1112 L Salt Lake City, UT Ft. Worth 345 HOFWMUTLX 2515 E Bayway, NJ - NS Strang 310 HOSRLUTLX 1212 E Bayway, NJ - NS Strang 310 HOSRLAMOX 1819 L El Paso, TX El Paso-Loads 313 HOWCMAMOX 1288 L Laredo, TX San Antonio 301 HOWCMAMOX 1585 L Bayway, NJ - NS Big Four, IN - NS 311 HOCRMAMOX 1586 L Bayway, NJ - NS Big Four, IN - NS 311 HOCRMAMOX 1587 L Coos Bay, OR - CORP W. Colton 312 HOWCMAMOX 1833 L Laredo, TX San Antonio 301 HOWCM
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Railroad OperationsNetwork Operations
2El Paso
Train Symbol HOWCM
3W. Colton
1San Antonio
BLOCKING DEPARTING HOUSTON – ENGLEWOOD YARD
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Railroad OperationsNetwork Operations
Time DayDep. Houston-Englewood 1900 0Ar. San Antonio 0400 1
Set out 1Pick up 2, 3 in block
Dep. San Antonio 0800 1Ar. El Paso 0500 2
Set out 2Pick up 3
Dep. El Paso 1000 2Ar. W. Colton 1300 3
First connection WCEUM 2100
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Classes of road trains Intermodal Automotive High Priority Manifest Unit Trains (coal, grain, etc.) Manifest Local
Railroad OperationsNetwork Operations
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Railroad OperationsNetwork Operations
Intermediate Terminals
Hump yards or large classification yards Make blocks for other yards in system and
interchange connections Make up trains from various blocks
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Railroad OperationsNetwork Operations
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Railroad OperationsNetwork Operations
Train arrives in arrival yard
Carman, bleeds air, inspects cars
General yardmaster schedules train for humping
Intermediate Terminals
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Railroad OperationsNetwork Operations
Hump engines pull train out of arrival yard and push over hump
At cutoff time, general yardmaster instructs “Trim” enginecrew to set blocks to departure yard
Carmen lace air hoses, connect to air supply and inspect train
Intermediate Terminals
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Railroad OperationsNetwork Operations
Road power and End of Train Device connected
Crew departs with train at appropriate time
Intermediate Terminals
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Hump Yards
The world's largest classification yard is a hump yard
Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska Other large hump yards are:
Kansas City- Argentine - 2nd largest (BNSF) Chicago - Clearing (BRC) Houston- Englewood (UP)
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Hump Yards
The gigantic Bailey Yard covers a total expanse of 2,850 acres and is over 8 miles in length and 2 miles wide.
The yard is made up of 315 miles of track, including 18 receiving and 16 departure tracks.
Bailey Yard handles over 10,000 cars every day. Approximately 3,000 cars are sorted daily in the yard’s two humps.
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Hump Yards
Using a mound cresting 34 feet for eastbound trains and 20.1 for those heading west, these two hump yards allow four cars a minute to roll gently into any of 114 "bowl" tracks where they become part of trains headed for dozens of destinations.
Together these two yards have 18 receiving and 16 departure tracks.
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Data Flow Local transfers Run-through train operations
Railroad OperationsInterchanges
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Railroad OperationsInterchanges
Data Flow
RR 1Waybill
RR 2 Waybill
EDI Transfer
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Railroad OperationsInterchanges
Local Transfers
RR 1 Local train places cars on interchange track
-----------------------------------RR 2 Local train pulls cars from
interchange track
RR 1Interchange Yard
RR 2Interchange Yard
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Railroad OperationsInterchanges
Run-Through Train Operations
Houston
IndianapolisSt. Louis
ALS
St. Elmo
UP
CSX
UP
CSX
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