Illustrative Road/Yard Questions and Answers

Q1: A road crew at its final terminal delivers cars in interchange and picks up from the same foreign carrier before yarding his train. how many moves are involved?

A: Two, the delivery is one move and the pick up the second.

Q2: A road crew at its initial terminal is required to get its train from three tracks in the same location, where one track Mould have held the entire pick up. How many moves are involved?

A: One.

Q3: A road crew arrives at its final terminal with four blocks of cars all for foreign carriers. How many deliveries may the road crew make?

A: Three in addition to yarding their train at final terminal.

Q4: What is meant by "multiple tracks"?

A: "Multiple track*" are more tracks than the minimum number required to hold the cars in question.

Q5: A road crew at Us final terminal picks up twenty cars at Yard A, delivers 40 different cars to a foreign carrier then yards its train including the twenty cars picked up at Yard A on multiple tracks in Yard B. How many moves have been made?

A: Three.

Q6: Can a road crew set out in its final terminal and thereafter effect an interchange?

A: Yes.

Q7: Can a road crew (other than an over-the-road solid run through tram) when making an interchange delivery or setting out at other than its final yard use multiple tracks to effectuate the move?

A: No. The application of the multiple track move is limited to where the road crew receives its train at the initial terminal and yards its train at the final terminal.

Q8: Railroad A has Railroad B do its switching at City X. What may Railroad A's road crews do at City X?

a: Railroad A's crews may do the same things as any other road crews.

Q9: A road crew at its initial terminal is required to get its train from three tracks because three tracks were required to hold the entire train. Is this considered a move?

A: No. This is a proper double over and does not count as one of the three additional moves permitted.

Q10: The carrier chooses to have a road crew get or leave its train on multiple tracks where a minimum number of tracks were available to hold the train and could have been used. Does this constitute a move so as to permit the road crew two additional moves at the initial or final terminal yard?

A: Yes. The use of multiple tracks is one of the allowable moves.