Ah, passing up orders: "Classic railroading".
Spent many a' night chatting with depot agent Buddy Stedman at the Frisco's Van Buren depot. Somewhere I have a blurry pic of Buddy passing up an order to a passing Frisco freight.
I so miss those years of railroading. That was the railroading that tugged at me so badly. However, the plan for my life didn't include full time railroading until much later.
Found that old pic and scanned it. Here it is:
Andre