I was privileged to take a ride on the Port Ogden & Northern last week.
I joined the Class 40 at the locomotive depot at VanDenH. Charlie and Andy showed me their orders for that morning:
Charlie and Andy, Train Controller here.
You are working the north west sector this morning.
Finish fuelling your Class 40, then make up your train.
The coil wagons are loaded, ready and waiting at the Steel Mill.
You will need to load the container flats and also those two flat wagons with concrete beams over at Fabulous Fabricators.
Proceed west through Sundermeyer to Stevens.
Unload the steel coil in the workshop and the old 20 and 40ft containers in the yard.
Reload the flats with the refurbished tank containers.
Head south to Armstrong and attach the mineral wagons in the yard.
Head east over the Great Trestle to Newcastle.
Unload the mineral wagons at the minerals bins, the tank containers on the wharf, and the concrete beams at the general goods wharf.
Proceed to the loco depot and sign off.
You are authorised to travel at up to 50mph, except in yard areas where the normal limits apply.
You must give priority to all other trains.
While Charlie checked the locomotive, Andy finished fuelling:
It was then over to the container depot where we loaded 20 and 40ft containers. These were to be taken for refurbishment and repainting at Stevens:
Once the containers were loaded onto the flat wagons we picked up the rolls of steel coil at the Steel Mill:
Finally we loaded the concrete bridge beams onto the flat wagons at Fabulous Fabricators:
An impressive view of the steel works, heading west-bound out of VanDenH:
Followed by the steep climb up Sundermeyer Bank:
At Sundermeyer we crossed the first of several east-bound trains:
And unloaded the steel coil at the workshop at Stevens. The coil is used to refurbish and remanufacture containers:
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I joined the Class 40 at the locomotive depot at VanDenH. Charlie and Andy showed me their orders for that morning:
Charlie and Andy, Train Controller here.
You are working the north west sector this morning.
Finish fuelling your Class 40, then make up your train.
The coil wagons are loaded, ready and waiting at the Steel Mill.
You will need to load the container flats and also those two flat wagons with concrete beams over at Fabulous Fabricators.
Proceed west through Sundermeyer to Stevens.
Unload the steel coil in the workshop and the old 20 and 40ft containers in the yard.
Reload the flats with the refurbished tank containers.
Head south to Armstrong and attach the mineral wagons in the yard.
Head east over the Great Trestle to Newcastle.
Unload the mineral wagons at the minerals bins, the tank containers on the wharf, and the concrete beams at the general goods wharf.
Proceed to the loco depot and sign off.
You are authorised to travel at up to 50mph, except in yard areas where the normal limits apply.
You must give priority to all other trains.
While Charlie checked the locomotive, Andy finished fuelling:
It was then over to the container depot where we loaded 20 and 40ft containers. These were to be taken for refurbishment and repainting at Stevens:
Once the containers were loaded onto the flat wagons we picked up the rolls of steel coil at the Steel Mill:
Finally we loaded the concrete bridge beams onto the flat wagons at Fabulous Fabricators:
An impressive view of the steel works, heading west-bound out of VanDenH:
Followed by the steep climb up Sundermeyer Bank:
At Sundermeyer we crossed the first of several east-bound trains:
And unloaded the steel coil at the workshop at Stevens. The coil is used to refurbish and remanufacture containers:
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