How would this be switched?

[Brakie]

Why switch it at all and make all those unnecessary moves?

Here's the way most conductors I worked with would hand those industries..We would simply switch it on the way back..This saves time..

Now if we were to switch these industries here's the plan.

We would run around our train and couple onto the caboose and make our cut at the setouts.Now we have the caboose and the setouts we would proceed to industry 1 and make the setout..Now we would shove ahead to industry 2 and switch those cars out.We would then return to our train and make couple the caboose and pickups to our train..Run the engine around our train,couple up,pump the air and then head out of town.


Here's what a old line PRR conductor told me when I was a student brakeman..

Sonny,Remember these words and you will do well..Plan your work and work your plan,never move cars you don't have to or make unnecessary moves and never get your cabin in front of your face-in other words Think ahead!