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I opted until I dropted.
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Spacemouse, thats all part of being a local, you gotta plan your moves around road freights and allways be on your toes, and make sure your caboose isnt somewhere where its fouling anything. During a reccent operating session I had to switch out an interchange track at a busy interlocking, this interlocking was where the lead to the big classfication yard begain, where trains went in and out, I had to a simple pick up, drop and shove move into the interchange but since this was such a high traffic area I had to make half moves between road jobs coming in and out, and on top of this a train up the line a bit caused some congestion that tied up helpers coming back from summit. I finished my switching during a break in the chaos, and sat for a good 15 minutes in a spur off the main waiting for the dispatcher to give me clearance to return to the yard I came out of. <br /> <br />Yes It can be stressful at times if you're in a high traffic area, but the begining of this local I took I had to switch a number of places in a small town, I had the line all to myself during that time. The real hair pulling starts when you get to a busy section of the layout. <br /> <br />I've decided not to ever choose that local again, its just too crazy getting into that interchange track.
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