The day she is a changin! The engine assigned to Skip and #30 (yellow caboose) has broken down on the mainline at Furnace in dark territory. It is not until Bruce arrives with #5 the Mail Express (green caboose) that this is discovered. #5 had to proceed back to Swift Run to notify the operator of the situation. Here the operator Steve (foreground) and (behind Steve) Bruce the engineer of #5 are discussing what has happened and how to go about fixing it. After discussions with the dispatcher and superintendent it is decided that #5 will take over the consist of #30 as well as its engine and proceed to Stanley and then back to White Hall. However the superintendent will not allow the movement of engine #42 with the wood passenger cars. So #5 has to proceed back to Furnace to get the car consist of #30. Then back to Swift Run to place these in the clear on the main headed to Broadway. Then back to Furnace to get engine #42. Then back to Swift Run to pickup the car consist. Then it can proceed on to Stanley. However once engine #31 assigned to #5 got all of the consist for #5 and #30 back to Swift Run it could not get it up the hill and out of the way. More conversations with the operator, dispatcher and superintendent resulted in a decision to use the motive power from the Broadway Turn (at the bottom of the hill in Hood waiting) to help engine #31. But before that could be executed engine #31 backed farther down the hill and got a running start that allowed it to get the consist out of the way. About this time engine #42 showed up at Swift Run. It seemed the crew were able to get the engine to run backwards but not forward. All plans were changed and orders and clearance written for extra 42 west to proceed to White Hall as a light engine move. Engine #31 now with the consist of #5 and #30 was given orders and clearance to proceed to Stanley and back to White Hall. The problem had finally been resolved and the Broadway Turn was finally able to proceed up the hill after the arrival of extra 43 west. However this threw all scheduled passenger trains over two hours late (the E&P only has one coach and all passenger trans must wait on its arrival) which on the E&P results in a loss of timetable authority. So all of the future passenger trains had to have orders written. This had become anything but a routine day for the dispatcher!