Meaning of Work and On Duty, and track assignments for local

Good questions Hawk! I recently started using the "Work" and "Completed" status for locals in BAK and BK...but probably not consistently, yet.

Here's the way I'm using these three status for BAK and BK:
- "Work" - train is ready to be worked (similar to "Released" for mainline trains)
- "On Duty" - crew has arrived and ready to move the train (similar to "Departed" for mainline trains)
- "Completed" - train has arrived at it's final destination and all work is completed (similar to "Arrived" for mainline trains)

For track assignments in BAK and BK, since UP, BNSF and SJVR share those yards I like to have SJVR use BAK tracks 13-19 and BK tracks 6-14. If a local returns to the yard track from which it originated that keeps things simpler, just update the track as "Assigned" and update train lengths and weights. Typically, the first two tracks at BAK and BK are used for mainline train arrivals. Then track 3-4 in BK are used for UP departures/locals and 3-7 in BAK are used for BNSF departures/locals.

Hope that helps.

Dave