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[quote user="4merroad4man"] Cars are cut off No. 2 and left for No. 22 to take north.  There is a yard crew that performs this function each night of that connection.  No. 21 gives up two cars for No. 1 and again, the yard crew performs this function, except that No. 1 generally backs into the depot to pick them up.Station power provides the necessary lighting and such during the layover.There is no switch engine assigned to San Antonio; rather the road power off 21/22 is used most nights.It is a tribute to the yard crews who work the train, that the general switching and couplings are, for the most part, feather smooth, especially given the fact that they are using locomotives that are not specifically designed for switching operations.[/quote]Thanks for the information.  It is helpful.  I wonder if you could add a little more detail.When Number 21 arrives in San Antonio, unless there has been a recent change in the train's car order, the transition sleeper and through sleeper are behind the engine in that order, followed by the dining car, lounge car, and two or three coaches, including the through coach.How are the through sleeper and coach positioned so that Number 1 can pick them up?  When Number 1 picks-up the through sleeper, does it put it behind the transition sleeper or the New Orleans sleeper, or does it put the through sleeper and coach on the back of the train, which is the way they used to do it?I saw Number 1 just outside of Alpine last month, but I forgot to mentally record whether both sleepers were on the front of the train or the New Orleans sleeper was up front and the Eagle sleeper was on the back.Your spot on about the feather smooth switching.  I have slept through the process at least 10 times.  I don't remember ever being jarred awake by the switching routine.
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