Jim B. asked:

>I have a number of road trains that work at Shenandoah Yard to make set outs and pick ups; how can I allow the pick-ups to be added to the train AND print the new switch list for it to continue on its way WITHOUT clearing its status as classifying? I really don't want these road trains sitting in the yard until whenever the yard crew gets around to classifying the cars on that particular train's cutlist.

There is a "held cutlist" function, that does exactly this.  It was added as a request at one of Andy's Weekends - my memory is that Howard drew attention to the need.  To be able to get trains out of a yard, before classification of any setoffs.

When you report a train at a yard, you get a window that offers several choices:

   - Preview the cutlist (then print) of the setoffs from the train being reported

   - print the cutlist

   - "Hold setoffs"

   - Hold train

   - Classify train

The "Preview" and "print" cutlist functions call the classification routines for cars in the setoff-block.

You would select "Hold Setoffs".  This holds the setoff cars, and does not call the classification routines.

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To get the cars classified, you would go to "Yard Operations", and select the yard and select the option "Hold Cut List: Classify/Print Cut List".   This brings up a window, that list trains at that yard.

Select the train, with a Held cutlist, and click the button "Clear Held Cut List".

OK?

             Jim