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Re: [BRHSlist] C&S/CB&Q Timetable Symbols?

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Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] C&S/CB&Q Timetable Symbols?
From: Bill Hirt <whirt@a...>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 19:06:28 -0600
References: <v01510101b804c9154635@[158.252.208.100]>
Reply-to: whirt@a...
jonathanharris@e... wrote:
> 
> C = coal
> W = water
> T = turntable
> Y = wye
> Yd = yard
> 
> However, there are a half dozen other symbols that appear at various places
> in this same column which are not at all obvious to me, and where my
> knowledge of the railroad hasn't helped me guess. Does anyone know what any
> of the following symbols mean?
> 
> B
> D (*)
> F (+)
> K
> O (**)
> R
> 

>From the 1951 rules of the operating department for Burlington Lines:

B - Bulletin Book or Board
D - Not indicated in this rulebook. 
F - Telephone siding without operator.
K - Standard clock
O - Track scales
R - Registering station

Bill

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