Sunday, June 24, 2018

Around and Around

This will be brief: yesterday I was running the 3142 all day.  I was too busy to take any interesting pictures.


But the weather was nice.  I even got to be the dispatcher most of the day, and managed not to get anybody too mad at me, I think.  Beyond that there's not a lot to say.  Thanks to all those who help make IRM operations a success on a regular basis!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

How do you dispatch and run all at the same time? Doesn't your mind turn to mush after awhile doing that?
C Kronenwetter

Randall Hicks said...

No. First of all, it wasn't that complicated. We had two mainline trains, running on an hourly schedule, so I didn't even have to arrange any meets, for the most part. The streetcar makes regular stops with some dwell time, and I could issue orders while we were boarding or discharging passengers. The streetcar runs itself from a dispatching point of view. If a call comes through while the car's in motion, and it's something complicated, I come to a stop. And then I can explain to the passengers what I was doing, and they don't seem to mind.

On the other hand, I wouldn't want to do it every day. I'll leave that to the professionals.