... That might work (on simple grades) for standard cars, all of the same length and weight....and for "short" trains. But... It is not an option with empty...
... From: "Jim Duncan" <jdbandman@...> ... A work extra has no direction. What's a "following movement"? While I am not familiar with the ATSF rules...
A suggestion for an order designed to permit a helper to return from "Summit" down to "Base" after helping a train up... "Eng 1001 work between Base and Summit...
I'm most familiar with the Santa Fe's practice, but I believe it was pretty common simply to consider helpers and pushers to be a part of the train they were...
Excellent, Dave! I didn't have my Josserand handy when I wrote that order yesterday or I would have done a D-H! -- Jim Duncan...
Jim Duncan
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Federal law or regulations always preempt states law if they conflict. In the case of no Federal requirement, the state law shall prevail. In the case of a...
This subject seems to pop up regularly. Does anyone have the time to go through all of the previous threads on this and make a summary document that can be...
... I respectfully disagree with you on this. I have yet to come across a car which i could not bring up to the NMRA recommended weights. Yes, it did take some...
... I once heard some tapes Mark Amfahr made at the DS office in Boone, IA on the CNW. The dispatcher reads out the orders slowly and carefully. When the ...
... have a ... Reeeeaaaaaly common in the west. You only need a yard where you have to sort cars or build trains. You need a crew change every 100-200 miles....
... order yesterday or I would have done a D-H! I'm having trouble understanding the desire to write a work order of any kind (such as "D-H") in this case -...
Posted by: "Roger T." > Most rains (sic) didn't even come to a complete halt with the train slowing to a crawl in front of the station with the new engine...
Andy S. said...."When the helpers were cut off, they were no longer part of the train they had helped, and had no authority to occupy main tracks. For that ...
... I have noticed that modelers seem to be very fond of work extras, any time a train has to perform any work or do anything other than a straight away move...
Andy Sperandeo wrote in part: "When the helpers were cut off, they were no longer part of the train they had helped, and had no authority to occupy main...
... authority ... They talk to each other. They may even be sitting next to each other.. They have CTC panels so they can see approaching trains. They have...
... on main ... No. I've seen CTC with yard limits. But I've never been able to get anybody to tell me what good it does. You still need permission from the...
Hi Jon, If the helper is on a main track without being in yard limits, I'd think its first move after cutting off the train would normally be to get clear of...
... track? ... In TT&TO territory, you can occupy any main track you want under flag protection. You may have to answer for it later, but a flag is good...
... us doing TTTO and helper have a yard limit set at the summit for this to take place? ... give the helper the right ... have orders first? Or ... not on the...
... I think that Roger is using the term "deadman control" as a generic term for all the various crew alerter devices, when the professional railroaders take...
" ..Have the helpers pick up thier orders as they pass the Summit depot, while they are still coupled to the train. Now they can uncouple and head back down...
It kind of looks like Ken is trying to absorb and sort a whole lot of information all at once, a fact not made any easier by the fact that what was commonly...
I used to see one well-known rolling crew change when I visited Corsicana, Texas, to watch the fast BSM ("Blue Streak Merchandise") trains come off the Cotton...
Jim, I mainly familiar with the N&W operations in the post 70's era. It was very interesting as most trains got a poooosher, the exceptions for the most part ...
... Where would you put one and how would you connect it up, on a steamer? -- "At least that's what I remember with a bad night's sleep and not much coffee." ...
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