MOWboss
Well-Known Member
Anyone have a daily, no matter what, dedicated car scenario?.
Looking for ideas about that one car that causes headaches for the train crew when they're making their run.
Here's a couple of examples...
My mentor has a logging, milling operation in the mountains - there's NO water! Every day - no matter what - a tank car of water has to go to the site and an empty returned. Sounds simple, but locate that car in your delivery plan and its empty.... Oh, and today there's 2 lumber loads to go out and 2 empty cars to drop off....... Headache....
I have a mine quite a distance from town. Every morning a goose takes workers to the mine and brings them home at night. (Suppose to bring them home at night....) My challenge begins when I need to get the goose to the mine turntable and turn it around for the return trip back to town....
Headache....
I suppose a lot of us have those ash cars, or sand cars, that get swapped out on a "when you get around to it" schedule... And if we're honest with ourselves most of the freight we peddle is on a "when you get around to it schedule."
This could be an opportunity for that "I only have a few minutes so I'll just run that dedicated car to the..."
Me, if I have a few extra minutes I might just send the goose back to the mine to bring the miners back home for the night.
Looking for ideas about that one car that causes headaches for the train crew when they're making their run.
Here's a couple of examples...
My mentor has a logging, milling operation in the mountains - there's NO water! Every day - no matter what - a tank car of water has to go to the site and an empty returned. Sounds simple, but locate that car in your delivery plan and its empty.... Oh, and today there's 2 lumber loads to go out and 2 empty cars to drop off....... Headache....
I have a mine quite a distance from town. Every morning a goose takes workers to the mine and brings them home at night. (Suppose to bring them home at night....) My challenge begins when I need to get the goose to the mine turntable and turn it around for the return trip back to town....
Headache....
I suppose a lot of us have those ash cars, or sand cars, that get swapped out on a "when you get around to it" schedule... And if we're honest with ourselves most of the freight we peddle is on a "when you get around to it schedule."
This could be an opportunity for that "I only have a few minutes so I'll just run that dedicated car to the..."
Me, if I have a few extra minutes I might just send the goose back to the mine to bring the miners back home for the night.