Re: [CBQ] Manual Block System; Rule 318(B)

["ken thompson" <mailboat4@gmail.com>]

Bill and Duncan,

You guys really put a big smile on my face when I opened this email this morning.  There is a wealth of information that I will put to use from these orders and clearances.  One thing that I didn't know was what number series were used for orders and slow orders on the Peoria Subdv. back then.  Now I know.  From the times given I should be able to figure out what train number the extra trains were.

If there's any way to do it I'd love to see how one of the permissive form C's was filled out.  Before I started to research the Manual Block System I didn't know such a form existed.

Thank you guys for preserving these forms and making them available.  It's more than I could have hoped for.

Ken Thompson

So. Milwaukee 

On Mon, Apr 25, 2022, 10:02 AM William Hirt <whirt@fastmail.com> wrote:

Ken,

The attached listing of train orders and contents from Yates City might
help answer some of your questions. It is a few years earlier than you
want, but the operation was the same.

I have a handful of Permissive Form C's in my collection for various
locations, but they appear to be pretty rare.

Duncan Cameron and myself put the train orders in our collection into
electronic form about 10 years ago and posted them in the Yahoo files
area for the group I believe these were moved to the new files area on
group.io for the current group Yahoo when was shut down.

Bill HIrt

On 4/24/2022 2:25 PM, ken thompson wrote:
> Group,
>
> I'm modeling the Peoria and Galesburg Subdivision in 1964 and am
> trying to get a better understanding of the manual block system as it
> was used on the Burlington.
>
> On my layout I've used Timetable and Train Order operation for a
> number of years now and have a pretty good understanding of how that
> works.  There were no passenger (1st class) trains or even 2nd class
> trains on the Peoria Sub. in 1964, so all trains ran as extras, with
> Westward trains superior to Eastward trains.  It was all dark
> territory without any train order signals.  Peoria, Yates City, and
> Galesburg were train register stations and trains leaving or passing
> these stations were required to have Clearance Form A when the
> operator was on duty.
>
> I'm assuming that with the manual block system that extras were still
> required to have a train order such as To: C&E Engine 303  "Engine 303
> run extra Galesburg to Peoria" plus Clearance FormA when departing 
> Galesburg and another Clearance Form A when passing Yates City as
> required by rule. I'm also assuming other train orders were issued for
> meets and slow orders etc.
>
> In my copy of the Hannibal Div. TT No. 5 for April 1964. for the
> Peoria and Galesburg Subdv., it states: Manual Block System; Rule
> 318(B) in effect.  Rule 318(B) says "A train may be permitted to
> follow a train other than a passenger train into a block under
> Permissive Indication, or with permissive Form C, on the authority of
> train dispatcher, provided ten minutes have elapsed since the passage
> of the last preceding train.
>
> So, my question is, was the manual block system mainly used for
> spacing trains traveling in the same direction and would the sections
> of track between Galesburg  and Yates City, and between Yates City and
> Peoria be considered the "blocks" in the Manual Block System?   Would
> the block station operators relay by phone the passage of trains
> leaving their block station to  both the dispatcher and the next block
> station operator?
>
> Ken Thompson
> So. Milwaukee
>

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