04-28-2012, 08:44 PM
Gary: Train orders and such have been covered in recent issues of Trains and Model Railroader.
IIRC, you're modelling a short line connecting 2 major roads, so you probably don't have a fixed timetable. But, if the BNSF is scheduled to come through the same time each day, this will be covered -- the crew knows that they have to be clear by 1330 unless told otherwise.
Most of the radio talk I heard on the commuter run was talking to work crews who had possession of the tracks. The daily orders would have had an item saying that the work crew were in control (forget how it's phrased) of the track with a red flag at mile post 29.3 and trains should call foreman Mucklewame for clearance. The conversation went :
"GO 525 to Foreman Mucklewame." (repeat until
"This is Foreman Mucklewame."
"We are approaching your red flag at milepost 29.3. What are your orders?"
Usually by the afternoon rush hour the job would be cleared up.
"GO 525, you are clear to pass my red flag at limited speed."
You might get:
"GO 525, stop at my red flag and wait for more orders."
IIRC, you're modelling a short line connecting 2 major roads, so you probably don't have a fixed timetable. But, if the BNSF is scheduled to come through the same time each day, this will be covered -- the crew knows that they have to be clear by 1330 unless told otherwise.
Most of the radio talk I heard on the commuter run was talking to work crews who had possession of the tracks. The daily orders would have had an item saying that the work crew were in control (forget how it's phrased) of the track with a red flag at mile post 29.3 and trains should call foreman Mucklewame for clearance. The conversation went :
"GO 525 to Foreman Mucklewame." (repeat until
"This is Foreman Mucklewame."
"We are approaching your red flag at milepost 29.3. What are your orders?"
Usually by the afternoon rush hour the job would be cleared up.
"GO 525, you are clear to pass my red flag at limited speed."
You might get:
"GO 525, stop at my red flag and wait for more orders."
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.