All kidding aside, the job has both left later and finished later due to heavier carloads. With two (soon to be three) customers in Pineaire that may have to be switched in the morning (and the crew sometimes waiting for their switching instructions for one hour), and having to switch their train to go east, the old "slot" of leaving Pineaire at 9:00 is a distant memory. The ususal leaving time out of Pineaire now is 9:30 (and sometimes 10:30). There have been days where the switching at Pineaire has been so much that the RS-60 only goes out in the afternoon, leaving Pineaire at 1:30.
Once out, the big time consumer is switching Gershow. This time of year is especially time consuming with the wheels slipping from the leaf residue. The constant state of disrepair of the engines doesn't help matters either. If it gets too late, they may have to clear at YA for Train 203.
Jay