DONNER PASS A02
WORK ORDERS

DP1_AO2_CITY_OF_SAN-FRANCISCO_1959
DIFFICULTY: HARD
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION: 37 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: DECEMBER 4, 1959; 17:20

TOTAL HP: 4500
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN: 1143.35 T
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN: 1131.98 FT

GOOD AFTERNOON, JOE TRIMBLE.  YOU'RE DRIVING THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO, PROVIDING PASSENGER SERVICE BETWEEN CHICAGO AND SAN FRANCISCO.  YOUR SHIFT BEGAN AT 6:00 THIS MORNING IN OGDEN, UTAH.  YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE RELIEVED BY A NEW CREW IN SPARKS, BUT THEY WERE NOT THERE WHEN YOU ARRIVED.  WORD WAS SENT ON AHEAD AND A NEW CREW IS SUPPOSED TO MEET YOU AT NORDEN.  THEY'D BETTER BE THERE WHEN YOU ARRIVE, OR THIS PASSENGER TRAIN WILL BE DELAYED.

BESIDES, SINCE YOU WERE ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO STOP IN SPARKS, YOU NEVER BOTHERED TO FIX YOURSELF A SUPPER, AND YOUR NOT SURE ANYMORE WHICH SOUND IT IS THAT YOU'RE HEARING, THE RUMBLING OF THE DIESEL OR OF YOUR STOMACH. 

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DP1_AO2_F7_FAST-FREIGHT - PART 1
DIFFICULTY: HARD
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION: 90 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: JULY 4, 1955; 8:25

TOTAL HP: 7500
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN:  2188.36 T
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN:  1907.21 FT

GOOD MORNING EDDIE MACKIE.  IT IS THE MORNING OF INDEPENDENCE DAY, A LONG WEEKEND, AND YOU ARE WORKING WHILE THE EXTENDED FAMILY CELEBRATES AT HOME.  HOPEFULLY YOU WILL BE BACK THIS EVENING IN TIME TO SHOOT OFF SOME FIREWORKS.  HERE IN COLFAX, THEY USUALLY DECORATE THE TOWN FOR THE HOLIDAY.  YOU HOPE YOU REMEMBER TO CHECK IT OUT AS YOU DRIVE THROUGH.

AS YOU HAVE BEEN DRIVING THIS MORNING, LISTENING TO THE RHYTHM OF THE WHEELS ON THE TRACKS, YOU ARE REMINDED OF THE SHOW YOU SAW ON ABC SATURDAY NIGHT.  IT WAS A BRAND NEW MUSICAL PROGRAM EMCEED AND DIRECTED BY A YOUNG SWEDE NAMED LAWRENCE WELK.  YOU KIND OF ENJOYED IT.  MAYBE IT WILL STICK AROUND FOR A SEASON OR TWO.

YOU ARE HAULING FAST FREIGHT - FRESH PRODUCE FROM THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY HEADED FOR CHICAGO.  YOU NEED TO STOP IN COLFAX FOR YOUR TRAIN ORDERS.  AFTER THAT, IT'S ON TO EMIGRANT GAP WHERE YOU ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO EATING AT FONG QUONG'S COOKHOUSE.  HE JUST RECENTLY TOOK OVER PROPRIETORSHIP OF THE NORDEN AND EMIGRANT GAP COOKHOUSES FROM OLD 'MOAN AND GROAN', AND WORD IS HE'S ADDED STEAK AND EGGS TO THE MENU.  YOU MISSED BREAKFAST THIS MORNING WITH THE EARLY START AND YOU'RE STARVED!  

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DP1_AO2_F7_FAST-FREIGHT - PART 2
DIFFICULTY: HARD
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION: 97 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: JULY 4, 1955; 10:15

TOTAL HP: 7500
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN:  2188.36 T
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN:  1907.21 FT

BOY!  CAN FONG QUONG COOK STEAK AND EGGS OR WHAT!!  JUST AS YOU START THINKING THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO STOP AND EAT WITH OLD FONG EVERY TIME YOU PULL THROUGH YOU REACH DOWN TO ADJUST YOUR BELT AND THINK… WELL MAYBE NOT EVERY TIME…

THE PRODUCE HITCHED UP BEHIND YOU IS FRESH, THE ICE IS COLD, THE JULY WEATHER IS HOT, AND CHICAGO IS A LONG WAY AWAY.  YOU ARE STOPPED IN EMIGRANT GAP GETTING YOUR TRAIN ORDERS.  NOW, IT'S ON TO TRUCKEE.    

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DP1_AO2_F7_KOREAN-WAR_EQUIPMENT
DIFFICULTY: HARD
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION: 116 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: AUGUST 3, 1950; 16:45

TOTAL HP: 4500
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN: 1508.49 T
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN: 1834.74 FT

JUST A LITTLE OVER A MONTH AGO ON JUNE 25TH, NORTH KOREA INVADED THE SOUTH IN A DEVASTATING RUSH WHICH PUSHED THE REPUBLIC OF KOREAN (ROK) FORCES SOUTH.  ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED NATIONS, THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN HAVE MOVED IN TO HELP THE ROK, SEIZING CONTROL OF BOTH THE AIR AND SEA, YET THE NORTH KOREAN ARMY RELENTLESSLY CONTINUES TO PRESS THE GROUND FORCES OF THE ROK AND THE UNITED STATES TOWARDS THE SOUTHEASTERN TIP OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA.

FORTUNATELY, SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR WAS ONLY A FEW YEARS AGO, IT HASN'T TAKEN LONG FOR THE UNITED STATES TO MOBILIZE ITS OVERWHELMING WARTIME MANUFACTURING MIGHT AND PREPARE AN EFFECTIVE ANSWER TO THE COMMUNIST AGGRESSION.  THAT'S WHERE YOU COME IN.

A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO IN RENO, YOU TOOK CHARGE OF THIS OAKLAND-BOUND TRAIN CARRYING LANDING CRAFT (LCVP'S) AND TANKS.  YOU WILL DRIVE IT AS FAR AS ROSEVILLE, WHERE THE NEXT CREW WILL TAKE OVER.  A SHIP IS WAITING FOR YOUR SHIPMENT AND MAY BE DELAYED IF YOU CAN'T GET OVER THE HILL.  UNFORTUNATELY, HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING SO TRAFFIC MAY BE RATHER SLOW.

YOU ARE IN TRUCKEE.  PICK UP YOUR HELPER FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE YARD AND PROCEED ON TO ROSEVILLE.

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PICK-UP CARS – 32768-0 THRU 32768-1 @ TRUCKEE TRACK 7

DP1_AO2_F7_KOREAN-WAR_EQUIPMENT_PART-2
DIFFICULTY: MEDIUM
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION: 80 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: AUGUST 3, 1950; 19:11

TOTAL HP: 4500
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN: 1508.49 T
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN: 1834.74 FT

(FROM NORDEN THROUGH COLFAX) TRAFFIC FAIRLY HEAVY OTHERWISE BORING TRIP AT NIGHT, CAN'T SEE MUCH. A DEER NOW AND THEN.

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DP1_AO2_F7_SP-6456_LUMBER-TRAIN
DIFFICULTY: HARD
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION: 116 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: APRIL 10, 1956; 7:50

TOTAL HP: 1500
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN:  230.99 T
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN:  419.29 FT

IT FIGURES.  YOUR SWITCHER, A BALDWIN DIESEL AS616, HAS BROKEN DOWN AND IS WAITING IN THE SHOP IN SPARKS FOR REPAIRS.  AS A RESULT, YOU ARE RUNNING AN F7 FOR A SWITCHER.  MOST OF THE OLD STEAM HELPERS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT TO PASTURE OR MOVED DOWN TO ROSEVILLE, SO YOU'RE STUCK UNTIL MORE OF THE NEW DIESELS ARRIVE.  THE F7S ARE NICE, BUT THEY ARE HARD TO SEE OUT OF WHEN YOU'RE DOING YARD WORK.

AT THE MOMENT, YOU ARE APPROACHING EMIGRANT GAP WITH SEVERAL EMPTY FLAT CARS.  ONCE YOU ARRIVE, YOU WILL NEED TO PICK UP A LOAD OF LUMBER AND LEAVE BEHIND A FEW OF YOUR EMPTY FLAT CARS.  THEN IT'S OFF TO GOLD RUN TO DO THE SAME THING ALL OVER AGAIN.  FROM THERE, YOU WILL PROCEED TO COLFAX WHERE YOU WILL DROP OFF YOUR CONSIST ON A SIDING FOR LATER PICK UP.  HOPEFULLY, YOU WON'T RUN OUT OF FUEL BEFORE YOU'RE DONE.

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PICK-UP CARS – 32768-0 THRU 32768-1 @ TAHOE SUGAR PINE LUMBER LEAD

DROP-OFF CARS – PLAYER SER. 0-5 THRU 0-6 @ TAHOE SUGAR PINE LUMBER LEAD

PICK-UP CARS – 32777-0 THRU 32777-4 @ GOLD RUN LUMBER SPUR 1

DROP-OFF CARS 0 PLAYER SER. 0-1 THRU 0-4 @ GOLD RUN LUMBER SPUR 1

DP1_AO2_LOGGING_TRAIN_1
DIFFICULTY: EASY
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION: 51 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: AUG 18, 1952; 9:00

TOTAL HP: 2100
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN:  477.73 T
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN:  520.01 FT.

YOU, 'COG' WILLIAMS, HAVE BEEN DRIVING TRAINS FOR 49 YEARS.  TODAY IS YOUR LAST DAY BEFORE YOU RETIRE FOR THE SECOND TIME.  (THEY CALLED YOU BACK AFTER YOUR LAST ONE THREE YEARS AGO.)  JIMMY PORTER, WHO YOU STARTED TRAINING SEVEN YEARS AGO, IS NOW A FULL FLEDGED ENGINEER.   HE'S COME A LONG AS YOUR FIREMAN FOR OLD TIMES SAKE TO SEE YOU OFF. 

"SO, WHERE YA GONNA RETIRE TO?" JIMMY ASKS.

"I GOT ME A NICE PLACE DOWN IN AUBURN," YOU SAY.  "IT'S QUIET, AND NEARBY.  I MIGHT EVEN DO A LITTLE PANNING FOR THE YELLER STUFF IN THE CRICK THAT RUNS BACK OF MY PLACE."

YOU START THINKING HOW NICE IT WILL BE JUST TO DO A NICE EASY RUN TODAY TO WRAP EVERYTHING UP.  GOOD TIMES AHEAD TO REMEMBER THE GOOD TIMES YOU'RE LEAVING BEHIND.

"MAYBE I'LL WRITE A BOOK ABOUT BEING AN ENGINEER WHEN I'M DONE," YOU SAY, HALF TO YOURSELF.

DROP OFF YOUR LOGGING CARS ON THE SIDING, AND FILL YOUR TENDER WITH WATER.  NEXT, SORT OUT THE EMPTY LUMBER FLAT CARS AND FULL LOGGING CARS.  COUPLE THEM UP TO THE CONSIST YOU JUST DROPPED OFF ON THE SIDING.  FINALLY, PICK UP A HELPER ENGINE AND WAIT FOR YOUR WORK ORDERS.

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WORK ORDERS

PICK-UP & ASSEMBLE ON COLFAX SIDING THE FOLLOWING CARS: (THESE WILL BE ADDED TO WHAT YOU HAVE ON COLFAX SIDING.)

32768-0; -1; -3; -6; -7; -10 ON COLFAX TRACK 1

32772-0 THRU –11 ON COLFAX TRACK 2

32770-0 AND –1 ON COLFAX ENGINE HOUSE FUEL OIL TRACK.

DP1_AO2_LOGGING_TRAIN_2
DIFFICULTY: MEDIUM
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION: 46 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: AUG 18, 1952; 10:00

TOTAL HP: 4200
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN:  1052.7 T
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN:  1476.57 FT.

WELL DONE, COG!  YOU'VE ASSEMBLED YOUR TRAIN.  BUT THEN THIS IS OLD HAT TO A VETERAN LIKE YOU.  NOW THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED YOUR WORK ORDERS, HEAD FOR GOLD RUN WHERE YOU WILL DROP OFF SOME OF YOUR CARS.   ONCE YOU'VE FINISHED THERE, HEAD ON UP TO EMIGRANT PASS.  

WATCH OUT FOR A MAINTENANCE TRAIN AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY TO GOLD RUN.  YOU WILL NEED TO SLOW TO 15 MPH AS YOU PASS IT, BUT THEN YOU KNEW THAT ALREADY, DIDN'T YOU.

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DROP-CARS – PLAYER SER. 0-4 THRU 0-14 @ GOLD RUN WESTWARD SIDING 1

PICK-UP – PLAYER SER. 0-15 THRU 0-33 @ GOLD RUN TRACK LEAD TO GOLD RUN NO 1 & 2 TRACKS.

DP1_AO2_LOGGING_TRAIN_3
DIFFICULTY: MEDIUM
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION: 87 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: AUG 18, 1952; 10:56

TOTAL HP: 4200
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN: 797.4 T
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN: 972.04 FT

EVERYTHING IS GOING SMOOTHLY FOR YOU TODAY, COG!  YOU'VE RECONNECTED TO YOUR CONSIST AND CABOOSE, AND YOU'RE READY TO HEAD OUT FOR EMIGRANT GAP.

YOUR CONDUCTOR, FRED BOWMAN, HAS ALREADY WALKED DOWN THE TRACKS TO THE STATION AND CALLED THE DISPATCHER.  THE WORD IS THAT THE TRACKS ARE ALL CLEAR TO EMIGRANT GAP AND YOU ARE OK TO MOVE ON OUT.

ONCE YOU ARRIVE AT EMIGRANT GAP, YOU WILL NEED TO DROP OFF YOUR CARS AT THE LUMBER MILL.

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PICK-UP PLAYER SER. 0-34 @ EMIGRANT GAP STATION.

DP1_AO2_REEFERS_FOR_THE_ICE-HOUSE
DIFFICULTY: HARD
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION: 76 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: SEPTEMBER 28, 1955; 15:30

TOTAL HP: 2100
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN: N/A T
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN: N/A FT

FALL TIME IS HERE AND IT'S RAINING, AND IT COMPLETELY MATCHES YOUR MOOD.  STEAM IS ON ITS WAY OUT.  ALL YOUR LIFE YOU HAVE LIVED AND DREAMED STEAM LOCOMOTIVES, FASCINATED BY THESE HUGE SMOKING MACHINES AND THE WAY OF LIFE THEY REPRESENT, AND NOW THEY ARE SHUTTING THEM ALL DOWN.  THEY HAVE JUST RUN THE LAST FIRE TRAIN DOWN THE HILL TO RETIREMENT, AND THE ICE HOUSE HERE AT TRUCKEE WILL BE CLOSED SHORTLY.  FOR YEARS THEY HAVE PRE-COOLED REEFER CARS HERE SO THEY ARE READY FOR LOADING PRODUCE WHEN THEY ARRIVE IN ROSEVILLE.

YOU'RE MOVING SOME FULL REEFER CARS THAT HAVE JUST BEEN ICED UP AT THE ICE HOUSE AND REPLACING THEM WITH EMPTY ONES TO BE PRE-COOLED FOR THEIR TRIP TO ROSEVILLE.  THERE IS ALSO A BEER TRAIN COMING FROM THE BREWERY NEAR NORDEN THAT WILL NEED TO BE ICED FOR ITS TRIP EAST.  AFTER ALL, NO ONE LIKES A COLD BEER.

CAUTION: RE-ALIGN SWITCHES AFTER YOU CROSS OVER THE MAINS.

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WORK ORDERS

PICK-UP CARS 32773-0 THRU 32773-5 @ TRUCKEE TRACK 3W.

DROP-OFF ABOVE CARS @ ICE TRACK 2

PICK-UP CARS 32768-0 THRU 32768-19 @ ICE TRACK 1, PLACE ON EMPTY SIDING

PICK-UP CARS 32772-0 THRU 32772-11 @ TRUCKEE TRACK 7, THEN PICK-UP CARS 32771-0 THRU 32771-11 @ TRUCKEE TRACK 8.

UNCOUPLE THE ABOVE TWO CONSIST ON TRUCKEE ICE TRACK 1.

PICKUP CARS 32768-0 THRU 32768-19 FROM EMPTY TRACKS WHERE YOU PLACED THEM

DROP-OFF CARS 32768-0 THRU 32768-19 @ TRUCKEE TRACK 3W.

DP1_AO2_SP_2-8-0_WRECKER_TRAIN
DIFFICULTY: MEDIUM
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION: 42 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: JULY 18, 1949; 14:00

TOTAL HP: 2100
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN: 441.51 T
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN: 312.69 FT

YOU ARE WESTBOUND HEADING INTO EMIGRANT GAP AFTER JUST HAVING TAKEN CARE OF A COUPLE OF DERAILED CARS NEAR CISCO.  STOP AT THE OLD STATION IN EMIGRANT GAP TO PICK UP YOUR WORK ORDERS.  BEFORE YOU TURN AROUND TO HEAD BACK FOR NORDEN, YOU WILL NEED TO ASSIST AN OLD FRIEND, JOEY BUCK, WHO STALLED HIS LOADED LOGGING TRAIN ON THE EASTBOUND MAIN JUST WEST OF EMIGRANT GAP.

HE USED TO RAZZ YOU ALL THE TIME WHEN YOU TRAINED UNDER HIM.  BACK THEN ALL YOU HAD TO DRIVE WERE THE OLD CLUNKERS, THE ONES THAT USED TO STALL WHENEVER YOU LOOKED AT THEM FUNNY.  IT SEEMED THAT EVERY TIME THE OLD MACHINES WOULD RATTLE AND GASP, OL’ JOEY WOULD ALWAYS BE THERE, GRINNING AT YOU AND SAYING, “WHAT’S-A-MATTER, D’YOU GO AND BREAK ANOTHER ONE?”

ONCE YOU GET THE MAIN LINE CLEARED AND THE CARS TO A SIDING, YOU WILL NEED TO TAKE THE DERELICT LOCOMOTIVE TO TRUCKEE FOR REPAIRS, AND DERELICT OLD JOEY TO THE SAME PLACE FOR A REPLACEMENT LOCOMOTIVE.  THAT’S A LONG WAYS TO GET EVEN WITH HIM.  “WHAT’S-A-MATTER, D’YOU GO AND BREAK ANOTHER ONE?”

UH, OH!  YOU SHUDDER AS YOU THINK WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF YOUR OLD CONSOLIDATION BREAKS DOWN ON THE WAY…

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DP1_AO2_THE_NORDEN_MOW_PICK-UP
DIFFICULTY: MEDIUM
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION: 47 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: OCTOBER 12, 1952; 7:55

TOTAL HP: 2100
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN: N/A T
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN: N/A FT

GOOD MORNING JOE CUMMINS.  IT'S A BEAUTIFUL AUTUMN MORNING, BUT THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON IS EXPECTED IN JUST A FEW DAYS.  THE MAINTENANCE OF WAY CREW HAS BEEN WORKING AT A FEVERISH PACE AND HAS JUST FINISHED THEIR WORK ON THIS LAST SECTION OF THE ROUTE.  THE COMPANY WANTS TO BE READY IN CASE THEY HAVE ANOTHER STORM LIKE THEY DID BACK IN JANUARY, WHEN THE PASSENGER TRAIN, THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO, WAS BURIED BY AN AVALANCHE.

YOUR FELLOW ENGINEER AND FRIEND ROLAND RAYMOND LOST HIS LIFE DURING THE RESCUE EFFORT.  A COUPLE OF ROTARIES HAD GONE UP TO KEEP THE LAST REMAINING LINE OPEN.  WHILE THEY WERE CLEARING THE LINE, BOTH ROTARIES HAD BEEN BURIED IN ANOTHER SLIDE AND ABANDONED.  THE NEXT MORNING, ROLAND HAD GONE UP TO WORK ON FREEING THE ROTARIES AND HAD BEEN CRUSHED UNDER ROTARY 7208 WHEN YET ANOTHER SLIDE HIT IT BROADSIDES AND FLIPPED IT OVER ON TOP OF HIM.  YOU CAN TELL THAT EVERYONE IS THINKING OF THIS WHENEVER THE WORD 'SNOW' HAS BEEN MENTIONED THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

CHARLIE, YOUR FIREMAN, HAS JUST NOTIFIED YOU THAT THE STEAM PRESSURE IS UP AND YOU ARE READY TO GO.  YOU NEED TO PICK UP THE MOW CARS ON THE NORDEN MOW SPUR AND DROP IT OFF AT CISCO, BEFORE YOU PROCEED TO COLFAX TO PICK UP THE SNOW EQUIPMENT.

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PICK-UP CARS 32768-0 THRU 32768-1 @ NORDEN MOW SPUR. 

ASSEMBLE TRAIN, CARS 32768-0 THRU 32768-4 + 32776-0 @ CISCO MOW SPUR

PICK-UP CABOOSE, 32768-5 ON MAIN LINE NEAR CISCO MOW SPUR.

DP1_AO2_"THE_CHALLENGE"
DIFFICULTY: HARD
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION: 66 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: JUN 29,1950; 9:00

TOTAL HP: 2100
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN:  508.91 T
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN:  325.47 FT.

YOU ARE IN THE SLOT AT NORDEN AND YOU GET A CALL TO HEAD FOR EMIGRANT GAP. THERE HAS BEEN A DERAILMENT OF A MIXED FREIGHT TRAIN AND A BOX CAR WITH FLAMMABLE CHEMICALS HAS SPILLED AND THERE IS CONCERN ABOUT A FIRE IGNITING. YOUR TRIP IS PRECAUTIONARY. YOU WILL HAVE TO GO DOWN THE LEFT MAIN AND CROSS OVER NEAR CRYSTAL LAKE, DUE TO THE TRAFFIC. 

THERE IS CONFUSION AS TO WHERE EVERY TRAIN IS. GO DOWN THE WRONG TRACK AND A MEET. YOU ARE RESTRICTED TO THE POSTED SIGNAL SPEED. ALL SWITCHES AFTER NORDEN CROSSOVER ARE MANUAL. YOU WILL NEED TO GET PERMISSION OR CROSS THE SIGNALS AT POSTED SPEED. YOU ARE LIMITED TO 66 MINUTES AND NO OVER SPEEDS, OTHERWISE END OF ACTIVITY. CAN YOU MAKE IT?

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DP1_AO2_SP_F7_BALLAST-TRAIN
DIFFICULTY: HARD
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION: 28 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: JULY 3, 1953; 10:00

TOTAL HP: 6000
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN: 441.51 T
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN: 312.69 FT

YEARS AGO, THE POWERS THAT BE CAME UP WITH AN EFFECTIVE METHOD TO WARN A TRAIN TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY STOP IN AN UNBLOCKED AREA.  THEY WOULD PUT OUT A COUPLE OF EXPLODING TORPEDOES, WHICH WENT OFF WHEN A TRAIN HIT THEM (POP! POP!).  THE SOUND WARNED THE ENGINEER TO STOP THE TRAIN AT ONCE.  DOWN THE TRACK A WAYS FROM THE TORPEDOES WAS A RED FLARE (A FUSEE ), WHICH WARNED THE ENGINEER THAT HE WAS NEARLY TO THE HAZARD.

RECENTLY, HOWEVER, SOMEONE AT H.Q. CAME UP WITH THE BRILLIANT IDEA TO USE THE TORPEDOES AND FUSEES AS A TEST TO SEE IF THE ENGINEERS WERE STOPPING IN TIME.  NOW, IF THE ENGINEER FAILS TO STOP BEFORE PASSING THE FUSEE HE CAN BE FIRED.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR DAY HERE IN THE MOUNTAINS.  YOU ARE STOPPED ON THE CENTER SIDING AT EMIGRANT GAP WITH A HEAVY LOAD OF BALLAST SO YOU CAN SET YOUR RETAINERS (SET THE BRAKES ON TWO OR THREE CARS).

YOU ARE HEADED TOWARD COLFAX WERE THEY NEED BALLAST TO LAY SOME TRACK.  THE TRACK-LAYING CREW THERE HAS A FINANCIAL INCENTIVE FOR FINISHING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, BUT THEY ARE WAITING ON YOUR DELIVERY.  YOU ARE RUNNING JUST A LITTLE BEHIND, BUT WITH A GOOD, TIGHT RUN RIGHT NEAR THE SPEED LIMIT, YOU MAY BE IN ON THE BONUS, TOO.  YOUR CONDUCTOR JUST GOT BACK FROM PICKING UP SOME COFFEE FOR YOU AND THE BRAKEMAN, SO AS SOON AS YOUR RETAINERS ARE SET, YOU'RE READY TO GO!

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DP1_AO2_2-8-0_YARD_WORK_TRUCKEE
DIFFICULTY: HARD
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION: 86 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: JAN 10,1955; 15:00

TOTAL HP: 2100
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN:  N/A T
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN:  N/A FT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CHARLIE STANTON.  IT'S CHILLY TODAY HERE IN TRUCKEE, AND YOU HAVEN'T EVEN LEFT THE MAINTENANCE SHED, YET.  WHILE YOU'RE WAITING FOR BOB THE MECHANIC TO OPEN THE SHED DOOR, YOU ARE TRYING TO ABSORB AS MUCH OF THE HEAT FROM THE FIREBOX AS YOU CAN BEFORE THE COLD HITS.  SURE, YOU'VE GOT A FIRE BURNING RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU ALL THE TIME, BUT THERE'S AN AWFUL BIG DRAFT COMING UP YOUR MIZZEN.  SOMETIMES YOU WISH YOU HAD ON TWO PAIRS OF WOOLIES.

YOU GET TO BUILD YOUR OWN TRAIN TO TAKE ON UP TO TAHOE.  BUT, BEFORE YOU DO, YOU NEED TO PICK UP A COUPLE OF CONSISTS ON THE TRANSFER TRACKS OF THE TAHOE BRANCH.  BRING THEM BACK AND DROP THEM OFF BEFORE STARTING TO ASSEMBLE YOUR NEW TRAIN.

ONCE YOU FINISH, HEAD OUT FOR TAHOE WHERE YOU WILL SPEND THE NIGHT.  HOPEFULLY, YOU WILL GET IN EARLY ENOUGH TO CATCH A SHOW THERE.  TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD IS PERFORMING THIS WEEK.  HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE COMING OUT WITH A NEW SONG SOON.  MAYBE HE WILL PERFORM IT TONIGHT.

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WORK ORDER

PICK-UP CARS 32768-0 THRU 32768-6 @ TAHOE BRANCH STORAGE TRACK

PICK-UP CARS 32769-0 THRU 32769-4 @ STANDARD OIL CO SPUR

DROP OFF BOTH CONSISTS @ TRUCKEE TRACK 4

PICK-UP CARS 32771-0 THRU 32771-3 @ WEST TRUCKEE SPUR

PICK-UP CARS 32772-0 THRU 32772-2 @ FREIGHT STATION TRACK

PICK-UP CARS 32773-0 THRU 32773-3 @ TRUCKEE TRACK 2

PICK-UP CAR 32775-0 @ SIERRA NEVADA LUMBER EXCHANGE

DP1_AO2_TRUCKEE_TRIM-1
DIFFICULTY: MEDIUM
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETE: 30 MINS.
SEASON: SPRING
DATE: MAY 1ST, 1956
TIME: 08:00 HRS

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EARLY THIS MORNING YOU WERE CALLED IN FOR TRIM DUTY IN TRUCKEE. AFTER YOU ARRIVED IN TRUCKEE AND REPORTED TO THE YARDMASTERS OFFICE YOU WERE INFORMED THAT THIS MORNINGS FIRST TRIM JOB WAS A HIGH PRIORITY ONE WHICH REQUIRES YOU TO BUILD AN EMPTY TANK TRAIN CONSIST ON THE "FREIGHT STATION TRACK" BEFORE 8:30 HRS AS A HOT WESTBOUND VALLEY TRAIN DESTINED FOR BAKERSFIELD IS SCHEDULED TO STOP AND PICK UP THE CARS... YES! ITS SPRING TIME ON THE GOOD O'L ESPEE!

NORMALLY YOU WOULD HAVE A YARD SWITCHER FOR THIS JOB, HOWEVER, THE YARD SWITCHER BROKE DOWN YESTERDAY AND WAS TAKEN TO SPARKS FOR SERVICING OVER THE NIGHT AND HAS NOT RETURNED SO THIS MORNING YOU WILL BE USING A FRESHLY REPAINTED SET OF HELPERS FOR THE JOB.

YOU ARE CURRENTLY ON THE "TRUCKEE SIDING" ACROSS FROM THE TRUCKEE STATION. FIRST YOU WILL NEED TO PULL FORWARD TOWARDS THE "TAHOE BRANCH STORAGE TRACK" WHERE YOUR FIRST PICK UP OF 12 TANK CARS ARE WAITING. YOU WILL WANT TO MAKE YOUR CONNECTION TO THEM FROM THE SOUTH END OF THE TRACK AND SHOVE THE CARS BACK TOWARDS THE STATION.

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NOTES:

1) SPEED LIMIT FOR THIS ACTIVITY IS 15 MPH.

2) MAKE SURE THAT REVERSE ARROWS IN THE TRACK MONITOR COMPLETELY DISAPPEAR BEFORE CHANGING DIRECTION OR THE ACTIVITY WILL NOT COMPLETE CORRECTLY.

3) YOU WILL NEED TO HANDLE THE SWITCHES MANUALLY AFTER SHOVING YOUR FIRST PICK UP OF CARS THROUGH THE MAINLINE CROSSOVER AND REQUEST PERMISSION TO PROCEED PAST ANY STOP INDICATIONS (RED SIGNALS) IF NEED BE..

4) THE ACTIVITY ENDS ON THE "FREIGHT STATION TRACK".

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DP1_AO2_MOW_TO_GOLDRUN-1
DIFFICULTY: EASY
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION: 40 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: JULY 4, 1955; 9:10
LOCATION: MIDAS, CA.

YOU JUST CAME ON TO DUTY AT MIDAS AND THERE IS QUITE A LOT OF EXCITEMENT GOING ON THIS MORNING. APPARENTLY AN EASTBOUND MANIFEST HIT A CAR OR SOMETHING AT GOLD RUN AND IT DERAILED PART OF THE TRAIN BEFORE IT COULD STOP WEST OF DUTCH FLAT... AND YOU WERE HOPING TO GET AN EARLY QUIT TODAY SO YOU COULD TAKE THE FAMILY DOWN INTO COLFAX FOR ALL THE FESTIVITIES THIS EVENING BUT WITH THE CURRENT SITUATION THAT WILL PROBABLY NOT HAPPEN NOW... AND GEESH, THE WIFE AND KIDS AREN'T GOING TO BE HAPPY ABOUT IT EITHER... BUT HEY AT LEAST YOU HAVE A JOB AND IT PAYS THE BILLS.

ANYHOW, THE ROAD FOREMAN NEEDS YOU TO BRING THE HOOK DOWN TO THE SCENE OF THE DERAILMENT PRONTO AS TRAFFIC OVER THE HILL HAS ALREADY STARTED TO COME TO A COMPLETE HALT.

YOUR FIREMAN, FRED BAXTER, ALREADY HAS THINGS READY TO GO SO YOU ARE READY TO DEPART MIDAS... YOU WILL ALSO PICK UP NEW ORDERS WHEN YOU GET TO TOWLE.

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DP1_AO2_TRUCKEE_HELPERS
DIFFICULTY: MEDIUM
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION: 1 HR

DATE & TIME: SEPTEMBER 27, 1955; 9:30

ITS A BEAUTIFUL CRISP FALL MORNING IN THE SIERRAS, YOU ARE WORKING HELPER SERVICE OUT OF TRUCKEE, AND BUSINESS IS BOOMING ON THE ESPEE.

YOU AND YOUR FIREMAN, DALE ERWIN, ARE CURRENTLY AT NORDEN WHERE YOU JUST CUT OFF FROM THE END OF A LONG WESTBOUND EMPTY REEFER BLOCK. YOU GUYS JUST HAD ENOUGH TIME TO GET SOME BEANS AT THE COOKHOUSE BEFORE YOU HAVE TO HEAD BACK DOWN THE HILL TO TRUCKEE.

HOWEVER BEFORE YOU HEAD BACK DOWN THE HILL YOU HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED BY THE DISPATCHER TO HOOK UP WITH ANOTHER SET OF HELPERS SITTING AT EAST NORDEN BEFORE THE TRIP BACK DOWN TO TRUCKEE TOGETHER.

SO PULL FORWARD DOWN THE MAIN HERE TO THE END OF THE SIDING THAT YOU ARE NEXT TO. THE HELPER SET THAT YOU WILL PICK UP IS AT EAST NORDEN WB SIDING.
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NOTE: MAKE SURE THAT THE "U" SHAPED REVERSE ARROWS IN TRACK MONITOR COMPLETELY DISAPPEAR BEFORE CHANGING DIRECTION AT EAST NORDEN WHICH WILL REQUIRE PROCEEDING PAST THE SIGNAL AT THE SUMMIT EAST TUNNEL PORTAL. YOU WILL ALSO NEED TO PROCEED PAST THE SIGNALS AT THE WEST END OF THE CROSSOVERS  WEST OF THE NORDEN STATION AS WELL. IMPORTANT: NOT DOING THIS WILL PREVENT THE SWITCHES FROM AUTOMATICALLY LINING UP FOR YOU AND CAUSE THE ACTIVITY NOT TO END PROPERLY.

NOTE: IGNORE SPEED LIMITS BETWEEN EAST EDER AND EAST DONNER. HELPERS CAN PROCEED DOWN THE HILL AT 40 MPH SO DISREGARD SPEED VIOLATIONS IN EVALUATION BECAUSE MSTS DOES NOT HANDLE THIS FOR SOME REASON. ALSO FYI, AI TRAFFIC MEETS ARE BASED AT YOU GOING 40 MPH STARTING AT EAST EDER.

NOTE: ACTIVITY WILL END IN TRUCKEE ON TRUCKEE TRACK 4 IN THE SHED.

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