Early Morning Extra
An early morning job running as Extra 774 west rips through Garnet with 774 leading 2230-A and only 11 cars on February 13, 1978. The SOO was burdened with more eastbound business than westbound at the time and about three evenings a week there would be an eastbound extra that would run with anywhere from 85-150 cars. This was business that couldn't be handled on daily freight 912 which was filled out to over 100 cars most days. Westbound business wasn't as heavy and the returning crew and power off the extra's would often have only a handful to 50 cars. The westbound extras normally did local work so 911 could be expedited but on this day it appears there was no local work just overflow off 911 with those big ACR chip battlewagons on the head pin.
Early Morning Extra
An early morning job running as Extra 774 west rips through Garnet with 774 leading 2230-A and only 11 cars on February 13, 1978. The SOO was burdened with more eastbound business than westbound at the time and about three evenings a week there would be an eastbound extra that would run with anywhere from 85-150 cars. This was business that couldn't be handled on daily freight 912 which was filled out to over 100 cars most days. Westbound business wasn't as heavy and the returning crew and power off the extra's would often have only a handful to 50 cars. The westbound extras normally did local work so 911 could be expedited but on this day it appears there was no local work just overflow off 911 with those big ACR chip battlewagons on the head pin.