Elliston Feb 1953 - Oddball Left-Handed Signal - WHITE FLAGS

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Radford Division Timetable No. 8, effective September 26, 1964, with No. 7 omitted is the first time table that indicates as follows:

Page R-11, Special Instructions,General
13. Rule 21, Book of Rules is Modified as follows:
(a) The use of white classification signals will not be required in double track territory. All freight trains will be considered as extra trains.
(b) The use of white classification signals will not be required on single track where Traffic Control is in service, as covered by Rule 261. All freight trains will be considered as extra trains.

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Ken Miller

> On Jul 15, 2023, at 9:18 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Sometime around 1954, 1955 or 1956, "the display of White Signals by Extra trains" was discontinued where Rules 251 or 261 were in effect.  Let's unpack that language...
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> Rule 251 stats that, on tracks so specified in the Time Table, trains would proceed on signal indication.  (The double track portions of the Norfolk and Radford Divisons had been operated under Rule 251 for years, but each track had a Current of Traffic, i.e. it was signaled only for movement in one direction.)  In effect, where Rule 251 was in effect, a train not scheduled in the Time Table did not need a Train Order as its authority to operate on the Main Track - signal indication was the authority.
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