railcar 101 the basics of railcars: car types, components and rules how the railroad works carol...

Railcar 101 The Basics of Railcars: Car

Types, Components and Rules

How the Railroad WorksCarol Scarborough

May 21, 2008 DTE Rail Services, Inc. Maintenance Management Seminar

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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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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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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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Yard Crews Make up Outbound Train

Train Inspected

Yard Crews switch inbound local

Origin Terminal


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Road Power and Crew Ordered

Train Departs With Permission from Dispatcher

Bad Order Cars Repaired or Switched Out

Origin Terminal


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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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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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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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Destination Terminal

Train Arrives Destination Yard Arrival Track

Switch List is Prepared From Inbound Consist

Yard Crew Switches Inbound Train


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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



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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



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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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2El Paso

Train Symbol HOWCM

3W. Colton

1San Antonio

BLOCKING DEPARTING HOUSTON – ENGLEWOOD YARD


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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



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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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Train arrives in arrival yard

Carman, bleeds air, inspects cars

General yardmaster schedules train for humping



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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



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Road power and End of Train Device connected

Crew departs with train at appropriate time



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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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Data Flow

RR 1Waybill

RR 2 Waybill

EDI Transfer


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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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Run-Through Train Operations

Houston

IndianapolisSt. Louis

ALS

St. Elmo

UP

CSX

UP

CSX


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