Railyards

When I pulled containers if ever they were to close to crank the landing gear or anything like that I went and got one of the yard guys to yank it out for me.

 

Sometimes I had to hook to a different trl just to back it up a bit and then hook to mine just to get out.

Sometimes there's no way to even cracked the landing gear and had to drag it until I can turn it.

That's probably the most exciting part of intermodal, every backing in the rail is a challenge. People blowing their horn at me when I haven't even set up for backing lol

 

Everyone is on a time crunch plus people want to get out of the rail yard because some like the Harrisburg rail I run out of a lot will have trains park across the entrance/exit and block you from entering and leaving. That's why at night in the Harrisburg rail you'll see people pick up containers do there safety check and immediately pull up to the gate and leave and then send there messages after they have left the rail so they don't get stuck waiting on a train to clear the tracks.

As far as pulling cans out if they are stuck together goes it really boils down to if you can or not. Also it depends on the conditions as well. If it's been raining all week long and I have to pick up a container and it's not possible to pickup without crawling underneath it and cranking the landing gear as best as I can I'm not going to do in Duckville. The reason why is that it's a stone and dirt lot area of the Harrisburg rail and I'm not going be having my knees in huge puddles to move a container getting absolutely disgusting for it. I'm going to get a yard jockey and have them pull it out for me.

 

Lol I guess it's the same deal everywhere. CN Harvey has the same set up. First track between the exit and entrance gate, train love to come in and sit there.

There would be a line out the streets and inside the railyard? Chaos. If the train is coming, the closest exit is block and EVERYBODY turn around and race to the end of the track before the train block both ends.

 

Not just CN, UP Yardcenter as well....