04-06-2015, 08:44 PM
Faraway:
there will be a number of considerations.
The switching crew will be given the right to the stretch of track for a certain time. This will be stated in either the timetable of the train orders. If there is another train coming through, the switch crew will have to be clear of the main line probably 10 minutes before it's due. Let's hope the siding is long enough.
Or the crew will be told to meet the other train at the next passing siding at a certain time. If the opposing train reaches the siding and there's no switching train there, they will stop and get the dispatcher on the phone.
If the switch train can't get out of the way on time, a trainman will have to dash a mile down the track, leaving torpedos (detonators) as he goes to warn the other train.
there will be a number of considerations.
The switching crew will be given the right to the stretch of track for a certain time. This will be stated in either the timetable of the train orders. If there is another train coming through, the switch crew will have to be clear of the main line probably 10 minutes before it's due. Let's hope the siding is long enough.
Or the crew will be told to meet the other train at the next passing siding at a certain time. If the opposing train reaches the siding and there's no switching train there, they will stop and get the dispatcher on the phone.
If the switch train can't get out of the way on time, a trainman will have to dash a mile down the track, leaving torpedos (detonators) as he goes to warn the other train.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.