Timing Is Everything, Ayer, 03-21-2011

On 03-21-2011, AY-4 with 310 did some back-and-forth on West Wye, picking up grain cars to go to the Milling. With the help of D-3, it got onto 2 and was east of East Wye with 23 at 1023, curiously enough. A couple of minutes later, AY-1 with 501 and 4 corn syrup tank shoved out of the yard onto West Wye for its own trip east, but to EPIC. Those couple of minutes made a lot of difference because D-3 held off on AY-1's move until 418 at 1050 and 419 at 1055 were out of town. 501 and friends were east of the platform at 1059, showing the impact that those couple of minutes can and did make.
Besides origin and timetable direction, what did the two moves have in common? Both had NewBlue power, and both had old red knuckle flags. Are markers getting to be an endangered species again?

Markers are a pain in the a$$ if you know you won't be running at night, flags are easier.

Agreed, much easier to take a flag around than a heavy marker if the conditions allow it.