We made it to the Alarka Branch! ES&DT in Railroader Ep. 26

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  • Опубликовано: 26 ноя 2024

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  • @Pyrotrainthing
    @Pyrotrainthing Месяц назад +18

    Missed opportunity for a Kenosha around 10:50 but still hilarious to see you slam into a consist at 30mph just to derail 3 boxcars & your tender

  • @williamgrantham2463
    @williamgrantham2463 Месяц назад +38

    I'm scared for when the thumbnail comes out. I'd almost put money on it being the 8 & 9 on their sides but given that it's the first time going up to alarka it may be something up there

  • @johnrhodes4273
    @johnrhodes4273 Месяц назад +17

    The chaos of everyone being one the same call just adds to the ES&D vibes. Bring back the chaos of the call. Some of us don’t recognize some of the voices over discord anyways

  • @avreybradley9967
    @avreybradley9967 Месяц назад +28

    I went over to the Monticello Railway Museum to hand in my application for membership and met another person doing the same. I mentioned watching you and he does too so now we're friends

    • @wesw9586
      @wesw9586 Месяц назад

      I so wish I lived just a little bit closer! Running down there from Champaign is just a little bit more than I can manage. That place is amazing.

    • @avreybradley9967
      @avreybradley9967 Месяц назад

      @wesw9586 I wish I lived in Monticello but it's a little pricey, but I guess Rantoul isn't too far

  • @michaelimbesi2314
    @michaelimbesi2314 Месяц назад +22

    It’s kind of a weird feeling to see these towns in the news instead of just in a video game.

  • @Knsgf
    @Knsgf Месяц назад +13

    1:18:25 Yes, a new game starts with yards in Whittier, Ela and Connely.

  • @BandanRRChannel
    @BandanRRChannel Месяц назад +20

    Yard chat while you were retrieving your train was fun. We were wondering if you'd notice that you left cars behind (you did) and if you'd catch that one boxcar at 24% before it hotboxed (you did). For the record I oiled the second and third cuts up to 75%, but you grabbed the first one before I could get to it. Honestly the yardmaster position was pretty calm since I only had to deal with 2-3 trains at a time, and not sort through the entire call of people.
    Dispatch will make your day...they might make your day hell, but they'll make it!

    • @ChloeEleets
      @ChloeEleets Месяц назад +4

      I didn’t know what to do at first so oiling bearings was the best I could think of 😂 still laughing at and wishing I had been recording my POV of the 32 MPH crash at the interchange 😂😂😂 (also understood more why the safety rating is at 12% on this day’s recording)

  • @robertbalazslorincz8218
    @robertbalazslorincz8218 Месяц назад +26

    "I'm standing next to a huge WeeWee..."
    kicking with 52 cars? man I've done, like, 64 before..
    what. is this. SWITCHING OPERATION? my non-existant OCD is kicking in watching this, wanting to get involved just so I can fix this mess only to realise the hard way: *this, is the ES&DT, and NOT, the KsOd.*
    here's how I would switch interchange cars at Dillsboro:
    Eastbound:
    -Unit trains to Robinson Gap
    [front of the train here]
    -Ela
    -West of Bryson [starting from easternmost location, first to drop off]: Wesser: Park Service; Hewitt: Talc and Limestone T1, T2, T3, T4; Nantahala: House Track, Union Lumber, Power and Light R1, O1
    -Alarka (self-explanatory)
    -Bryson: Team Track, House Track, Standard Oil, Lumber and Coal
    Appalachian Hardwoods R1, G3A, G3B (split into two sections once arrived at Bryson)
    -Whittier: Connelly Creek (sort at Whittier Yard), Sawmill loading tracks&C2, Hollifield Heating, Stenzel Mfg
    -Wilmot
    Westbound [These are easier to sort out at their respective destinations, except for interchange] [front of the train]:
    -Dillsboro [starting from westernmost location]: Freight House, Fuel, Locust Pin
    -Sylva [starting from westernmost location]: Coal & Lumber, S1, CS1, R1B, R1A, PW1, HD1, (P2 & P3), SP1, SH1, PW1, HD1
    -Interchange
    theoretically, organising the cars this way, assuming your westbound freight doubles as a local, will allow you to simply pull up, uncouple cars and go on your merry way

  • @Johndoe-jd
    @Johndoe-jd Месяц назад +64

    Hello Mr Hyce,
    CDO of ES&DT
    You currently have an outstanding debt of 3,660,418.57 USD. That is the equivalent of around 2 million ES&DP (ES&D Packing peanuts). However, I cannot take any railroad credits. As such you need to pay in USD, gold, silver, or other precious metals.
    Railroader Debt Collector,
    John Doe

    • @Hyce777
      @Hyce777  Месяц назад +19

      Uhh.... uhh. OK.

    • @Johndoe-jd
      @Johndoe-jd Месяц назад +16

      @@Hyce777 I'll remove some if you can answer these two questions. First, when is the next Montezuma live stream? And second, how much would it cost to build a K-37 today?

    • @schwarzermoritz
      @schwarzermoritz Месяц назад +4

      ​​​@@Johndoe-jdwhat's the airspeed of an unladen swallow? You can't buy those things by the catalogue anymore, so any number that someone quotes you by the seat of their pants without asking you for a few thousand in engineering and costing first is not worth anything.
      Also: CDO, Chief Derailment Officer? Nice touch.

    • @1471SirFrederickBanbury
      @1471SirFrederickBanbury Месяц назад +4

      You may want to also include the current going exchange rate of ES&DP to USD so that people can use that info for trading XD

    • @mikalegault9012
      @mikalegault9012 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@raymondsheets5583Dear employer of the FRA.
      Are you sure you want to do that? I'm asking this for your safety, since someone could accidently shove a car into your office if you catch my drift.
      Sincerely,
      The ESDT HR and International Translation Department.

  • @JessicaKStark
    @JessicaKStark Месяц назад +6

    I love the surprise asdfmovie reading.

  • @makostesztakft
    @makostesztakft Месяц назад +5

    I would also like to say I've finally clocked that other track in the 22nd minute as a mellower Tuesday Sunrise(?) and I'm very excited to hear it and its friends on Spotify sometime

    • @Hyce777
      @Hyce777  Месяц назад +2

      There's not a second version of that one (yet) but I would not be shocked if one of our other tunes is very similar.

    • @makostesztakft
      @makostesztakft Месяц назад

      @@Hyce777 Guess I shall have to wait to find out what this one's title actually is then. Still excited!

  • @desmondk-o7148
    @desmondk-o7148 Месяц назад +1

    55:00 its doing that because your engine's in MU mode where it magically matches the controls of whatever engine its coupled to, not because of the cutout

  • @AShadowboxsFSX
    @AShadowboxsFSX Месяц назад +2

    Also hyce if you put your power on the other end of the train (or have another loco spotted for it) and switch from the east end of dills you have access to two more stub tracks and a longer lead so you dont foul the main. Alternatively, look into Katers Sylva Interchange & Hump Yard! Yeah, a hump yard is a little much for a small RR but its good fun.
    Also, the comms in this episode are so, so much better to listen to. Thanks and love to you and the boys

  • @hadinossanosam4459
    @hadinossanosam4459 Месяц назад +5

    Just wanna appreciate the chat at 1:09:20: "Why are you bringing me brown power?" xD

  • @bluescrew3124
    @bluescrew3124 Месяц назад +2

    Woohoo Full send! Also: “I’m standing next to a huge weewee….” Classic move to avoid violating Club Robert rules 😂

  • @AShadowboxsFSX
    @AShadowboxsFSX Месяц назад +6

    That reference to the Shia Labeouff song just had me full sent sir 😂

  • @SteamPower-kr6ui
    @SteamPower-kr6ui Месяц назад +5

    I gotta recommend a C-25 for alarka, worked for tier 5 for me as the exclusive power for it

    • @llloyd4
      @llloyd4 Месяц назад +1

      Where I have a heavily modded Alarka (including my own Copper Mine mod ) and I have no problems using and SW1 even with all the steep hills and 30 empties going up to the copper mines. :D

  • @detroitdiesel1776
    @detroitdiesel1776 Месяц назад +3

    watching this and building 3150 ES&D kit

  • @heathnielsen4449
    @heathnielsen4449 Месяц назад +1

    28:20 The yard I work at does that as well. Also, they tease us with the crossing.

  • @lordraven1991
    @lordraven1991 Месяц назад

    So, the day this video dropped I tripled the length of my own railroad, and for the first time broke my no dept rule. I now have $30,000 of dept to buy a new engine that can actually handle the freight jobs and have set the new rule that dept is allowable but only for one train purchase and I can't get any more until I have paid that dept off. Also, I still haven't put anything in the dirt yet, even when running 40-50 around corners. Side note, the corner where you ate it is good for 49mph, it does make a hell of a lot of noise but doesn't damage anything or derail stuff and getting it under 47 makes it not make any noise at all.
    So that puts me behind by the wye, and the Alarka branch extension. Still running solo, and still have a perfect 100%safety/110%rep record. Slowly catching up.

  • @mattb.2359
    @mattb.2359 Месяц назад +1

    Hour and 8 minute mark. that first corner coming down from Gov island you can do at least 50 through, next corner is a max of 45. So yes, derail the hell out of the lead engines doing 56 around a curve. And if your boys really want to haul ass for the passenger trains. Get the F7a and F7b unit mods. Set the notch 8, top speed is confirmed at 65mph.

  • @TheZoepers
    @TheZoepers Месяц назад +2

    you know the real madness begins when you reach andrews :D

  • @lukemendel8197
    @lukemendel8197 Месяц назад +2

    I suggest you get the logging tank engine as the dedicated Alarka Shunter.

  • @makostesztakft
    @makostesztakft Месяц назад +2

    Something makes me wonder if your operation might benefit from setting the interchange schedule later into the morning, such that you can clear out Sylva with a hefty road-switcher at dawn and dump that stuff in the Atlantic's lap before anyone's even thinking abour second breakf- ehem. second interchange, which would be more midday or afternoon. This might not befit the timescale, but I figure an IRL road that burns IRL daylight at scale would like a more even interchange time spacing a little better.
    The other idea being that the shortline would technically be less full if you clean up and then take deliveries as opposed to vice versa

    • @Hyce777
      @Hyce777  Месяц назад +2

      We'll have to think about that. Appreciate the suggestion!

    • @callsignapollo_
      @callsignapollo_ Месяц назад

      While i dont know what happened once he pulled out of sylva, i hope that all of those cars got set in the interchange before that timeskip and second delivery, because i've drfinitely had days where i kicked myself for scheduling another interchange and not getting all the cars bound for it in there first. IIRC my singleplayer save has the interchange set to go at the earliest possible time so i have the most daylight to run, and with only having to run freight as far as robinsons, i can usually pull a single freight east-west and take the others back to interchange by the end of the day
      Granted i'm working with far fewer engines and industries, but it's been effective so far. Doesnt give a ton of downtime for maintenance, but thats why i run at track speeds, dont have to repair what you havent browned!

  • @clifflagueux9403
    @clifflagueux9403 Месяц назад

    I appreciate all of the things happening in the new railroader videos, it's great seeing a decent chunk of trains, and the perk for Engineer tier members. However, at the end of the video where it was just you going up Alarka, Hyce, I felt in my soul the mental reclusiveness happening. I love your work, and I live your ADHD pain, but remember to take care of you, too.

  • @dramaticgecko2733
    @dramaticgecko2733 Месяц назад +6

    I was wondering what happened to the parts car that arrived in my yard and was already brown

  • @jamesbuckner4791
    @jamesbuckner4791 Месяц назад +1

    1:18:35 yeah, you started with east whittier, Conley, and Ela is your starting map

  • @onecleangti
    @onecleangti Месяц назад +2

    Little better on the chatter but still a bit hectic. Still miss the old format of trains with friends

  • @Texaskeykeeper
    @Texaskeykeeper Месяц назад

    I use the little tank locomotive for alarka since the switching is a little interesting sometimes. I wanted to buy one of every loco and it seemed to fit. It doesnt have a lot of coal and water capacity so it works well there since it is never super far from service.

  • @AndreEckert
    @AndreEckert Месяц назад

    Greetings from the ES&DB ❤

  • @ferky123
    @ferky123 Месяц назад +1

    At least the Alarka track is all downhill so you can do gravity switching to sort the train. You probably need a switcher at Alarka.

  • @KR4FTW3RK
    @KR4FTW3RK Месяц назад +2

    1:27:06 that railroad has a funny acronym. I woder what it stands for?

  • @HT1945-ix4ey
    @HT1945-ix4ey Месяц назад +3

    Hey mark, question.... Is the Song that starts at 1:27:25 released anywhere publicly? i tried checking your Spotify and i couldn't find it..... and every time i hear it in one of your vid's i think it sounds as gorgeous as could be.
    I could just be dumb and didn't see it, But id really like to know because id absolutely LOVE to just hear that song by its self.

  • @ChloeEleets
    @ChloeEleets Месяц назад +1

    What a fun video! 💜

  • @JPofCT
    @JPofCT Месяц назад

    So Alarka starts with a diesel fuel stand unlike the other engine facilities. It might be time to introduce diesel power to the ES&DT as the Alarka switcher.

  • @train0996
    @train0996 Месяц назад

    What you should do is get the diesel fuel stand at Alarka and get the SW1 to be the Alarka switcher

  • @FilmCrateMedia
    @FilmCrateMedia Месяц назад

    Fort Union & Central Kentucky boxcar spotted in Alarka

  • @HighballMachineWorks
    @HighballMachineWorks Месяц назад +4

    How ironic is it that they start doing the Jack Sparrow Jar of Dirt thing and I’m running an o gauge flatcar with dirt jars glued and roped down to it just because I wanted to get at Hyce levels of model train stupidity
    Translate to cockatoo screams

  • @llloyd4
    @llloyd4 Месяц назад +2

    Is it me or is there an odd sound byte that plays everytime Hyce tabs out to switch Discord channels?

  • @lordsherifftakari4127
    @lordsherifftakari4127 Месяц назад +1

    10 minutes in and cars in the dirt

  • @sonicnick5192
    @sonicnick5192 Месяц назад

    1:16:31 Hyce can you let the individual who wanted to go to knotts that if he wants to see the goose, go during the middle of the week this October to get a ride and see her running

  • @cruisemasterdoesgames
    @cruisemasterdoesgames Месяц назад +1

    hey hyce it was fun last night cant wait fro the next session

  • @heathnielsen4449
    @heathnielsen4449 Месяц назад +1

    25:50 Doesn’t Dillsboro have a yard extension or is it a mod?? I think it is time to make the yard seven tracks with all of those paper board cars.

  • @IanSonOfZues
    @IanSonOfZues Месяц назад +2

    Will there be articulated locomotives later in the game? I would love to see a Santa Fe railroad 2-10-10-2 locomotive.

    • @schwarzermoritz
      @schwarzermoritz Месяц назад

      It's a 35mph branch line. Y'all with your crazy superpower steam...

    • @IanSonOfZues
      @IanSonOfZues Месяц назад

      Well historically articulated steam locomotives pulled long heavy cargo trains about that speed or less.

    • @Hyce777
      @Hyce777  Месяц назад

      There's a modded few, yes.

    • @davidty2006
      @davidty2006 Месяц назад

      There is a 2-6-6-2 Mallet mod...

  • @drednie7116
    @drednie7116 Месяц назад

    These ASDF movie quotes have got me feeling some kinda way

  • @karpproductions9651
    @karpproductions9651 Месяц назад +1

    do you remember me? you saw me at the train Museum called the Age Of Steam. i was the little kid.

  • @heathnielsen4449
    @heathnielsen4449 Месяц назад

    I like the chaos.

  • @pranavghantasala6808
    @pranavghantasala6808 Месяц назад

    50:09 is officially in the ADHD hall of fame

  • @s.mittle
    @s.mittle Месяц назад +2

    Shame on you for not us seeing the shenanigans you did with the engineers 😂

  • @whatusernameis5295
    @whatusernameis5295 Месяц назад

    after you pull the first load out of interchange then you need to stick all of Sylvia 's crap in it before it rolls over

  • @heathnielsen4449
    @heathnielsen4449 Месяц назад

    1:08:01 !!!! Hyce, you keep forgetting about that curve!!!!!! It is not a 30+ curve!!!!!

  • @MikeinUt
    @MikeinUt Месяц назад +2

    PTC should get rid off the Oah Oh’s.
    UP Shafter Sub, some of the longest saw by I’ve had to do.
    8 and 9 should not work together.

  • @railfaningthegreatlakescen8441
    @railfaningthegreatlakescen8441 Месяц назад +2

    4:54 is that every time you switch calls?

    • @Hyce777
      @Hyce777  Месяц назад

      Yup. It's my join sound. lol!

  • @pacificnorthwestandsouther703
    @pacificnorthwestandsouther703 Месяц назад +1

    hey hyce you should check out latoms mods there is a centerbeam and its so goofy having a g-16 pulling 4 centerbeams into the saw mill

  • @brucebecker3740
    @brucebecker3740 Месяц назад

    I personally recommend if you do a switcher for alarka to use the tank mikado

  • @lukemendel8197
    @lukemendel8197 Месяц назад +4

    Is there a mod to expand the exchange yard? Because you need to do that.

    • @lukereyes6266
      @lukereyes6266 Месяц назад +1

      There's 3 on nexus iirc

    • @BandanRRChannel
      @BandanRRChannel Месяц назад +2

      There are mods for that, but they require at least one additional plugin (RailLoader) that I hear is tricky to use, and also tends to break with updates.

  • @kingofcomedy8115
    @kingofcomedy8115 Месяц назад

    I almost went to Alarka, but I damaged the 5 too much so it couldn't get up the hill after Cochran.

  • @AppalachianMountaineer1863
    @AppalachianMountaineer1863 Месяц назад +1

    It’s sad playing this game knowing that all this area is currently flooded and destroyed. It would be fun to have a charity stream event

  • @McFly1955
    @McFly1955 Месяц назад +1

    My dyslexia made it said Alaska and i was like Whaaatttt 😭

  • @FSTM4003
    @FSTM4003 Месяц назад

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    It can do anything a visible detector can, but its INVISIBLE!
    Standard Cost: $4.5 Million. ES&D Discount: $10 Million
    Daylight Technologies will ship equipment 3 to 4 businesses days after purchase.

  • @cjane1422
    @cjane1422 Месяц назад +1

    Oh boy can Mogul Cult move to Alarka?

    • @Hyce777
      @Hyce777  Месяц назад +1

      That's probably a good place for that doot.

  • @whatusernameis5295
    @whatusernameis5295 Месяц назад

    i find it amusing that the 9 is named "two numbers"

  • @whatusernameis5295
    @whatusernameis5295 Месяц назад +2

    did you get clearance?
    yes my choo choo is bigger then yours

  • @DL541
    @DL541 Месяц назад

    Why the offset headlights on some tenders?
    There seems to be absolutely no correspondence with locomotive size vs tender size. A 12-wheel tender on a 2-8-0 and a 8-wheel on the 2-10-2.

  • @RyonWilliams-g6g
    @RyonWilliams-g6g Месяц назад

    2 for 2... on number 8 and 9 wrecking on a double header

  • @Musician101P
    @Musician101P Месяц назад

    God, hearing about Knott's in a Hyce video is weird lmao
    Also, if you want to see the Goose at Knott's in action, come in Jan.-Feb. on a weekday.

  • @oxyfueled1
    @oxyfueled1 Месяц назад +5

    think its better to all be in one voice channel as its lacking the full context of whats going on in the video

  • @BiggsHobbies
    @BiggsHobbies Месяц назад +1

    15:00 "This is what you get for paying minimum wage for a railway job"
    WAIT yall pay minimum wage? I thought it was just packing peanuts lol

  • @bow-tiedengineer4453
    @bow-tiedengineer4453 Месяц назад

    Personally, I preferred the chaos of one channel.

  • @zachman1394
    @zachman1394 Месяц назад +4

    I like it more when its broken up more like this one. chaos is fun but overwhelming. save the total chaos for streams. try to keep videos at least a little tiny bit structured

  • @Demo-xu6bl
    @Demo-xu6bl Месяц назад

    Hello hyce, it's me demo 4 40 I wanted to ask you a question. Are you going to release a new q&a for centuries esteem on studio 346 because. It's been a good month since the last q&a and it's already next month. So are we going to get our new q&a? Just want to know. Thank you.

  • @MrMackyLove
    @MrMackyLove Месяц назад

    Hey dude love the videos, fun times! How do you do the mouse-drag horn thing? A mod?

    • @Hyce777
      @Hyce777  Месяц назад +1

      Press the V key and drag! Built into the game.

    • @MrMackyLove
      @MrMackyLove Месяц назад

      @@Hyce777 thanks dude!

  • @sonicnick5192
    @sonicnick5192 Месяц назад

    Hey hyce if you have discord on your phone, you can go into dispatch channel while remaining in the other channel on your PC with the same account. No need for another alternate account.

    • @Hyce777
      @Hyce777  Месяц назад

      Thanks for the tip

  • @billkline4077
    @billkline4077 Месяц назад

    what train are you using?

  • @mr.sir.
    @mr.sir. Месяц назад

    Should get an H6 using the mod for the switcher

  • @LincolnAmelia-k1n
    @LincolnAmelia-k1n Месяц назад

    Coleman Cape

  • @CaptainS0305
    @CaptainS0305 Месяц назад

    1:26:33 so would you call that a C-68 sandwich?

  • @SabreTheTaleTeller
    @SabreTheTaleTeller Месяц назад

    Wasnt there a tank engine in this games lineup? Maybe get that for the new engine, if for nothing else than variety

    • @callsignapollo_
      @callsignapollo_ Месяц назад

      The logging mike tank! Its actually useful as a whittier switcher because its short length means you can fit more cars in front of it on those switchbacks by ela and whittier sawmill. I imagine it's equally useful for walker, and connelly's 3rd tracks, but it would probably have to refuel at every shop along the way to make it to alarka, that tender holds 1 ton of coal and if it runs out, its gonna take a while to get another engine to the branch to pull it out lol

  • @ArcadeandAttica18productions
    @ArcadeandAttica18productions Месяц назад

    Can you check out the return of the arcade and Attica 18?

  • @cnichting08
    @cnichting08 Месяц назад +4

    Hey hyce if you do buy another big mainline locomotive you should call it chungus or the big stupid

  • @mikke90
    @mikke90 Месяц назад

    There is a dillsbro yard uppgrade is there not?

    • @Hyce777
      @Hyce777  Месяц назад +2

      Yes, and we already have it.

    • @hackerman298
      @hackerman298 Месяц назад

      @@Hyce777 WHEN WILL YALL GET SOMES caboose at the back of your train?

    • @whatusernameis5295
      @whatusernameis5295 Месяц назад

      ​@@hackerman298sir this is the ES&DT

  • @Austriantrainguy
    @Austriantrainguy Месяц назад

    And when is the next cursed trains stream coming?

  • @stephenhoover4095
    @stephenhoover4095 Месяц назад

    How do you get it to show the grade of the track your on?

    • @Knsgf
      @Knsgf Месяц назад

      Shift+? (question mark key) while hovering a cursor over track.

    • @stephenhoover4095
      @stephenhoover4095 Месяц назад

      @@Knsgf thanks

  • @Nderak
    @Nderak Месяц назад

    for a few hours i thoughts this was supposed t say Alaska …

  • @matthewgardner45
    @matthewgardner45 Месяц назад

    Shame I can’t upload pictures on here

  • @marwinxbox
    @marwinxbox 24 дня назад

    1:02:32 we gonna ignore Hyce just saying goodbye in Russian?

  • @SyedHasanSyedMustaffaBgss
    @SyedHasanSyedMustaffaBgss Месяц назад

    when is the next video??

  • @landonbeatty6262
    @landonbeatty6262 Месяц назад

    What is shunting called in America

  • @Nightmare_ange1
    @Nightmare_ange1 Месяц назад

    well thomas and friends was not a us televison it was British show first

  • @Rand0m27
    @Rand0m27 Месяц назад

    I thought everyone in the same call was fine, TBH

  • @TheMilkman62
    @TheMilkman62 Месяц назад

    🤔 6:06

  • @RollestonRails
    @RollestonRails Месяц назад

    If it's on the main no

  • @shane6585
    @shane6585 Месяц назад

    I enjoyed the massive mix of everyone in Channel as it gives a break from the brain rot meme personalities. It's kinda hard to watch with the constant brainrot.

  • @robertbalazslorincz8218
    @robertbalazslorincz8218 Месяц назад +1

    I hereby warn anyone who sees this comment to turn away now unless you A) want to go insane B) are already insane
    also depending on what device you are seeing this on the 'diagrams' might be borked, sorry about that
    sorting of arrived train:
    3 cuts of cars:
    -local
    -destination "A"
    -destination "B"
    make sure to plan ahead in how the cars are arranged
    sort caboose* onto "local" cut; local cut has to be moved again to suit industry needs
    (*more of a regular wagon that can be equipped with marker lights)
    sorting of departing train:
    always grab shortest cut and flatswitch onto longest cut, progressively building up the train's length
    "systematic marshalling"
    A)'tiered' method:
    clean marshalled cuts form one at a time
    marshalling of 9-section train using the 4 track schema
    (DEFAULT drawing of yard for reference)
    6-----------------------------------------------------------
    5-----------------------------------------------------------
    4-----------------------------------------------------------
    3-----------------------------------------------------------
    -------2---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    1-----------------------------------------------------------
    direction of reversing: direction of departure
    arrived as:
    6-----------------------------------------------------------
    5-----------------------------------------------------------
    4-----------------------------------------------------------
    3-----------------------------------------------------------
    -------2---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    1[9][7][4][9][7][4][3][6][6][8][3][5][2][1][1]
    step 1. split train into sections
    6-----------------------------------------------------------
    5-----------------------------------------------------------
    4------------[1][1]---------------------------------------
    3------------[5][2]---------------------------------------
    -------2------------[3][6][6][8][3]-------------------------------------------
    1------------[9][7][4][9][7][4]-----------------------
    step 2. move car 2 to track 4
    6-----------------------------------------------------------
    5-----------------------------------------------------------
    4------------[2][1][1]-----------------------------------
    3------------[5]-------------------------------------------
    -------2------------[3][6][6][8][3]-------------------------------------------
    1------------[9][7][4][9][7][4]-----------------------
    step 3. move car 3's from track 2 to track 4
    move car 6's from track 2 to track 3 to car 5
    6-----------------------------------------------------------
    5-----------------------------------------------------------
    4------[3][3][2][1][1]---------------------------------
    3------[6][6][5]-----------------------------------------
    -------2---------------------[8]--------------------------------------------------
    1------------[9][7][4][9][7][4]-----------------------
    step 4. move car 4's from track 1 to track 4 to car 3's
    move car 7's from track 1 to track 3 to car 6's
    move car 9's from track 1 to track 2 to car 8
    6-----------------------------------------------------------
    5-----------------------------------------------------------
    4[4][4][3][3][2][1][1]-------------------------------
    3[7][7][6][6][5]---------------------------------------
    -------2---------------[9][9][8]------------------------------------------------
    1-----------------------------------------------------------
    step 5. move all cars into one cut on track 4
    6-----------------------------------------------------------
    5-----------------------------------------------------------
    4[9][9][8][7][7][6][6][5][4][4][3][3][2][1][1]
    3-----------------------------------------------------------
    -------2---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    1-----------------------------------------------------------
    B)'doubling' method
    clean marshalled cuts form in pairs of two
    arrived as:
    direction of reversing: direction of departure
    6-----------------------------------------------------------
    5-----------------------------------------------------------
    4-----------------------------------------------------------
    3-----------------------------------------------------------
    -------2---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    1[9][8][5][4][4][7][3][6][6][2][1][9][7][3][1]
    step 1.
    6-----------------------------------------------------------
    5-----------------------------------------------------------
    4-----------------------------------------------------------
    3----------------[1][9][7][3][1]-----------------------
    -------2----------------[7][3][6][6][2]---------------------------------------
    1----------------[9][8][5][4][4]-----------------------
    step 2.
    6-----------------------------------------------------------
    5-----------------------------------------------------------
    4-----------------------------------------------------------
    3-------------------------[1][1]--------------------------
    -------2----------[7][3][7][3][6][6][2]-------------------------------------
    1-------------[9][9][8][5][4][4]----------------------
    step 3.
    6-----------------------------------------------------------
    5-----------------------------------------------------------
    4-----------------------------------------------------------
    3----------------[3][3][2][1][1]-----------------------
    -------2----------[7][7][6][6]-------------------------------------------------
    1-------------[9][9][8][5][4][4]----------------------
    step 4.
    6-----------------------------------------------------------
    5-----------------------------------------------------------
    4-----------------------------------------------------------
    3-------[5][4][4][3][3][2][1][1]--------------------
    -------2-[9][9][8][7][7][6][6]----------------------------------------------
    1-----------------------------------------------------------
    step 5.
    6-----------------------------------------------------------
    5-----------------------------------------------------------
    4-----------------------------------------------------------
    3-[9][9][8][7][7][6][6][5][4][4][3][3][2][1][1]
    -------2--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    1-----------------------------------------------------------
    good preparation work: write-down of marshalling order
    once cars have been written up, analyze positions; complete merging and write down in paper; pass paper to yardmaster who will brief brakemen and crew of switcher engine