Rocketing off
Known as the Rocket for my entire life, HESR trains 701/702 the Bay City to Durand and return train has made quick work of setting out their inbound train and shoving out with their outbounds. The engineer starts grabbing notches and starts up the former GTW salt line for their next stop in Saginaw. Everything this crew does involves a shove move due to how their mainline ties into the yard here in Durand behind me, with only a westbound facing switch. The crews come south pulling past the Durand depot to clear the switch at Main street and will then shove their entire train into the yard that they share with CN and GLC. Once that is completed they will head to the west end of the yard, tie onto their outbound train and once CN gives them the signal they shove out of the yard before finally pulling north. This angle was a lot better in the CMGN and RA days with classic U and C GE's but a flared SD40-2 is not a horrible engine to frame up.
Rocketing off
Known as the Rocket for my entire life, HESR trains 701/702 the Bay City to Durand and return train has made quick work of setting out their inbound train and shoving out with their outbounds. The engineer starts grabbing notches and starts up the former GTW salt line for their next stop in Saginaw. Everything this crew does involves a shove move due to how their mainline ties into the yard here in Durand behind me, with only a westbound facing switch. The crews come south pulling past the Durand depot to clear the switch at Main street and will then shove their entire train into the yard that they share with CN and GLC. Once that is completed they will head to the west end of the yard, tie onto their outbound train and once CN gives them the signal they shove out of the yard before finally pulling north. This angle was a lot better in the CMGN and RA days with classic U and C GE's but a flared SD40-2 is not a horrible engine to frame up.