A road train sets out cars at a siding, an industry or an intermediate yard when they are destined there or when they cannot go any farther, such as a bad order found en route. The crew reports each set-out so the car shows up in the right place in the inventory. Pickups are the opposite move, and a train's work order lists set-outs and pickups by location.
Dispatcher wants us to set out that bad order at Kearney, it'll sit in the house track till the car knockers get to it.
Also heard as
- setout
- set off
Related terms
Bad order
A car or locomotive with a defect that keeps it from running until it is repaired.
Siding
A track alongside the main line, connected at both ends, where trains meet or let others pass.
Block
A group of cars bound for the same destination, kept together so they can be handled as one unit.
Local
A freight train that works the industries along a line, setting out and picking up cars at each customer.