them on the spur in front of the elevator. After attaching the
caboose to the end of the train, the train runs around the loop
several times at which point it arrives at the barge terminal
load out facility. There it drops the loaded hoppers and then
runs light (just engine and caboose) back to the mainline spur
and parks for the night.
The operating possibilities can easily be expanded as more
time and money allow for the purchase of more cars. The rear
interchange/staging track could be used to spot more hop-
per cars destined for other locations as well as supplying box-
cars or loaded flat cars for the team track located next to the
