Incident with N&W 475 ( Blue Flag ? )

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 I seem too remember that the rule was that the only person who could remove a blue lamp from a piece of equipment was the person who put it there in the first place. It was a safety measure to protect the person(s) working on equipment. You could not move a piece of equipment that had a blue lamp on it.
Jim Nichols
    On Monday, November 7, 2022 at 01:42:47 PM CST, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:  
 
    Herr Herbart von Edwardsman of the Grand Dutchy of Lynchburg ye asketh about Rule 26 (Blue Flag.)   
   Answer is simple:  Rule 26/Blue Flag protection applies only to employees who "inspect, test, supply, maintain or repair" rolling equipment.  MofW employees and MofW contractors do not fall within that scope.  End of problem.   
   Look it up in CFR 49 (Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49.)  The entire CFR on-line, but you want only Title 49.  Reading (or at least skimming) through Title 49 will give you an education about a wide range of things which transpire on the railroad.  If you read this stuff for yourself, many common "railran mystifications" will be lifted.   
   I used to keep a copy of that cussed thing on my desk all the time.  It is one of the many items that went in the trash can before I turned out the lights for the last time... a blessed 12 years ago.  Now all I do is raise thoroughbred turnips and play with my telegraph...   
   -- abram burnett   County Chairman of the Turnip Outreach Committee (AFL-CIO)  ________________________________________
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