What was stated in the previous email below is correct,as far as it goes.
But doesn't cover other incidents. A case for example, in the mid 70's I was the rear brakeman on a eastbound train setting out at Congress Park. The engineer used the automatic(train air) to slow the train for the set out but at the last moment realized he knocked it off a bit too soon. He applied the engine brakes,we had seven or eight non aligned drawbar units on the head end. All working power. When he applied the "jammer" one or more of the engine truck sets went sideways. When he pulled ahead to make the set out those trucks spread the mainline rail like it was model track. All the following cars went on the ground.
At the investigation besides being asked name,rank and serial number I was asked two questions. Was the stop at Congress Park out of the ordinary. DID YOU PROVIDE FLAG PROTECTION UNDER RULE 99?
The point being if we had cars fouling another track we were required to provide protection.
2nd example, the La Grange road incident I described earlier. If the auto,we thought we hit, was blocking or fouling the other mains, and another train hit the auto we were responsible under rule 99. That's why the Condr. Screamed at me when I popped the rear vestibule door to flag.
Leo
What is "short flagging"?
Flagmen by rule were required to go back "a sufficient distance" to provide protection against following trains taking into account the maximum permissible speed, the grade, and sight distance at the location. In signaled territory any following train would be running at restricted speed on a red signal and would be required to stop short of a train ahead. So in signaled territory the proper flagging distance could be as shown in the photos.
The 1967 CCOR rule 99 did away with the requirement to flag in signal territory (ABS or CTC). The 1959 CCOR relieves the requirement to flag in CTC territory under certain circumstances.
In later BN years the rulebook and Special Instructions spelled out the flagging distances for unsignaled territories in much greater detail actually giving distances such as 1 mile, 1.3 miles, 1.5 miles, 2 miles.
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