BPRR 3000 LHF
BPRR 3000, RSR 104, & BPRR 3032 pull the salt loads out of the mine at Groveland, NY on March 9, 2014. The 3103 was used to pull the empties into the mine while these units were coupled up to the loads. After the 3103 pulls all the way up with the empties, it crosses over and is coupled to the end of the loads. Then a see-saw maneuver is performed to bring the 3103 down to this end of the empties so that it can be coupled back up to these 3 units. It was a time-consuming way of getting the empties in, and the loads ready to depart. It seems like these days, the mine switchers are left down by the switch so that the GW1 crew can just get the road power in the clear, and then use the switchers to pull in the empties. If the road train arrives while the switcher crew is still on duty, then the switcher crew grabs the empties after the road power couples up to the loads.
BPRR 3000 LHF
BPRR 3000, RSR 104, & BPRR 3032 pull the salt loads out of the mine at Groveland, NY on March 9, 2014. The 3103 was used to pull the empties into the mine while these units were coupled up to the loads. After the 3103 pulls all the way up with the empties, it crosses over and is coupled to the end of the loads. Then a see-saw maneuver is performed to bring the 3103 down to this end of the empties so that it can be coupled back up to these 3 units. It was a time-consuming way of getting the empties in, and the loads ready to depart. It seems like these days, the mine switchers are left down by the switch so that the GW1 crew can just get the road power in the clear, and then use the switchers to pull in the empties. If the road train arrives while the switcher crew is still on duty, then the switcher crew grabs the empties after the road power couples up to the loads.