Helpers: Roanoke to Christiansburg

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Abe:
I made it to the archives Saturday and reviewed some Radford  Division  
timetables
1901-1915.   There were coaling facilities at Elliston until  1905.  Light 
engines
(pushers)  were allowed to move west ONLY in trains Roanoke -  Christiansburg,
and Lurich -  Bluefield.  Eastbound light engines could move only  in trains 
East Radford to Christiansburg.  Engines returning Christiansburg -  Roanoke 
or
Bluefield - Lurich could do so only after checking train register and  
receiving
orders (EXCEPT: Light engines could operate Bluefield to Jug Neck without  
orders).
As time went by, these instructions were modified so that no "run" order  was
necessary.  There WAS a paragraph in the General Instructions  that indicated 
when
an engine transferred from the rear to the head that signals HAD to  be
exchanged.  It was in one of the Radford Division timetables that I  saw 
reference
made to "middle" orders,  yet rule books never provide a definition of  a 
"middle" order.
 
                                                                       Harry 
Bundy
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