... From: "Bill Kaufman" <whk58@...> ... Track and time is issued in CTC. In GCOR track warrant territory you cannot issue "track and time". In track...
... Wellll... We might note that "computer/machine" operation-control overlapped "sidings in cars" by some 10 to 25 years.... Some digging in the background...
... Dave: I think I know the answer but did not the siding capacity actually include a buffer for motive power and clearances at either end? As such a 100 car...
... From: "Bruce Wilson" <wilsonbrucea@...> ... Maybe. Maybe not. Once again this is not an industry standard. Its whatever the railroad wanted to do....
... How did coupler slack figure in all this. Obiously a train pulling into a siding, unless going downhill, would add a few car lengths in a long train. Bill...
Howdy, IMHO there must be a clue somewhere in the timetable itself, otherwise one cannot use that data. I'm looking in an Employe TT of the PRR, in effect...
I have several B&M ETT's between 1947 and 1954. Under General Special Instructions, each of them state: 'Wherever shown, capacity of passing sidings is based...
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... I've uploaded the timetable to the group files for everyone to have a look at. It's lists the siding capacities at each O/S, but nothing more. ...
Everything that everyone's saying in the last 20 msgs or so only underscores what Dave said in the first place -- that there was no industry std as to siding...
While reading an old MR issue from 2000, I noticed that they consisted the car carriers behind the passenger cars. From previous discussions here and relating...
Warning: Newbie question Using the North American rail carriers as example, what was the evolution of the major modes of train control? How did each of these...
Two reasons are the head end power unit is in the engines. Original Auto-Train had a power car when the carriers were next to engines The slack motion with...
... I have copies of some Espee track occupancy charts, one for Newhall(Santa Clara) yard and one for the San Jose terminal, both of which list occupancy in ...
... From: "Stephen Pushak" <teban@...> ... What you are asking for is an answer that is a small book. If you search any one of the vvarious signalling...
... Norfolk Southern uses CN rails thru Battle Creek Michigan. Eastbound NS trains pick up bulletins as they pass BO Tower in Kalamazoo. The tower operator...
Dear Group: I posted a message a while back describing the content and importance of Mike Burgett's then "soon-to-be-released" first of three volumes of his...
Our car hauling passenger trains marshalled the car wagons to suit the station layout at each end of the run. The south bound "Southern Aurora" left Sydney...
Drew, I had a look at the uploaded page and indeed there is no length given. But that is only page 7. I think it must be somewhere in the instructions of yout...
Howdy, Before asking the question(s), I like to point out why I ask it ;-) On my layout I need a max length of the trains. As I still modeled European it was...
Stephen and all, The car-carriers in passenger trains are different from the car-carriers in freight trains, they are built for higher speed. And why are they...
... From: "Hoefnagel" <hoefnagel@...> ... Purely car count. ... Five HO feet is about 3/4 in. I don't measure my industrial spurs so close in length that...
... or will ... decision a ... However you decide on the train length,this needs to be decided before the train departs the originating yard. Keep in mind that...
... I took this part of the question not to be about train length, but how many cars would fit in an industry spur, which is a completely different thing....
NMRA Division 7 would like to invite you to the SouthWest Ohio OperationS (SWOOPS) weekend. This will be the weekend of April 17-19, and includes four...
Dave, Thanks for the quick reply! ... From: "Dave Husman" <dehusman@...> ... OK! ... The calculation with 250 and 255 ft is maybe not well choosen, but the...
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