Train Jobs & Service Plan

Flagstaff · FJ-1

Flagstaff Yard Job

Route: Flagstaff Yard and town industries

Normal power: FV&N No. 3

Classify ATSF interchange traffic, switch the town customers, and assemble the road and branch cuts.

1. Spot oil and brewery deliveries at their designated unloading points.
2. Pull released beer loads and empty inbound cars.
3. Block northern, timber, Munds Park, and southern cuts separately; receive returning traffic and prepare ATSF outbound cars.

Customer service: Flagstaff Oil & Fuel · Lumberyard Brewing Co.

Handoff: Flagstaff arrival/departure and designated interchange tracks; coordinate every road departure with dispatch.

Northern Line · FV-1

Coconino Turn

Route: Flagstaff → Fort Valley → Coconino → Flagstaff

Normal power: FV&N No. 25

Serve Fort Valley and transfer logging and quarry cuts at Coconino.

1. Deliver stockyard and feed/grain cars at Fort Valley.
2. Exchange HP-1 and CQ-1 cuts at the dispatcher-designated Coconino transfer track.
3. Return cattle, quarry loads, logging cuts, and released empties to Flagstaff.

Customer service: Flagstaff Stockyards · Northern Arizona Feed & Grain

Handoff: Coconino transfer holding track. HP-1 and CQ-1 retain responsibility for their customer spots.

Northern branches · HP-1

Hart Prairie Turn

Route: Coconino → Hart Prairie → Coconino

Normal power: FV&N No. 12, subject to branch restrictions

Handle Coconino Logging Camp supplies, empty log cars, and loaded logs.

1. Take the camp cut from the designated Coconino transfer track.
2. Pull ready loaded logs and spot empties and supplies using the terminal runaround.
3. Return logs to Coconino, blocked for Saginaw or Munds Park via Flagstaff.

Customer service: Coconino Logging Camp

Handoff: FV-1 transfers the cut between Coconino and Flagstaff; L-1 and MP-1 finish mill deliveries.

Northern branches · CQ-1

Cinder Quarry Turn

Route: Coconino → Cinder Quarry → Coconino

Normal power: Approved road power; normally FV&N No. 25

Exchange empty and loaded quarry cars in controlled cuts.

1. Confirm braking and permitted cut size before entering the quarry branch.
2. Pull ready cinder/aggregate loads, deliver supplies, and spot empty loading cars.
3. Return loaded cars to Coconino for FV-1; keep the runaround and storage roles distinct.

Customer service: Cinder Quarry

Handoff: FV-1 handles the Flagstaff leg. Schedule CQ-1 after the road locomotive is released from other work.

Flagstaff · L-1

Timber District Local

Route: Flagstaff Yard → Timber District → Flagstaff Yard

Normal power: FV&N No. 12; No. 3 only when authorized for the route

Serve Saginaw Lumber and Arizona Builders Supply.

1. Deliver logs and supplies to Saginaw and mixed building materials to Builders Supply.
2. Pull ready lumber shipments and released empties before respotting when the loading area is full.
3. Use the district runaround and lead; return outbound traffic to Flagstaff.

Customer service: Saginaw Lumber Co. · Arizona Builders Supply

Handoff: FJ-1 assembles and receives the cut. HP-1 serves the logging camp; L-1 serves the mill.

Southern branches · MP-1

Munds Park Timber Turn

Route: Flagstaff → Munds Park → Flagstaff

Normal power: FV&N No. 12, subject to final grade and branch limits

Serve the confirmed Munds Park Timber customer once its tracks are commissioned.

1. Carry logs routed through Flagstaff and mill supplies to Munds Park.
2. Use the terminal runaround to exchange log empties and finished lumber cars.
3. Return finished lumber and released empties to Flagstaff for local distribution or ATSF.

Customer service: Munds Park Timber Co.

Handoff: FJ-1 handles Flagstaff classification. Dedicated log-unloading and lumber-loading tracks are still to be designed.

South Main · F-1

Southbound Valley Freight

Route: Flagstaff → Oak Creek → Sedona → Verde Valley → Clarkdale

Normal power: FV&N No. 25; helper only when separately available and assigned

Deliver southern customer traffic and empty ore cars for the Jerome branch.

1. Take blocked Sedona, Verde Valley, Clarkdale, and Jerome cuts from Flagstaff.
2. Deliver Sedona freight, produce packaging, mine-depot supplies, and concentrator plant supplies.
3. Set out United Verde supplies and empty ore cars at the designated Clarkdale transfer track.

Customer service: Verde Produce & Packing · Red Rock Mining & Supply · Sedona Freight & Supply · Clarkdale Copper Concentrator

Handoff: JV-1 handles the Jerome leg. Concentrator unloading spots and branch transfer holding must remain separate.

South Main · F-2

Northbound Valley Freight

Route: Clarkdale → Verde Valley → Sedona → Oak Creek → Flagstaff

Normal power: FV&N No. 25, normally the returning F-1 locomotive

Bring southern outbound traffic and released empties back to Flagstaff.

1. Collect ready copper concentrate and released plant supply cars at Clarkdale.
2. Collect produce reefers, public freight, and released empties through Verde Valley and Sedona.
3. Return to Flagstaff for FJ-1 classification and ATSF handoff.

Customer service: Verde Produce & Packing · Red Rock Mining & Supply · Sedona Freight & Supply · Clarkdale Copper Concentrator

Handoff: Return empty ore cars from the concentrator to the Clarkdale branch transfer for JV-1. Raw United Verde ore terminates at Clarkdale.

Jerome branch · JV-1

Jerome Copper Turn

Route: Clarkdale → United Verde at Jerome → Clarkdale

Normal power: Dispatcher-approved branch power; No. 12 only within confirmed limits

Move empty ore cars and supplies uphill and loaded United Verde ore downhill.

1. Take the ore empties and mine supplies from Clarkdale branch transfer.
2. Work the separate mine supply and ore-loading tracks using the Jerome runaround.
3. Return loaded ore to the concentrator unloading track and supply empties to the designated outbound transfer.

Customer service: United Verde Copper Mine · Clarkdale Copper Concentrator

Handoff: Transfer setout is not delivery. JV-1 retains ore delivery responsibility until cars are physically spotted at the concentrator, or dispatch formally defers them.

Helper district · H-1

Oak Creek Helper

Route: Dispatcher-defined Oak Creek grade limits

Normal power: Separately available approved helper; no standing locomotive reserved

Assist an authorized road movement only when the dispatcher assigns suitable power.

1. Confirm helper power, attachment arrangement, braking instructions, and authority limits.
2. Use the designated attach, cut-off, and escape pockets; keep the main available.
3. Report clear and return to standby only after release by dispatch.

Customer service: Helper support; no customer switching

Handoff: A helper requirement cannot be met by assigning the same locomotive to another simultaneous job. Hold or shorten the road train if suitable assistance is unavailable.

Flagstaff

Flagstaff Oil & Fuel

FJ-1

Flagstaff ATSF interchange via FJ-1.

Flagstaff

Lumberyard Brewing Co.

FJ-1

Flagstaff outbound classification; use refrigerated equipment only where the shipment requires it.

Flagstaff Timber District

Saginaw Lumber Co.

L-1

HP-1 → FV-1 → Flagstaff → L-1 for camp logs; finished lumber goes to local customers or ATSF.

Flagstaff Timber District

Arizona Builders Supply

L-1

Flagstaff classification; local lumber can originate at either mill when supported by the game.

Fort Valley

Flagstaff Stockyards

FV-1

FV-1 returns outbound cattle to Flagstaff for ATSF.

Fort Valley

Northern Arizona Feed & Grain

FV-1

Fort Valley work is part of FV-1; protect the main during customer switching.

Hart Prairie

Coconino Logging Camp

HP-1

HP-1 hands the cut to FV-1 at Coconino. Mill delivery is completed by L-1 or MP-1.

Cinder Quarry

Cinder Quarry

CQ-1

CQ-1 → Coconino transfer → FV-1 → Flagstaff → ATSF.

Verde Valley

Verde Produce & Packing

F-1 · F-2

Flagstaff ATSF interchange; produce work follows game readiness and seasonal traffic.

Verde Valley

Red Rock Mining & Supply

F-1 · F-2

Verde Valley customer lead; keep staged cars out of working customer positions.

Jerome

United Verde Copper Mine

JV-1

F-1 delivers the branch cut to Clarkdale; JV-1 handles Jerome and physically spots ore at the concentrator. United Verde remains active in FV&N’s fictional 1958 setting.

Munds Park

Munds Park Timber Co.

MP-1

Logs route through Flagstaff. Dedicated customer tracks and usable capacity remain to be confirmed before service begins.

Sedona

Sedona Freight & Supply

F-1 · F-2

South Main local service. Customer unloading track is still to be designed.

Cottonwood / Clarkdale

Clarkdale Copper Concentrator

JV-1 · F-1 · F-2

Separate ore unloading, concentrate loading, plant supplies, and branch transfer. Raw ore is delivered here; concentrate travels to ATSF through Flagstaff.