Vermont Piers, the in- bound and outbound LCL freight houses, and the South team track. The switchman as

be diverted or reconsigned. Less than carload (LCL) freight can be diverted or reconsigned so long as the weight

extra or unit trains that would travel the LCL Sub out of Louis- ville toward Cincinnati. Any local traf- fic

segment," matched with the former L&N LCL Subdivision between Cincinnati and Louisville, with two...their southbound counterparts running via the LCL. In addition, it was announced in July 2018 that Heidelberg

operations, incorporating more prototypical LCL NMRA MAGAZINE January 2026 NMRA Magazine.indd 57 January

a Galloping Goose) to haul 6-8 passengers, LCL freight and the U.S. Mail, saving $50,000.00 a year

between, Miller proposed a simple passenger and LCL (less-than-carload

GETTING REAL | 4 3. LCL being sorted at a large freight house (City "M") at the SSPRR. 4...LCL being unloaded at a small depot (Town "Z") at the SSPRR. MRHMAG.COM INDEX TABLE OF CONTENTS

LCL sorting process at a relatively large (32 cars, 4 tracks with 8 cars per track) freight house is shown in [3] ("M" in [1]). LCL has arrived from various towns, and the contents are now sorted...cars bound for other destinations. Finally, I show LCL arriving from "M" to be unloaded at the small depot ("Z" in [4]). BRW...Thompson's prototypical waybill "standard." 2. LCL being loaded at a small depot (Town "A") at the SSPRR. SUBSCRIBE

40s and '50s, LCL is clearly a major commodity and type of traffic to model...1], I show the very general process for LCL shipments. LCL shipments can originate at depots or freight houses. Depots...sorting and forwarding. 1. General process for LCL cargo. Local shippers bring cargo the depot/freight house

LCL Part 2" - shows how I model LCL on my Burney, Redding & Western railroad (BR&W). These specifics...Card & Waybill (CC&WB) system as it applies to LCL 2) BR&W LCL modeling details 3) Geography of LCL movements on the BR&W 4) LCL handling from the general process to BR&W CC&WB...specifics 5) LCL handling at the BR&W Freight House 6) Transporting LCL via BR&W Second Class Freight Trains 7) LCL activities at Redding Yard SUBSCRIBE INDEX TABLE OF CONTENTS

G IT LIKE 26. No. 216 in Redding Yard getting LCL pickup added to train marked in red. SUBSCRIBE INDEX TABLE

GETTING REAL | 30 25. Cut of LCL for Sacramento (SA) transferred from Freight House to Redding

in our example, we're following No 216 with LCL for SA), so we're in the evening trick. 7) Loading the LCL slips into empty or cars with room - recall the quarter-load...10 PM for No 216 in [24] 9) Adding the cut of LCL pulled from the freight house to a second-class...25] and [26]. BR&W regular and guest crews find LCL operations both interesting and challenging with small

house. 2) Placing the car card and LCL slip for that car in the appropriate car card box for that...3) Pulling the blue LCL slip(s) from the car card and placing the slip in appropriate...are to be observed. 5) Sorting the various LCL slips to common destination inside the freight house. 23

ETT view of second-class freights carrying LCL. SUBSCRIBE INDEX TABLE OF CONTENTS

for the second-class freights carrying LCL are also used in [23] and [24]. The pictures of the Redding freight

The morning trick, 7:30 AM to 11:30 AM, gets LCL ready for No. 232's 9:00 AM departure from Redding toward Bieber...The evening trick, 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM, readies LCL for No. 216's 11:00 PM departure from Redding to Sacramento...PM to 5:30 PM, has no second-class freight for LCL, but there is still Redding freight house activity during

in dashed green outline the focus of a detailed LCL discussion of activities at the Redding freight house, but...The diagram in [20] shows these three LCL-carrying second- class freights heading

second-class freight No. 232, LCL for SA from track 2 for No. 216, and LCL for EK from track 3 for No. 231. The coordination between the...aspect in enhancing small layout operations with LCL, and I discuss more about these trains below. T LCL - I originally had second-class...Alturas, and Train No. 216, 19. Modeling the LCL inside the Redding Freight House. MRHMAG.COM INDEX TABLE