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Eastern Railroad Discussion > How Do Hostlers Select Units For Assembling An Engine Consist?Date: 03/19/20 00:08 How Do Hostlers Select Units For Assembling An Engine Consist? Author: krm152 Link to topic on Western Board
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/list.php?1 Date: 03/20/20 02:25 Re: How Do Hostlers Select Units For Assembling An Engine Consist Author: engineerinvirginia They do as instructed
Date: 03/20/20 05:41 Re: How Do Hostlers Select Units For Assembling An Engine Consist Author: Baxtersta The major railroads have a motive power unitlzation "desk" that asigns units system wide.
Date: 03/20/20 08:37 Re: How Do Hostlers Select Units For Assembling An Engine Consist Author: WrongMain The Power Gods tell them what to do...
Date: 03/20/20 10:32 Re: How Do Hostlers Select Units For Assembling An Engine Consist Author: Foamductor At least one class one has instructions that a trip-optimizer or leader equipped locomotive must lead when one is available in the assigned consist.
Date: 03/20/20 11:21 Re: How Do Hostlers Select Units For Assembling An Engine Consist Author: Notch7 I worked as an outside hostler in a couple of small shops. Sometimes the trains or yard jobs had an assigned engine or engines. Sometimes the general yardmaster would tell me how many engines and a specific type for a train. For a heavy long haul local I might be told to line up three small Geeps. I would pick from what I had in the shop. Sometimes I might have to line up a "pedal" engine to go to an outlying assignment without a fireman. A "pedal" engine was one with an operable deadman pedal. I picked one out. Later on we had to pick bi-directional long hood forward engines for some single engine outlying assignments. In all cases you notified yardmasters, train order operators, and dispatchers of the engines you assigned.
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