On the Kettle Valley, the heaviest traffic went west because it was the
Tadanac traffic heading to the coast. So, that may have had something to do
with the scheduling going westbound instead of eastbound. However, there
was one curiosity: A priority freight train, first known as the 'Kootenay
Freight' and then for a time as No. 968, was an eastbound schedule, but in
the ETT it only showed arrival and departure times from the originating
terminals for each subdivision. Now go figure that one. That train was
essentially the return run to Trail/Tadanac.
Joe Smuin
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Thomas" <thomasd@xxxxxxx>
To: <cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: [cpsig] Re: Farnham & EmployeeTimetables
It could have been the predominant direction of loads. It could also have been done for the direction where the traffic patterns were more predictable, or which required more predictable traffic to meet connections. Or just possibly other reasons we haven't thought of.
Don Thomas
----- Original Message ----- From: John Hutchins
To: cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 7:07 AM
Subject: Re: [cpsig] Re: Farnham & EmployeeTimetables
--- thomasd@xxxxxxx wrote:
If a time table showed scheduled freights in one direction only, it wouldn't matter whether that direction was eastbound or westbound. The normal superiority of eastbound trains was only effective against westbound trains of the same class. Extras in one direction would be inferior to all opposing scheduled trains regardless of which direction they were going. The choice of which direction to print in the time table would likely depend on which was more convenient for dispatching purposes.
*** Could it also have something to do with the predominance of
loaded traffic in one direction as in the case at least of the
Newport S/D? IOW, more loads in one direction meaning more trains
(e.g., additional sections and/or extras) moving in that
direction...?
John
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