Hump vs flat switching

[kenneo]

When the SP was still a real railroad, we had a computer controlled hump at Eugene. We would put 3000 cars a day over the hump with 2 hump crews per shift and 5 trim jobs. Also had a "30 Yard" engine and a "40 Yard" engine each shift for a total of 9 jobs per shift. We would hump in cuts if the cars did not require weighing. Came the merger and the UP closed the yard - only interchange tracks for W&P and WOP shortlines now. Round house gone, hump graded into the bowl everything is gone except for 6 short tracks. Was a crew change point. Several thousand jobs now gone forever.

[kenneo]

When the SP was still a real railroad, we had a computer controlled hump at Eugene. We would put 3000 cars a day over the hump with 2 hump crews per shift and 5 trim jobs. Also had a "30 Yard" engine and a "40 Yard" engine each shift for a total of 9 jobs per shift. We would hump in cuts if the cars did not require weighing. Came the merger and the UP closed the yard - only interchange tracks for W&P and WOP shortlines now. Round house gone, hump graded into the bowl everything is gone except for 6 short tracks. Was a crew change point. Several thousand jobs now gone forever.