Switching refinery and stockyard in Billings MT
Early 1960's
While the switch engine waited on the track outside the yard office, our foreman obtained his switching orders for the beginning of the shift. The switch list read as follows:
Pick up the 3 loaded stock cars at Union Stockyard
Spot the 3 stock cars on the stock siding
Back to stock yard 2 Spot the 3 empties on stock 1 No need to uncouple
Drive to refinery and pick up GATX tanks on refinery 2
Pull the tanks back Leave them on the siding
Pick up the 3 stocks Couple to the tanks and pull the string back to end of siding
Couple to the hoppers on the power siding
We pick up the switch engine on its way to the stock siding and follow it until NP train #604 picks up the stock and tanks.