DONNER PASS ROUTE 1 WORK ORDERS

3DTS_DP1_INTRODUCTION TO COLFAX MOW
DIFFICULTY: EASY
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION: 68 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: OCT 10,1935; 15:00

TOTAL HP: 2100
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN: 457.84 T
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN: 456.35 FT.

YOU, 'COG' WILLIAMS, HAVE BEEN DRIVING TRAINS FOR 42 YEARS AND HAVE SEEN (AND DONE) MOST EVERYTHING IN THE BUSINESS.  TODAY, EVERYTHING IS ROUTINE, EXCEPT FOR YOUR NEW FIREMAN.  HIS NAME IS JIMMY PORTER.  YOU CAN TELL FROM THE WAY HE WATCHES EVERYTHING YOU DO THAT HE HOPES TO BE AN ENGINEER ONE DAY TOO.  WELL, IF HE KEEPS PLUGGING ALONG FAITHFULLY WITH THE LITTLE STUFF, HE MIGHT MAKE IT.

TODAY YOU ARE DELIVERING MOW CARS TO MIDAS MOW STATION.  THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON FELL LAST NIGHT AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE READY FOR THE BIG SNOW THAT IS SURE TO COME.  WATCH OUT, THOUGH.  DISPATCH TELLS YOU THERE MAY BE A PROBLEM NEAR THE LONG RAVINE BRIDGE, THOUGH THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN YOU ANY DETAILS.

BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING ELSE, YOU WILL NEED TO FILL UP WITH WATER ON COLFAX ENGINE HOUSE TRACK ONE.  NEXT, MOVE TO THE COLFAX MOW SPUR TO PICK UP YOUR MOW CONSIST, AND THEN COLLECT YOUR CABOOSE ON ENGINE HOUSE TRACK TWO.

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WORK ORDERS

Pick Up Cars 	32768 0-6		@	Colfax Mow
Pike Up Cars 	32769 0		@	Colfax Engine House Track 2

3DTS_DP1_INTRODUCTION TO NORDEN-COLFAX
DIFFICULTY: EASY
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION: 112 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: MAY 8, 1942; 11:10

TOTAL HP: 6000
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN: 459.62 T.
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN: 210.17 FT.

YOU, 'COG' WILLIAMS, HOPPED A RIDE UP FROM TRUCKEE TO NORDEN FOR TODAY'S JOB. YOU'RE DRIVING A CAB FORWARD WITH A SPREADER AND CABOOSE TO COLFAX FOR MAINTENANCE.  

JUST YOUR LUCK - IT'S RAINING BUCKETS, LIKE DROPPINGS UNDER A TRIPLE DECKER CHICKEN SHED.  THIS ISN'T A GOOD THING.  WITH THE SPREADER OUT FRONT, YOU'LL HAVE TO POKE YOUR HEAD OUT THE WINDOW TO SEE ANYTHING.  TO MAKE IT WORSE, YOU FORGOT YOUR HAT, THE RAIN WILL SPLATTER ALL OVER YOUR GLASSES, AND YOUR HANDKERCHIEF IS SITTING ON YOUR DRESSER BACK HOME.

AT LEAST THE CAB FORWARD SPITS ITS SMOKE OUT BEHIND YOU SO YOU WON'T HAVE TO CHEW ON IT GOING THROUGH THE TUNNELS.

YOU ARE STARTING IN THE SHEDS.  AS YOU MOVE OUT YOU WILL PASS THE PASSENGER TERMINAL WHERE THE SKIIERS DISEMBARK DURING THE WINTER.  AS YOU MOVE DOWN THE GRADE TO COLFAX, TAKE YOUR TIME TO ENJOY THE VIEW THROUGH THE SPLATTERS ON YOUR GLASSES.

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3DTS_DP1_INTRODUCTION TO NORDEN-TRUCKEE
DIFFICULTY: EASY
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION: 40 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: SEPT 28, 1944; 14:05

TOTAL HP: 6000
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN: 1855.9 TONS
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN: 1911.94 FT

YOU ARE JIMMY PORTER.  HOT DAWG!  YOU JUST PICKED UP A BRAND NEW F7 BLACK WIDOW.  ACTUALLY, YOU'RE DRIVING SIX IN A ROW.  BOY, AREN'T THEY PRETTY!

IT'S A GOOD THING YOU'RE IN SUCH A GOOD MOOD, OR ELSE THAT HOBO YOU SPOTTED BACK THERE IN THE LEAD OPEN BOX CAR MIGHT NOT HAVE A RIDE ABOUT NOW.  (GO AHEAD.  CHECK HIM OUT…HE'S THERE.)  HIS NAME IS BENNY.  HE'S NOT A BAD SORT, REALLY - HE DOESN'T CAUSE ANY TROUBLE.  YOU'VE HEARD HE HAS NO FAMILY TIES, SO HE JUST LIKES TO SEE THE COUNTRY.

HE COULD DO A LOT WORSE THAN THE DONNER PASS FOR SCENERY.

YOUR HELPER WAS CUT OFF AT SODA SPRINGS AND YOU WILL BE GOING THROUGH TRUCKEE IN A FEW MINUTES.  TRAFFIC IS MODERATE COMING UP THE HILL, HOWEVER THERE IS TALK THAT THERE IS A DERAILMENT COMING UP THE GRADE FROM TRUCKEE.  HOPEFULLY, THE EASTERN TRACK HAS NOT BEEN AFFECTED.

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3DTS_DP1_CF-4294_CONSTRUCTION_EFFORT
DIFFICULTY: HARD
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETE: 120 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: MAY 4, 1944; 16:00

TOTAL HP: 14,100
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN: 3550.31t.
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN: 3152.06 ft. 

YOU, JIMMY PORTER, ARE ASSISTING IN THE WAR EFFORT.  THERE'S A NEW MILITARY TRAINING FACILITY GOING IN AND YOU'RE HAULING THE LUMBER FOR IT.  JUST LAST NIGHT YOU WATCHED 'THE FIGHTING SEABEES' STARRING JOHN WAYNE, AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE DOING YOUR PART TO END THE WAR.  THINGS ARE LOOKING BETTER IN BOTH THEATERS (WAR, NOT MOVIE) AND MAYBE THERE WILL BE A BREAK WITH A LITTLE MORE PATIENCE.

YOUR CONSIST WILL BE A COMBINATION OF LUMBER AND GRAVEL.  YOU WILL FIND IT AT TRUCKEE TRACK 3W.  BECAUSE OF THE WEIGHT OF THE LOAD, YOU WILL NEED A HELPER ALONG WITH A SECOND CAB FORWARD.  PLACE THE SECOND CAB FORWARD IN FRONT OF THE GRAVEL AT DONNER TRACK 2.  THEN PICK UP YOUR HELPER AND CABOOSE.

WATCH YOUR STEAM MANAGEMENT AS YOU CLIMB THE HILL.  IT'S STEEP, AND YOU HAVE A HEAVY LOAD.

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WORKORDERS

Pick Up Cars		32769 0-38			@	Truckee Track 4
Pick Up Cars		32770 0 			@	Old Roundhouse Lead
Pick Up Cars		32768 0-19			@	Truckee Track 3W
Pick Up Cars		32776 0			@ 	Truckee Track 4
Pick Up Cars		32771 0			@	Truckee Balloon Track 1

Drop Off Car		32769 10			@	East Andover – Bad Orders Spur

3DTS_DP1_CF-4294_CONSTRUCTION_EFFORT_2
DIFFICULTY: HARD
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETE: 125 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: MAY 4, 1944; 17:30

TOTAL HP: 12,000
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN: 3517.25t.
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN: 3097.70 ft. 

GOOD GOING, JIMMY.  YOU'VE MADE IT TO THE TOP.  NOW YOU'RE READY TO MAKE THE LONG HAUL DOWNHILL WITH A HEAVY LOAD.  THIS IS GOING TO TAKE AWHILE.

YOU ARE STOPPED AT SODA SPRINGS.  YOU WILL NEED TO SET YOUR RETAINERS BEFORE YOU GO ON.  ONCE YOU ARE ON YOUR WAY, YOU WILL PERIODICALLY NEED TO STOP TO CHECK YOUR BRAKES.  HOPEFULLY, YOU WON'T GET ANY HOTBOXES ON THE WAY DOWN, OR WORSE, CRACK A WHEEL AND DERAIL.

CAUTION: ALWAYS STOP FOR BRAKE INSPECTIONS IN FRONT OF STATIONS. 

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3DTS_DP1_CF_LAST RUN OF THE CAB FORWARDS
DIFFICULTY: MEDIUM
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION:  126 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: NOVEMBER 30, 1957; 8:30

TOTAL HP: 6000
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN: 635.79T
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN:  542.19FT.

AN ERA HAS FINALLY COME TO A CLOSE.  THE FINAL RUN OVER THE SIERRAS FOR A CAB FORWARD HAS COME.  YOU, JIMMY PORTER, HAVE THE PRIVILEDGE OF DRIVING OL' BESSIE OVER THE TOP FROM ROSEVILLE TO SPARKS, NEVADA

THERE IS A WHOLE GAGGLE OF STEAM FANS RIDING ALONG ON THIS TRIP.  YOU MINGLED WITH THE PASSENGERS IN ROSEVILLE AND MET QUITE A FEW OF THEM.  THEY ASKED YOU A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT DRIVING BESSIE, AND ABOUT THE DIESELS THAT WILL TAKE HER PLACE.  ONE OF THE PASSENGERS BROUGHT HIS FIVE-YEAR-OLD SON ALONG.  YOU OFFERED TO SHOW THEM AROUND THE CAB.  THEY WERE BOTH SO WIDE-EYED THAT YOU WEREN'T SURE WHICH ONE WAS MORE EXCITED.

YOUR OLD FRIEND AND SEASONED FIREMAN PETE CRAMPTON IS MAKING THE TRIP WITH YOU, SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF MEMORIES TO TALK ABOUT.  IT'S STRANGE, BUT ALL THOSE THINGS YOU HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT IN THE PAST WHEN DRIVING A CAB FORWARD, HAVE SUDDENLY BECOME FOND QUIRKS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MISS WHEN ALL THERE ARE TO DRIVE ARE DIESELS. 

YOU BEGIN THE ACTIVITY COMING INTO COLFAX AND WILL END IT LEAVING THE TRUCKEE STATION.

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3DTS_DP1_FIRST_SNOW
DIFFICULTY: EASY
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION: 35 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: OCT 27, 1942; 12:45 PM

TOTAL HP: 2100
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN:  148.2 T
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN:  70.53 FT.

THE FIRST SNOW CAME EARLY THIS YEAR AND CAUGHT EVERYONE BY SURPRISE.  LUCKILY IT WASN'T TOO BAD (FOR HERE) AND THE TRACKS GOT CLEARED PRETTY QUICKLY -- AT LEAST THIS TIME.  YOU HAD JUST TURNED THE ENGINE AROUND, ABOUT READY TO DEADHEAD BACK TO COLFAX AFTER A HELPER RUN, WHEN THE CALL CAME IN.  

YOU'RE STILL IN THE ROUNDHOUSE.  YOU WILL NEED TO PULL FORWARD TO BEGIN.  MAKE A QUICK RUN OVER TO SUMMIT AND PICK UP A FLANGER.  THEN TAKE IT DOWN TO CISCO AND SET IT OUT ON THE MOW SPUR SO THE SNOW-REMOVAL CREW WILL GET A BETTER JUMP ON THE NEXT STORM.

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WORK ORDER

Pick Up Car		32774 0			@ Norden MOW Spur

Drop Off Car		32774 0			@ Cisco MOW Spur

3DTS_DP1_LOGGING_TRANSFER
DIFFICULTY: EASY
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION: 25 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: AUG 4, 1944; 15:45 PM

TOTAL HP: 2100
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN: 148.02 T
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN: 70.53 FT.

WELL, IT'S ABOUT TIME.  THE LITTLE LADY'S BEEN HARPING FOR AGES ABOUT GETTING A COMFY COTTAGE IN THE FOOTHILLS JUST OUTSIDE OF TOWN.  YESTERDAY THE TWO OF YOU PLUNKED DOWN A BUNDLE OF CASH TO BUILD A NICE TIDY HOME ON A LOT NEAR A POND AND EVERYTHING.  THERE'S EVEN A CREEK RUNNING BY THAT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT HAVE A FEW FISH IN IT FOR THOSE LONG WEEKENDS.

TODAY YOU'RE HAULING LOGS.  YOU'VE JUST ENTERED THE CENTER TRACK AT STANFORD.  IT'S BEING USED AS THE TEMPORARY EASTBOUND TRACK WHILE WORKERS FROM THE SIERRA PACIFIC LUMBER COMPANY LOAD STRINGS OF SPLINE CARS WITH LOGS HARVESTED IN THE NEARBY FOREST.  MAYBE SOME OF THESE LOGS WILL BE USED IN YOUR NEW HOME.  HOPE THEY PICK SOME GOOD ONES.

YOU'LL BE PICKING UP THE FIRST BATCH OF THOSE CARS AND TAKING THEM DOWN TO THE MILL IN TRUCKEE.

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WORK ORDER

Pick Up Cars		32778 0-6		@	Stanford Eastbound

Drop Off Cars 	32778 0-6		@	Oil Loading Track

3DTS_DP1_REPAIR_SHOP_RUN
DIFFICULTY: EASY
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION: 30 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: JULY 12, 1944 16:15

TOTAL HP: 2100
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN: 148.02 T
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN: 70.52 FT.

THERE'S A SET OF LUMBER FLATCARS READY TO PICK UP AT THE MILL DOWN BY BIG CHIEF.  BEFORE YOU DO THAT, THOUGH, YOU'LL HAVE TO PICK UP A BAD-ORDER GONDOLA AT THE QUARRY.  IT'S ROLLING OK, BUT ONE OF THE SIDES IS DAMAGED AND IT WON'T HOLD A LOAD.

LEAVE THE FLATS AT THE FREIGHT STATION, AND THEN DELIVER THE GONDOLA TO THE REPAIR SHOP.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR WAY AROUND TRUCKEE YET, READ REPAIR SHOP.HTM IN THE WORK ORDERS FOLDER OF THIS ROUTE FOR AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE.

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WORK ORDERS

Pick Up Car		32769 0		@	Grouts Rock & Gravel Spur
Pick Up Cars		32771 0-1		@	Donner Pass Lumber Spur

Drop Off Cars	32771 0-1		@	Freight Station Track
Drop Off Car		32769 0		@ 	Car Repair Track

3DTS_DP1_REROUTE_OVER_SUMMIT
DIFFICULTY: MEDIUM
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION: 80 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: APRIL 22, 1945 16:45

TOTAL HP: 6000
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN:  1036.45 T
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN:  824.34 FT.

WELL, IT STARTED OUT TO BE A PRETTY DECENT DAY.  IT WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST ANOTHER HOUR DOWN TO TRUCKEE AFTER MAKING THIS LAST PICKUP AT THE BREWERY.  NOW COME TO FIND OUT THERE'S BEEN A DERAILMENT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BIG HOLE.  NOTHING SERIOUS -- BUSTED AXLE THEY SAY -- A FEW CARS OFF THE TRACKS.  I'LL BET IT WAS THOSE NEW DIESELS.  SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY THEY HANDLE. I'LL TAKE AN AC ANY DAY, BUT WE'VE ALL HEARD THE RUMORS.

ANYWAY, IT MEANS THAT AT NORDEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SWITCH OVER TO #1 TRACK AND HEAD EAST GOING THE "WRONG" WAY OVER SUMMIT.  TOO BAD.  THAT MEANS SPEED RESTRICTIONS, WAITING AT SIDINGS FOR WESTBOUND TRAINS TO PASS, AND SLOW GOING DOWN THE STEEP HILL TO EDER.  I JUST HOPE MOMMA KEEPS THE SUPPER WARM

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Pick Up Cars		32769 0-1		@	High Sierra Brewery – Spur 1

3DTS_DP1_SP-2579_FRUIT_BLOCK_HELPER
DIFFICULTY: MEDIUM
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION: 150 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: AUG 10, 1945; 16:00

TOTAL HP: 8100
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN: 1615.31 T.
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN: 1286.93 FT.

YOU ARE JIMMY PORTER.  TODAY YOU'RE DRIVING A HELPER BETWEEN COLFAX AND EMIGRANT GAP.  A FRUIT BLOCK JUST PULLED IN ON THE COLFAX SIDING THAT NEEDS HELP GETTING TO THE TOP.  HERE'S A NICE EASY ONE FOR THE NEW FIREMAN YOU'RE TRAINING IN TODAY.  HIS NAME IS WALTER FARLEY.  WALTER JUST RETURNED FROM FIGHTING NAZIS IN GERMANY.  VICTORY WAS DECLARED IN EUROPE JUST THREE MONTHS AGO.

THIS LAST WEEK HAS BEEN LITERALLY HELL IN JAPAN.  FOUR DAYS AGO, THE U.S. DROPPED 'THE BOMB' ON HIROSHIMA.  JUST YESTERDAY, ANOTHER WAS DROPPED ON NAGASAKI.  THIS IS ALL YOU AND WALTER CAN TALK ABOUT TODAY.  MAYBE THE WAR IS FINALLY GOING TO END.  SURELY THE JAPANESE WILL GIVE UP SOON.

THE LAST WORD AT THE DISPATCHER'S OFFICE IS THAT THE TRACK IS CLEAR.  TURN AROUNG AT EMIGRANT GAP AND HEAD BACK DOWN TO COLFAX.  

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3DTS_DP1_SP_BW_MOW
DIFFICULTY: EASY
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION: 30 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: SEPT 24TH, 1945; 13:30

TOTAL HP: 6000
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN: 602.4 T.
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN: 321.26 FT.

YOU, JIMMY PORTER, HAVE BEEN MUTTERING UNDER YOUR BREATH ALL DAY LONG AT THE NITWITS WHO SCHEDULED YOU FOR THIS RUN.  THEY EVEN CALLED YOU IN A COUPLE DAYS EARLY FROM YOUR VACATION FOR THIS.  ITS HUNTING SEASON FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, AND YOU HAVEN'T EVEN BAGGED YOUR BUCK YET.  DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU'LL GET A CHANCE TO, EITHER.

OF ALL THE STUPID IDEAS THEY HAVE COME UP WITH, THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE WORST.  SOMEBODY THINKS THERE'S GOING TO BE AN EARLY SNOW SEASON THIS YEAR SO THEY WANT THE SNOW EQUIPMENT UP IN GOLDRUN ALL SET TO GO.  THERE'S A BIG RUN ON LUMBER THAT HAS ALL THE OTHER ENGINEERS TIED UP.  YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE LEFT.

IT'S A GOOD THING THEY'RE LETTING YOU GO IN FRONT OF THAT DRAG TRAIN OR YOU MIGHT HAVE RUN RIGHT UP HIS …

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3DTS_DP1_SP_COLFAX_LOCAL
DIFFICULTY: HARD
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETE: 70 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: JUNE 28, 1940; 9:00 

TOTAL HP: 2100
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN: 148.02 T
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN: 70.53 FT

IT'S A BRIGHT SUNSHINY MORNING AND YOU, JIMMY PORTER, ARE CELEBRATING YOUR THIRD YEAR AS AN ENGINEER AFTER WORKING YOUR WAY UP FROM A FIREMAN.  TODAY, NOW THAT YOU'VE JUST FINISHED FUELING 2686, YOU GET TO TRY YOUR HAND AT SOME INDUSTRY WORK.  YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME, NOW.

AFTER REVIEWING YOUR WORK ORDERS, HOWEVER, A CLOUD SEEMS TO HAVE ROLLED IN ACROSS THE SUN.  SOME NUT HAS YOU CUTTING BACK AND FORTH ALL OVER THE YARD AND MAINLINE.  HE'S GIVEN YOU A MYRIAD OF DROP-OFFS AND PICK-UPS.  AS YOU PONDER THE LIST, YOU WONDER HOW TO PUT IT TOGETHER MORE SMOOTHLY.

IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO USE THE COLFAX WYE TO TURN AROUND SO YOU CAN REVERSE INTO SOME OF THE SPURS AND SIDINGS.  BUT THEN HE'S GOT YOU CROSSING OVER THE MAINLINE AND HEADING OUT TO THE STOCKYARD TO DROP-OFF AND PICK-UP MORE OF YOUR FREIGHT.  WHEN YOU FINISH WITH THAT, HE WANTS YOU TO RETURN TO THE YARD, TURN AROUND AT THE WYE, DROP OFF CONSIST AND ENTER THE ENGINE HOUSE.  ONLY THEN WILL YOU BE FINISHED.

YOU DECIDE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COMPLAIN TO MR. BROWN, THE YARD MANAGER, ABOUT THIS DUNBAR CHARACTER WHO KEEPS SENDING THESE CONVOLUTED WORK ORDERS THROUGH DISPATCH.

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WORK ORDER

Pick Up Cars		32768 0-9			@	Colfax 2

Drop Off Cars	32768 0-4			@	Colfax Fruit Growers Association
Drop Off Cars	32768 5-9			@	East Colfax Siding

Pick Up Cars		32773 0-2			@	East Colfax Siding
Pick Up Cars		32769 0-4			@	Colfax Freight Depot

Drop Off Cars	32773 0-2 & 32769 0-4 	@	Colfax Track 2

NOTE:	 You will need to use the Colfax Wye and turn around, to place some of the consist in some of the spurs and sidings.

3DTS_DP1_SP_TAHOE_GRAVEL/BOXCAR
DIFFICULTY: MEDIUM
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETE: 59 MINUTES

DATE & TIME: APRIL 3, 1940; 10:00

TOTAL HP: 2100
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN: 722.86 T.
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN: 693.57 FT.

YOU, JIMMY PORTER, ARE GLAD THE SUN IS FINALLY SHINING AFTER ALL THE HEAVY RAINS THAT HAVE BEEN FALLING FOR THE PAST WEEK.  UNFORTUNATELY, DURING THE NIGHT THERE WAS A MUD SLIDE RIGHT NEAR GROUTS ROCK AND GRAVEL SPUR.  IT COMPLETELY BLOCKED THE WAY TO TAHOE…AND YOU HAVE PLANS FOR THIS WEEKEND WITH THE MISSIS THERE.

YOU HAVE BACKED A LOAD OF BALLAST, TIES AND RAILS UP TO THE SITE OF THE SLIDE IN HIGH HOPES THAT THEY WILL GET THE LINE TO TAHOE CLEARED IN TIME.  THE LITTLE LADY'S BEEN PLAYING HARD TO GET LATELY, AND YOU HOPE THE LIGHTS AND GLAMOUR WILL SOFTEN HER UP A BIT.

AFTER YOU DROP THE MOW CARS HERE, YOU NEED TO PROCEED ON TO THE GRAVEL SITE TO DROP YOUR EMPTY GONDOLAS.  NEXT, YOU WILL EXCHANGE YOUR FULL LOG CARS FOR EMPTY LOG CARS AND A LOAD OF LUMBER AT THE DONNER PASS LUMBER MILL.

FROM THERE, MOVE TO THE TAHOE BRANCH STORAGE TRACK, PICK UP THE LOG CARS THERE, AND DROP YOU BOX CARS.  CONTINUE TO TRUCKEE 6 AND WHEN THE REVERSE ARROW DISAPPEARS, STOP. 

REVERSE AND CROSS OVER TO THE EASTBOUND NO. 2 TRACK.  ONCE THE NEXT REVERSE ARROW DISAPPEARS, MOVE FORWARD AGAIN, AND CONTINUE AROUND THE LOOP.  DROP OFF THE REMAINDER OF YOUR CARS AT THE SIERRA NEVADA LUMBER INTERCHANGE, PICK UP YOUR CABOOSE AND GO BEYOND THE PASSENGER STATION WHERE YOUR ACTIVITY WILL END.

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WORK ORDER

Drop Off Cars	Players 2-7			@	Grouts Rock Gravel Spur
Pick Up Cars		32768 0-3			@	Donner Pass Lumber Spur
Drop Off Cars	Players 25-26		@	Donner Pass Lumber Spur
Pick Up Cars		32773 0-4			@ 	Tahoe Branch Storage Track
Drop Off Cars	Players 8-9			@	Tahoe Branch Storage Track
Drop Off Cars	32768 0-3 & 32773	@	Sierra Nevada Lumber Interchange

3DTS_DP1_THE_SNOWBALL_SPECIAL
DIFFICULTY: MEDIUM
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION:  MINUTES

DATE & TIME: FEB 3, 1940; 7:30

TOTAL HP: 6000
TOTAL WEIGHT OF TRAIN: 635.79T
TOTAL LENGTH OF TRAIN:  542.19FT.

IT'S ONE YUCKY DAY.  IT HAS BEEN SNOWING FOR SEVERAL HOURS.  HOWEVER, THE SKIERS LOVE IT.  VISIBILITY IS POOR.  GOOD THING WE'VE GOT DOUBLE TRACKING.

YOU COME THROUGH COLFAX AND STOP FOR PASSENGERS. YOU HAVE A FEW MORE STOPS BEFORE YOU REACH NORDEN WHERE THE ACTIVITY ENDS.  PASSENGERS WILL BE WELCOMED BY THE MELODIC YODELS OF A SCANDANAVIAN AT THE SUGAR BOWL.

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3DTS_DP1_EGAP_TURN1
DIFFICULTY: HARD
AUTUMN - CLEAR
8:00 HRS

YOUR NAME IS JACK COOPER, AND YOU HAVE BEEN AN ENGINEER WITH THE SP RAILROAD FOR A LITTLE OVER SIX YEARS NOW. RECENTLY, YOU, YOUR WIFE, AND FIVE DAUGHTERS JUST MOVED TO COLFAX A FEW MONTHS AGO AFTER YOU WERE ASSIGNED TO THE EGAP TURN. THE EGAP TURN IS A MOUNTAIN LOCAL OUT OF COLFAX THAT RUNS UP TO THE LUMBER MILLS AT GOLD RUN AND EMIGRANT GAP, TURNS AROUND AT FULDA, AND THEN PROCEEDS BACK DOWN THE HILL TO COLFAX.

ITS COLD THIS MORNING, HOWEVER, THE SUN IS JUST COMING OUT IN COLFAX AS YOU PARK YOUR TRUCK ACROSS THE TRACKS FROM THE OLD ENGINE HOUSE. YOU SEE YOUR FIREMAN, A YOUNG MAN BY THE NAME OF BRIAN O'TOOLE. BRIAN IS A GOOD FIREMAN WHO IS JUST  GETTING YOUR STEAM LOCOMTIVE, THE 2579 (A 2-8-0 CONSOLIDATION), FIRED UP AND READY FOR THE LONG DAY OF WORK AHEAD. AND YOUR CONDUCTOR, JOHN MALONE WAVES TO YOU FROM THE REAR PLATFORM OF THE HACK, AND YELLS AT YOU TO GET THE MOVE ON AS HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE LATE GETTING OUT OF THE YARD THIS MORNING.. YOU THINK TO YOURSELF, JOHN WORRIES TOO MUCH AS YOU HAVEN'T BEEN LATE GETTING OUT OF THE YARD IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS, AT LEAST NOT DUE TO ANYTHING YOU GUYS HAVE DONE ANYWAYS.
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SO YOUR TRAIN IS READY TO GO, PULL FORWARD OUT OF THE THE YARD AT 5 MPH. THE COLFAX STATION MASTER ALREADY HAS YOU LINED UP TO LEAVE.

AT GOLD RUN, YOU WILL BE LINED UP TO GO INTO THE GOLD RUN WESTWARD SIDING 2. PROCEED DOWN TO THE EAST END OF THE SIDING AND MAKE YOUR FIRST DROP OFF ON GOLD RUN WESTWARD SIDING 1. YOU WILL COME BACK TO SWITCH THESE CARS INTO THE LUMBER MILL LATER IN PART 2 OF THE EGAP TURN.

NOTE: THERE ARE THREE REVERSE POINTS IN THIS ACTIVITY, THEY ARE ALL LOCATED AT EMIGRANT GAP SO THAT YOU CAN GET OVER TO THE TAHOE SUGAR PINE SPUR. THESE SHOW UP IN THE TRACK MONITOR AS LITTLE U SHAPED ARROWS.. MAKE SURE THAT THEY COMPLETELY DISAPPEAR IN THE TRACK MONITOR BEFORE CHANGING YOUR DIRECTION.
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THE EGAP TURN ACTIVITIES WERE DONE BY BRAD BROWN AND ARE THE COPYRIGHT OF 3D TRAIN STUFF 2005. HAVE FUN, AND KEEP 'EM ON THE HIGH IRONS!

WORK ORDER

Drop Off Cars	Players  2-6			@	Gold Run Westward Siding 1
Drop Off Cars	Players  7-12		@	Tahoe Sugar Pine Lumber Spur (at Emigrant Gap)
Pick Up Cars		32780    0-4			@ 	Tahoe Sugar Pine Lumber Spur (at Emigrant Gap)

3DTS_DP1_EGAP_TURN2
DIFFICULTY: HARD
AUTUMN - CLEAR
10:40 HRS

YOUR NAME IS JACK COOPER, AND YOU HAVE BEEN AN ENGINEER WITH THE SP RAILROAD FOR A LITTLE OVER SIX YEARS NOW. YOU ARE CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO THE EGAP TURN.

EARLIER YOU AND YOUR CREW FINISHED SWITCHING SOME CARS OUT AT THE TAHOE SUGAR PINE LUMBER MILL IN EMIGRANT GAP. AND NOW YOU HAVE JUST FINISHED TURNING YOUR TRAIN AROUND AT THE FULDA BALLOON TRACK AND ARE READY TO START HEADING DOWN THE HILL TOWARDS GOLD RUN.

ONCE AT GOLD RUN YOU WILL NEED TO USE THE CROSSOVERS AT THE WEST END TO CROSSOVER TO TRACK NO. 1 AND HEAD DOWN TO THE EAST END OF "GOLD RUN WESTWARD TRACK 1" WHERE YOU SPOTTED 5 CARS EARLIER AND WHICH NOW NEED TO BE PICKED UP AND SPOTTED THERE AT "GOLD RUN LUMBER SPUR 2". AND DON'T FORGET TO PICK UP THE 5 LOADS IN "GOLD RUN LUMBER SPUR 1".

ONCE YOU ARE DONE AT GOLD RUN, YOUR TRAIN SHOULD CONSIST OF 10 LOADED FLAT CARS AND YOUR CABOOSE, AND YOU ARE READY TO  PROCEED DOWN THE HILL TOWARDS COLFAX. THE ACTIVITY WILL END JUST WEST OF GOLD RUN.

NOTE: YOU MAY NEED TO SET A RETAINER OR TWO BEFORE LEAVING GOLD RUN AS ITS VERY STEEP HEADING WESTBOUND OUT OF GOLD RUN AND THE SET RETAINERS WILL HELP IN BRAKING. TO SET RETAINERS ON CARS, USE THE F9 KEY AND SELECT THE CAR BY CLICKING ON IT, THIS WILL TURN IT RED AND THE RETAINER IS SET.
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THE EGAP TURN ACTIVITIES WERE DONE BY BRAD BROWN AND ARE THE COPYRIGHT OF 3D TRAIN STUFF 2005. HAVE FUN, AND KEEP 'EM ON THE HIGH IRONS!

WORK ORDER

Pick Up Cars		32769    0-4			@	Gold Run Westward Siding 1
Drop Off Cars	32769    0-4			@	Gold Run Lumber Spur 2
Pick Up Cars		32768    0-4			@ 	Gold Run Lumber Spur 1