One other thing, a lighted fusee would protect your
hind end. That covered a mulitude of sins, but it hard
to model.
John
--- "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@y...> wrote:
> 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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