4.4. SWITCH CREWS
In addition to crews necessary to operate the trains over main
lines, you must have switch crews to operate the switch engines and
perform switching service in the yards and terminals of the railroad.
The number of these crews required is based upon the number of switch
engines in use at each yard and terminal. The method of determining
the needed number of switch engines is explained in paragraph 3.8 of
chapter 3. Once you know that number, substitute it in the following
formula.
Number of switch crews = SE x 2 x 1.25
where:
SE = number of switch engines
2 = two crews per engine
1.25 = constant factor to allow for sickness and other
absences.
For planning purposes, two switch crews are needed for each
switch engine per day. Do not include switch crews for the reserve
switch engines. For example, in paragraph 3.8 we found that three
switch engines are required for each hypothetical division terminal
not including the reserve factor. In computing the number of switch
crews needed at each terminal, the computation is made as follows:
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