Blocking
Train-consist and car-block design that meets downstream yard requirements without sacrificing the value of each crew assignment.
Blocking is the operational art of arranging cars so that the right ones can be efficiently set out, picked up, and classified at the right places. Get it right and the railroad runs smoothly. Get it wrong and yards back up, crews dead-head, and customers wait.
What We Help With
- Block-plan design — for manifest service, intermodal stack trains, and unit-train operations.
- Classification-yard interaction — designing blocks that align with downstream hump or flat-switching yard capabilities and capacities.
- Block consolidation — combining low-volume destinations into larger, more efficient blocks while honoring car-handling and customer-priority constraints.
- Pre-blocking — at origin yards, to reduce classification work at intermediate terminals.
- Block-swap — coordinated interchange so connecting carriers receive pre-built blocks ready to forward.
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