b. Run as far as you need to, get the power on
the front end, and pull the cars back to the yard.
c. Rearrange the train before it reaches the switching area, to
put the locomotive on the yard end, giving a shorter 1½ mile
shove to the industries.
Here’s what our commenters say:
“If there is a runaround track, they would rather run the loco
backwards and pull the cars.”
– Bremner
“I would run the 1½ miles to finish switching so that my loco-
motive would be on the front of the train on the return trip.
This would provide visibility for the return trip as you would
