04-06-2015, 03:27 AM
mountaingoatgreg Wrote:....Auxiliary or other then main track these tracks are not otherwise controlled by dispatcher or operator. This could be any track either double ended or single ended on the railroad that you do not have to have specific authority to occupy. So if the track is not used to meet or pass trains and was just used to runaround or store cars you would still need permission to use the main but the use of the track would be at the crews discression...I have two further questions on this:
1. How communicate the crew and the dispatcher that fact that the train will not pass a 10 mile mainline section within a few minutes but do some switching at industry and run around using the mainline several times for lets say an hour?
2. Is the dispatcher aware of the length of the run around and the industry leads and can order the train to interrupt switching e.g. for 20 minutes, pull into a run around or industry track and let another train pass? I mean use those tracks similar to a siding to suspend switching?
Reinhard