Superior vs inferior routes

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Its rather arbitrary based on the railroad's preferences, but you set up 
rules to prevent conflicts in train movements. 2 Trains must pass each 
other, who takes the siding? The rules indicate priority, eastbound may 
be priority over westbound, a passenger may have priority over a freight 
which may override directional authority. Then the dispatcher could 
command a situation which would override the standard rules for a 
specific traffic manuever.

I recall a story told to me about 2 local trains meeting at a red signal 
facing each other, the conductors/engineers had a "conference" or 
perhaps a near fisting argument as who was to back up to the nearest 
siding to let the other thru, thats what the rules are to prevent scenes 
like this.

-Lynn-


On 8/19/2013 12:00 PM, nw-mailing-list-request at nwhs.org wrote:

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> Superior vs inferior routes

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> Ben, all,

> Are there general rules that determine which track/route is superior? 

>  Is Main 1 always superior to Main 2?  Is a siding always an inferior 

> route?  Is the main line always superior to a branch?

> Thanks,

> Jim Cochran


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