... I don't understand how the order is repetitive. The first sentence creates the work extra, and the second sentence conveys right over all other trains....
... Where I work we don't have any customers like this so I can't answer my own question. > ... heavy overhead traveling crane kind of thing would be...
... of an op session and... ... Mike, Except for some fine-tuning, that form is pretty much ok, as it will get the Sperry car out onto the main between D and E...
In a message dated 4/30/03 8:33:42 AM US Eastern Standard Time, ... They were known as "Bull Dicks" to us......part of the common lexicon I guess. Anyway, one...
Chief Jim wrote: I think I have a rather "nice" looking junkyard, but getting it all to stay in place has nevr been very successful. . .So I would be much...
... The goal is to introduce a "glitch" into the normal operating session, but not to paralyze it. The time chosen will be at a normal lull in mainline ...
... track, but ... it can ... They don't know when the other trains are coming, they know when they get there. Josserand doesn't say "clear for" or "clear in...
... This comment is in reference to WORK EXTRA SRS 127 HAS RIGHT OVER ALL TRAINS BETWEEN D AND E 12 45 PM UNTIL 5 30 PM. ... These last two refer to all work...
I sent the following to a retired dispatcher/rules instructor familiar with TO operation to get his comments: Peter On 1 May 2003 at 12:27, PBowers wrote: Date...
In a message dated 5/1/03 1:31:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Hi Blair, Well, I need to get to the hardware store and get some more ACC. The white glue...
In a message dated 5/1/03 7:37:59 PM US Eastern Standard Time, mike@... ... Do what the NS does to the FRA T2000............stick it in a pass for a few ...
In a message dated 5/1/03 8:30:05 PM US Eastern Standard Time, ... Never heard of a Sperry Car driving piles.......LOL Leaman [Non-text portions of this...
In a message dated 5/1/03 8:30:05 PM US Eastern Standard Time, ... Of course, if you have to ride herd on one, you could easily get "piles" Leaman again ...
I didn't get a chance to look at it closely, but the new (June 03) RMC has an article on junk piles. Might be worth a look. Take Care! Brian R. Termunde ...
... Good point; thanks. ... Maybe; I think that wording depends on the individual railroad. Both Josserand's "Rights of Trains" and my 1943 Virginian rule book...
... WORK EXTRA 127 HAS RIGHT OVER ALL TRAINS BETWEEN D AND E 12 45 PM UNTIL 5 30 PM. ... Mike, The way that this should be handled on your RR should be...
We've been discussing the "right over all trains" version of a work extra, but here's an example of what a more typical work extra's order would look like -- ...
... I was once involved in a museum light engine move on the Soo Line, and so that the museum did not have to pay for a full (5 man) crew, they called it a...
... No, you're not wrong. Generally speaking you are correct. But some railroads also needlessly made them more complex than they needed to be too, most ...
... ========================= The MKT once ran a Sperry car deadheading as 1st No 21, the Amtrak Texas Eagle, and the regular Amtrak as 2nd No 21. Dave H....
George: You can indeed model a sheet/coil unload operation in a rural or semi-rural setting WITHOUT the target industry present. Fisher Body of General Motors...
In Nebraska on the UP mainline in the middle of nowhere there is a steel products reload. The day I visited there were 11 coil cars and 7 flatcars present....
Mike Dodd writes: "2. Is it correct to combine the order creating the work extra with the order giving it right over all trains, or should I write two ...
... railroad, ======================= It should list orders appropriate for a westward train at the location it was cleared, but wouldn't necessarily show some...
< This message is being posted to both the Ry-ops-industrialSIG and the Layout Design SIG lists > Hello. My name is Rick Fortin. There is a committee being...
Rick, We run the Riverrail ops weekend invitational on the third weekend in June even numbered years. This is the LaCrosse Wisconsin area group. See...
Hi Bill, Well, something has changed regarding my trip to Wi and MN. It has been postponed until the first week of June. Please convey my apologies to Ron ...