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Paul Richardson

January 24, 2001 02:19PM

I don't know about on the narrow gauge but when I was a brakeman on the Frisco, cars in local (way freights) the cars were blocked in station order
i.e. the closest town at the head end and the farthest away at the rear. One possible exception was if the train contained a hazardous material or shiftable load, they had to be placed in the train with some other cards as buffers to keep them away from the engine or caboose. The number of cars required between the load and the engine/caboose depended upon the hazardous load itself.

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Making up Trains	Brian Barr	January 22, 2001 06:30PM
Curious...	Kevin Cook	January 23, 2001 09:47AM
Re: Curious...	Paul Richardson	January 24, 2001 02:19PM
Re: Making up Trains	Rob Gram	January 23, 2001 02:10PM
Re: Making up Trains	Ken	January 24, 2001 11:07AM
Re: Making up Trains w/o buffer	Art Gibson	January 24, 2001 04:57PM
Re: Making up Trains	Earl the yardmaster	January 26, 2001 08:00AM
Re: Making up Trains	Les Clark	January 26, 2001 09:11AM

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