12-08-2014, 05:07 AM
I'm guessing that each depends on the equipment being used to unload.
In an instance, the refeers/tricools, boxcars, would depend on how many forklifts the company assigned to work the rail dock. One each car for the cold storage. Maybe two each if they are available. If you're going for operation, it would be cool to add a twist, such as lunch breaks, or a broken down forklift or a driver calling in sick that day.
The plastic pellet car would be unloaded by a vacuum system, making it quick. But there are some plastic manufacturers that don't have storage silos, and use the pellets right off the car, especially if they use only one type of plastic, so cars will sit on the siding for days before being switched out. A rope company would probably use this method, depending on manufacturing process, and number of working shifts.
The scrap yard, and lumber yard would also depend on how good and fast the operators are. Weather would be another factor added in. No one wants to be out on a cold raw rainy day, or snow unloading a bulkhead flat, or dumping scrap in a gondola. I know some modelers like to say "Its July at this year". But it isn't always sunny in Philadelphia.
Typically, I would come up with my own numbers to use such as" Ok.It takes scrapyard "A" take two hours to load a cut of four gons. But wait!...Half way through, a thunder storm blows in for half an hour and shuts down operations.
Would add a little excitement to the switching operations.
In an instance, the refeers/tricools, boxcars, would depend on how many forklifts the company assigned to work the rail dock. One each car for the cold storage. Maybe two each if they are available. If you're going for operation, it would be cool to add a twist, such as lunch breaks, or a broken down forklift or a driver calling in sick that day.
The plastic pellet car would be unloaded by a vacuum system, making it quick. But there are some plastic manufacturers that don't have storage silos, and use the pellets right off the car, especially if they use only one type of plastic, so cars will sit on the siding for days before being switched out. A rope company would probably use this method, depending on manufacturing process, and number of working shifts.
The scrap yard, and lumber yard would also depend on how good and fast the operators are. Weather would be another factor added in. No one wants to be out on a cold raw rainy day, or snow unloading a bulkhead flat, or dumping scrap in a gondola. I know some modelers like to say "Its July at this year". But it isn't always sunny in Philadelphia.
Typically, I would come up with my own numbers to use such as" Ok.It takes scrapyard "A" take two hours to load a cut of four gons. But wait!...Half way through, a thunder storm blows in for half an hour and shuts down operations.
Would add a little excitement to the switching operations.
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I went to my Happy Place, but it was closed for renovations.
NARA Member #87
I went to my Happy Place, but it was closed for renovations.