From: Hankins, Tedd
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2017 9:12 AM
To:
'Eilerman, Chris'
Subject:
More of Car Length
In addition to shop interferences, at Broadway the front of the new car will
interfere with a driveway
when berthed. We also can currently place a down car at the end of Broadway and
get another turned
around in front of it, and that will not be possible. This also means that we will
not be able get a CAF car
in to tow or be towed. The existing loop to get out also will not work for the CAF
car.
At Fred Hutch there is barely enough room to get two cars in to affect a tow now
and with either one or
both cars at 75 feet, this will not work.
The loop for coming off of Jackson on 8th will also leave us blocking 7th Ave while
making this call. Note
that we had to shave the concrete on the curb for on-line and off-line moves at
this location and the
longer Center section will likely result in more interference that we had with the
Inekon cars.
As you know one of the mitigations for delays is the ability to stash a down car
and continue service.
This is just a cursory look at the mainline effects. The analysis you are scoping
should look at the entire
alignment and TWC loop locations and come to us and talk about how we use these
parts of the
railroad.
Thanks,
Tedd