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Enter the siding name, length, and any desired comments.
Then click the Add Siding Track button. This is a virtual siding,
so make the length long enough to hold the maximum number
of cars that will ever be in it, plus a little bit extra.
Begin by clearing all rolling stock from the Serviced By This
Siding list except for Tank Kaolin, and only allow ACFX report-
ing marks to be accepted by this track. Leave the Schedule sec-
tion alone until Eugene is complete. Click the Save Siding Track
button, close this window, and close the Edit Location window.
Now, repeat the process to add a siding track at Eugene for
International Paper/Albany/Kaolin. On to the next step.
Set up the schedule
Now we are ready to add the shipping schedule to guide the
car movements. Go back to Operations -> Cars and edit the
ACFX tank car. I edit the Load by clicking on the Edit button
in the Load section. Here I can enter Kaolin_Load and Kaolin_
MTY. Make sure to save the car data before closing the Edit
Car window.
Once I have set up the loads, I return to the Engelhard siding
in West Colton. Opening up the Edit Siding Track window for
this siding, I click on the Edit button in the Schedule section.
9: This is how the screen looks after the data has been
entered for the car.
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Here I enter Engelhard Kaolin Shipping in the Name and put in
Engelhard siding, Gordon, GA in the comments and click on the
Add Schedule button.
Next I select Tank Kaolin as the car type and click on the Add
car type button. Once I have everything selected I click on Save
Schedule and close the window. Then, in the Edit Siding Track I
select the schedule I just created, click on the Save Siding Track
button, and close that window. I repeat the process to set up
a receiving schedule in Eugene, and I am done with this car.
This takes much longer to talk about than it does to do it. It is
almost the same process used setting up a car card and waybill
system for this car and these industries.
10: Completed route screen. Even though the SP runs
north and south along the West Coast, northbound
trains are considered eastbounds by the railroad.
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