SAR Great Southern Division : BDR Op Session 1 Feb 24

Friday, 2 February 2024

BDR Op Session 1 Feb 24

BDR Op Session 1 Feb24

I was Operator 2 last night, 6 trains with one small shunt in Donald and Border Downs. Sol's Report on the night below.

We met again ;

that is - Geoff as the Man in charge; Steve as the next in line as the Mayor of Border Downs with the following "willing" workers - Tony, Reg, Ray, yours truly & a visitor David Orr.

A month ago I had a driver Adam & we performed well, in fact not only on time but had plenty of spare time even with a lot of shunting.
Well, again I had driver, David & we performed as efficiently as a month ago. So perhaps I should get a raise ?

Now back to the real world - fortunately the Johnny Award was not in vogue otherwise it would have been awarded within the first few minutes.... No names. no pack drill!

The helix appeared to have the FU fairies present as a couple of trains decided they didn't want to travel in it & split, derailed and generally caused some slight chaos. The problems must have affected the Company photographer as only 5 photos have been presented to me for inclusion.

As per normal procedure, Tony tried to lighten the mood with a couple of "witty" jokes & assisted by the Mayor of Border Downs with banter of all types.
Reg did say a few times " fellas, remember to reset turnouts to the mainline" - making sure he doesn't commit the error himself (as if he would ? )

Ray had 6 trains & no shunting !

At times, I think Donald could do with a third loop ( yes I know there are 3 tracks now but one has the goods shed on it so IMHO, there is only 2 loops ) Coonara has 3 loops plus the goods shed track .......

The crossing loop / mainline terminology got forgotten once or twice