Mistertower Wrote:
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> Observer,
> To answer your question, each one of these
> Dispachers handles a segment of R.R. The UP
> Terminal Dispather at Proviso Yard Handles the
> Rockwell Subdivision and the Geneva Subdivision
> from Chicago to Park, just east of Elmhurst.
> Omaha Dispatcher 11 handles from there to
> Meredith, and the Belvidere Subdivision.

Omaha Dispatcher 12 handles from Meredith to Fairfax
> Iowa and the Troy Grove Subdivision.

Troy Grove Sub. Five years ago, give or take, the Troy Grove local handled maybe 3-10 cars per train, with maybe one engine. Now, it seems to routinely handle something on the order of 30-40 cars per train, with 3 locomotives (all marked UPY, and mostly "tunnel motors"). I live about a block from the TGL, and every night the TGL wakes me up (DeKalb is a "quiet zone", except on the Troy Grove branch) as it makes it way back to West Chicago.

Dispatcher 19 handles from Fairfax to Missouri
> Valley Iowa. Also, as info., on the UP, there
> are no "DS"s, it is plain old Dispathcer or, from
> the old SP days, the "D". The initials DS are a
> BNSF thing, something that is not used on UP. As
> far as BNSF goes, I am told that in the old days
> of ATSF and the Telegraph, when you coded, "DS" on
> it, you were calling the Dispatcher. This info.
> from Pete Pedersen, retired AT&SF wire chief.

Is SRK's first name Scott? If so, you are right, he
> is real good,

SRK - I haven't heard his name mentioned over the radio, but, from what I have heard, SRK is the sort of person who is 4-square and honest.

but in my book, Michelle Chance, is
> the best. She sounds like she is in her mid 20's,
> but in reality, she is in her mid 50's, but
> doesn't look or sound it.

Based on what you have written, I believe that I have listened to Michelle. I will say that who ever she is, she comes across as someone who is very professional and who does not "suffer fools lightly".

Hope this info. is helpful for you.

To be honest with you, I went back and looked at my original question. Guess I look like a pompous idiot. Anyway, yes, you more or less answered my question, but, what I angling for at the time, was do these dispatchers handle other territories, maybe a branch line in Calif? Or do they just devote their shift to the one stretch of mainline to which they are assigned?