B AS I C R AI L M OV E S f or a 17 0 C ar P o t a sh Tr a i n
Deli vered on T rack #4 a nd T rack # 5 being dumped wit h D umper #1 :
 NOTE: These are the BASIC Switching moves. Other Rail Crews may do different moves to get the same results.
1. The Neptune Loci ties onto the loads on Track West #5.
2. A cut is made at the Dumper Crossing just outside at the north end of Dumper #1.
3. The String is pulled back to clear Switch 5/05 then pushed ahead through Dumper #2 up Track East #4 to Seaboard Crossing and left
there. The Loci is cut off.
4. The Loci now ties onto the loads on Track East 5 and pulls back of Track West 5 to clear Switch 5/05 then pushes back up Track
East #3 through Dumper #1.
5. The Loci pulls back the String into Dumper #1 and is dumped with the empties going up Track West #5.
6. When the String has been dumped, the empties are pushed back track East #5 up to Harbour Ave. and left there. The Loci is cut off.
7. The Loci travels back Switch 5/05 then switches to Track East #4 through Dumper #2 and ties onto the loads on Track East #4.
8. The loads are pulled back through Dumper #2 on Track West #4 then pushed back through Dumper #1 on Track West #3. The loads
are now dumped pulling back up West Track #5.
9. The empties are pulled back up Track West #5 until the String is dumped then they are pushed back and rejoined with the empties on
Track East #5. The Loci is cut off.
10. Travel back and switch to Track West #4 and tie onto the loads on Track West #4; push the string back through Dumper #1 up Track
West #3.
11. Pull back into Dumper #1 and continue dumping. When the string is dumped the train is now completed. The Loci is cut off.
R ALWAYS practice Rail Safety and NEVER cut through railcars without using the 3 Step Safety Procedures with the Loci Operator.
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