2.2.6c Car Movement Instructions (STC)

The Saginaw Timber Company

The STC has two car movement strategies.

• Pattern movement. The STC has local freight traffic between Wickwood (APP) chip yard and STC supported logging reload sites.
  
• Industrial Switching. American pulp and paper has two industrial zones that require switching operations between the STC/WWSL yard. 

Pattern switching

The STC simulates local freight traffic between between Wickwood (APP) chip yard and STC supported logging reload sites. Inbound loads are staged on the STC arrival/departure tracks. Those cars are moved to the APP chip track and returned to the STC departure track.

When the switching as been done according to this pattern, it will be sufficient just to mark 'done' on the front of the switch list. If, however, cars are put into a different track, then this track must be shown against each car so handled.

Industrial work procedures

Cars received in interchange must be worked in accordance with AAR car movement instructions. A switch list will be created with the minimum amount of information when making entries on the switch list.

• Car initials and number
• Load or empty
• Type of car
• Track taken from
• Track left at
• Times, where required.

Times (Where Required)

Cars spotted for customers

Customers include industries, shed, piggyback ramps, team tracks, etc. A spotted car means that the car is placed as requested by the customer, or where it can be worked.

• Show the time that the car was placed.

Customer' cars pulled. This includes any equipment, load or empty, released by a customer.

• The switch list must show the track were the car was taken from, the time that the car was pulled, and the track where the car was left.

Constructive placement.  When a car cannot be spotted for any reason which is the customer's fault (track full, track obstructed, gates locked, etc) this is considered as a constructive placement.

• Cross out the track number where the car should have been placed, and show the track number where the car was left.
• Record the time that the car was left, write in the initials " " and give a short explanation of why the car could not be spotted 'full, gates, etc.
• If the car was left on the track designated, but outside of the spot area, do not cross out the track number but do record ' ' time, etc.

Cars not spotted - railway's fault. Sometimes a car cannot be spotted because of the railway's fault - broken rail, frozen switch, etc.

• Cross out the track number where the card should have been spotted and show the track number where the car was left. Do not show a placed time. Make a short notation of why the card could not be spotted.

Cars left on customer's siding - not spotted. When a car is left headed into a customer's siding for another engine to spot.

• Do not show a placed time but indicate 'not spotted; on the switch list. The foreman who spots the car will show the placed time.

Loads or empties left in storage tracks.  Loads or empties may be moved to a track near the customer,. This is for the railway's convenience since the customer has not yet ordered the car in.Yard foreman will not consider this a constructive placement. Track numbers will be required, but times will not be shown.

Cars not shown on switch list

When a car is handled which is not shown on the switch list, record the required information about the car and show the tracks 'taken from' and 'left at'. If the car was spotted or released, show the times.

Switching not completed

Some work may not be completed because of a lack of time or a change in work assignment.

On the switch list, draw a line after the last car handled. Draw a bracket to cover the list of cars not handled and write the work not handled; alongside the bracket.

If the unswitched cars are not put back into the same track as shown on the switch list , then their new location must be shown.