Bad Order, Part 2

Bad order cars set out en route have to be moved to a car shop for repairs, once made safe to move.  Until the introduction of Railinc's Damaged and Defective Car Tracking system, that meant paperwork.  CN 9595-9488-4534 set out bad-order VIA LRC car 3358 on the east leg of the Queens wye on May 4, 1985 with cabooses 76687 and 79906 in tow.  Here are both sides of a CN bad order card for gondola CN 157023 from 1982:

Here's a CP bad order card for boxcar CP 51309 from 1975:

Railways meticulously recorded particulars of each set-out car.  Today this information is written on the train journal, and radioed to the RTC and Car Control.  Here's a CN report from 1979, for CN 286371 carrying glass and set out at Minaki, Ontario:

CP train 445's conductor fully documented defects on CP flatcar 505526 in 1981:

After repairs, the Rail Traffic Controller would send a message to the nearest station's operator, to attach to the train orders of the train designated to lift the car:

With its long Kingston Sub trains, CN has certainly had its share of Bad Order cars to deal with in recent years.  Some examples:

Nov/08: CN 406586 boxcar door popped open, two rolls of newsprint fell out, and loose door clipped VIA train Nos 46 and 64.  Car set out at Queens, road repair truck called, door chained.

Sept/08: CN train No 120 IC Eng 1006 fuel leak, set out at Queens, environmental field crew called.

Mar/08: GATX 46209 tank car lost drawbar, set out on Cataraqui Spur.

May/07: AOK 111926 boxcar broken trainline, set out at Queens.

Feb/07: MMA boxcar defective 'B' end brake rigging, set out at Ernestown.

Dec/06: CN train No 309 bad order car on west end, set out at Gananoque.

Mar/06: CN 49291 flatcar, after Kings detector, set out at Queens.

Feb/06: GMRC 78197 boxcar, set out at Ernestown.

Feb/06: CN train No 369 two bad order bulkhead flatcars: CN 624429 flat wheel set out at Queens, and CN 601865 drawbar set out at Millhaven.

Oct/05: CN train No 368 cars with knuckle and drawbar, set out in east leg of wye at Bath.

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