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The engineer has been instructed to put the caboose on the
Caboose track (Track 50) in
Union Street Yard.

Having left his caboose on the caboose track in Union Street Yard,
the train moved through
Union Street Yard, where the consist is
left, and
BUSY Yard under the direction of the
Shreveport Operator.
A bird's eye view of the power from the northbound train at
Ashby Junction where the engineer returns to radio channel 12
to check with the
Shreveport Yard Master before entering
River Front Yard.
It apears that a single covered hopper is currently at
CADDO GRAIN.
for those of you not familiar with the local history and geography,
Shreveport is located in
CADDO parish in Northwest
Louisiana.
Here we see an overall view of the
River Front Yard which makes
up a portion of the
Shreveport Terminal Complex.The
Shreveport
Yard Master has control of all traffic from
North Morgan to
Crew Change.
The power from the northbound train is awaiting instructions by the
Shreveport Yard Master on how and when to move
from
Ashby Junction to the
Diesel Facility.
The power move from the northbound train has been thru
River Front Yard and is headed for the Shreveport Diesel Facility.
Thanks to David Colvin, Trainmaster, for the photographs and
for being the first to try our new format.
STRUCTURE OF THE SHREVEPORT TERMINAL COMPLEXShreveport Yard MasterUnion Street Yard and BUSY Yard Operator River Front Yard Operator Ginnings Yard OperatorRADIO CHANNEL USAGE:The Shreveport Yard Master Communicates to the Yard Operators on radio channel 13.
The Shreveport Yard Master Communicates to the Dispatcher AND TRAIN ENGINEERS on radio channel 12.
The Shreveport Public Belt Operator Communicates to Dispatcher and Yard Master on radio channel 12.
The train engineers communicate to the Dispatcher on radio channel 10,
to the Shreveport Yard Master on radio channel 12, and
to the Yard Operators on radio channel 13.
Sue City Operator talks to Dispatcher and train engineers on radio channel 10.
Maryville Operator talks to Dispatcher and train engineers on radio channel 10.
For those of you who are wondering who was here--
Mose Crews was the
Shreveport Yard Master and
River Front Operator
Rob Robins was the
Union Street Yard and
BUSY Yard Operator
Jim Willis was the
Ginnings Yard Operator
Charlie DeVillbiss was the
Shreveport Public Belt Operator
Marvin Bennett, Jr. was the
Maryville Operator
Danny Garland and Lionel Bragham were the scheduled trains engineers
Rodney Dixon, Charles Kneipp were the extra board train engineers
David Colvin was
Trainmaster and extra board train engineers
Richard Kamm was the Dispatcher