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You write a "running order" Order 5 C&E Engine SOO 350 at Alpha Engine SOO 350 run extra Alpha to Dora The crew needs a clearance form to leave Alpha. The...
Hi Wolfgang, "One order" on the clearance. If you're going to deliver order no. 5 at the same time you deliver the clearance, it has to be listed. Don't worry...
... C&E Extra SOO 35o east. ... 5 you can't address a clearance ... How are you going to give order No 5 too them if they have NO orders. If they have NO...
Normally the order is written first. The dispatcher would dictate the order to the operator. Then, the dispatcher will issue clearance to the extra he just ...
... Like Andy wrote, from practicl point this make sense. And if they receive clearance and order No 5 at once, even more sense. I though the get the order No...
How did the railroad grind/clean the rails during the 1950s? I would like to find a NYC or NKP prototype for such a piece of equipment. I heard a neat idea...
It's the Opr, not the dispr, who issues clearances. Disprs merely OK them, if they're able to; otherwise the Clearance issued by the opr gets delivered and...
Roundhouse made a Box Cab diesel that was a track cleaner that resembled a Rail Grinder Bob -- In Ry-ops-industrialSIG@yahoogroups.com, "Ken Leaver Jr" ... ...
... Wolfgang, The real key to understanding this is keeping firmly in mind that train orders aren't addressed to the train; rule 204 in most books says, "Train...
The purpose of grinding rails was to smooth and reprofile them, not clean them. Railroad rail doesn't require cleaning for electrical contact . most trains...
... Dennis, thank you, that makes it clear for me. Vic, that the operator is allowed to write clearances makes the work much easier for the dispatcher. Very ...
... OK. ... clearances, ... OK I realize that its the operator who actually writes the clearance. But I was listing to some old recorded dispatcher's ...
I am always fond of stories of small railroads as they often found unique ways to do things. I am sure some of the methods were not prescribed by either the...
Hmmmmm. Why do I get the impression that many of us on here are limping along trying to understand all these train order and operating nuances without...
... limping along trying to understand all these train order and operating nuances without posessing or consulting an actual rule book? It's almost an...
I remember reading about the Nevada County Narrow Guage RR, and how its little train would head over to Colfax to meet the SP heavyweights.The two gauges were...
The big impetus for freight railroads to grind rail came with the introduction of the 100-ton car (263,000 pound gross weight on 4 axles with 36" wheels) in...
... clean ... contact . most ... (though I ... commuter rail ... didn't trip ... Depending on lots of variables (incl but not limited to ballast resistence)...
... I'm sure you did, Russ. I've so instructed oprs to do the same when I was dispatching, often using identical words I'm sure. But all that means is "do it...
... From: "Dennis Storzek" <destorzek@...> ... Another key is that EVERY order is delivered to a train with a clearance. It is the "packing list" for the...
... the ... when I ... that ... was ... One thing more. Many roads req'd clearances be started as soon as the first order is issued for a given train....
... In real life, about era 1960 - 1970, how much time goes by from giving the clearance to departure of a freight train? The train crew has to ensure that...
... Interesting story! Not quite sure how you'd mimic this in operation other than to let the train move very slowly and throw the points while the train's...
... From: "Wolfgang Dudler" <Wolfgang.Dudler@...> ... Assuming the dispatcher isn't going to to have to put out anything last minute, somewhere between 30...
Hi everyone: Does anyone know if there is a Direct Traffic Control or Track Warrant program available for model railroad use? Of course it would have to be...
Can someone explain how the gandy dancers along the line knew when an extra was created? All they had was a schedule. Max on Cape Cod [Non-text portions of...
All trains should be given a slow order through the area where the track workers are working and for how long the track crew would be there. When the train...
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