Operating within yard limits, the proceedure would be
to make a "telephonic check" of overdue first class
trains w/the dispatcher (or in some areas, the local
train order operator) before getting back on the main
track. In later days, this was actually done by radio.
Of course, on sub-divisions without first class
trains, this was not needed. Second class and extra
trains had to move within yard limits "prepared to
stop, unless the way is seen and known to be clear".
See rules 93 & 908.
John D. Mitchell, Jr.
--- Cynthia & Duncan Cameron <d.cameron@s...>
wrote:
> Marshall,
> You're right that the Moora spur wasn't considered a
> branch in terms of
> there being any scheduled train. My assumption is
> that one of the Keokuk
> switchers simply ran cars up and down the hill
> whenever needed. In reality,
> the spur leaves the main within the yard limits. My
> problem is that if I
> move it on the layout, it would be beyond the yard
> (although probably still
> within official yard limits since they extend beyond
> the yard for a distance
> in each direction). If it's within yard limits,
> what would the procedure be
> for a train coming off the spur and wanting to head
> out on to the main in
> non-signaled territory?
>
> Duncan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marshall Thayer" <zephyr9903@e...>
> To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 11:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] contol of trains on
> non-signaled routes
>
>
> > Duncan -
> >
> > By that time, many of the Burlington branches were
> being sort-of train
> ordered by radio.
> >
> > Another thing you might check is whether the
> K-line remnant was even
> considered a branch. By the time you are modeling,
> it had been torn out as
> far as Moora, and that just *might* have operated as
> being inside the Keokuk
> yard limits. I'm not sure where you'd get this
> information, but you
> probably should find out -
> >
> > Marshall
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
>
>
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