Switching Action at Mountain King Potatoes

[Gary S]

Here we have all the loads on Track 1.... There are only 5 unloading ramps, so we now have 5 loaded cars spotted at the ramps. We'll leave the extra load on Track 1 for now because we need to pull the empties from Track 2 before we can spot the load there.

   

We pull the locos back out of Track 1 past the turnout:

   

Back into Track 2 and couple to the 7 empties there:

   

Pull the 7 empties out of Track 2 past the turnout:

   

Throw the turnout and back into Track 1 to grab the remaining load.

   

Now we pull the empties and the last load from Track 1 and go past the turnout:

   

Throw the turnout and shove the load down Track 2 to an unloading ramp:

   

The load is spotted at the ramp:

   

Once uncoupled, we pull away with the 7 empties and head for the Yard, having completed our switching duties at Mountain King.

   

Thanks for following along!