Hi Winton...
I'll take a stab at this.....
In looking at the orders and seeing that X5000W is to "Wait at A til b and C
til d" etc, one would believe X4000E would progress til such a time that there
would be a meet at a station where X4000E would know that X5000W would be there
waiting....except.....for the wording of this order:
To C&E Extra 4000 East at Dutch.
Extra 4000 East take siding meet Extra 5000 West at Clearmont.
Complete 1050am, Dispatcher DAS
As this was received AT Dutch and the order says "Meet X5000W at Clearmont with
no other stipulation and X5000w had not arrived (X5000W being the superior
train as conveyed in the first T.O.), I would guess that the C&E of X4000E
stopped the train because it sounds like it was taking orders on the
fly(possibly backing it into the clear on the siding)and waited for X5000W to
arrive.
I just hope I didn't kill anyone....
P.S.
I will stick to my above explanation, but with further reading, If the DS made
X5000W the superior train, why did he have it do the waiting instead of having
X4000E move and wait til "x" for X5000W??
Again I hope I haven't made a mess of company property.....
Greg K.
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Winton" <wyhog@...> wrote:
>
> While we are on the subject of train orders, here is a scenario for you that
> actually occurred.
>
> The CB&Q stations from west to east: Sheridan, Dutch, Ulm, Clearmont,
> Kendrick, Lariat, Echeta, Felix, Oriva, Gillette.
>
> Extra 4000 East picked up the following orders. Actual wording is shortened
> for brevety but what is needed is shown. Some punctuation was added for the
> non-railroaders reading this...
>
> To C&E Extra 4000 East at Sheridan.
> Extra 5000 West has right over Extra 4000 East Gillette to Ulm.
> Extra 5000 West wait at Echeta until 105pm, Lariat 120pm, Kendrick 145pm,
> Clearmont 205pm, for Extra 4000 East.
> Complete 830am, Dispatcher DAS
>
> To C&E Extra 4000 East at Dutch.
> Extra 4000 East take siding meet Extra 5000 West at Clearmont.
> Complete 1050am, Dispatcher DAS
>
> Extra 4000 East arrived at Clearmont at 155pm and picked up this last order
> from the siding when passing the depot...
>
> To C&E Extra 4000 East at Clearmont.
> Extra 5000 West wait at Echeta until 155pm, Lariat until 210pm, Kendrick
> 235pm, Clearmont 255pm, for Extra 4000 East.
> Complete 920am, Dispatcher DAS
>
> Now if you are the crew on X4000E where can you go to meet the X5000W?
>
> Any guesses as to what the crew actually did?
>
> AK
>
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