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

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On the Northeast Corridor, former PRR, there is still a good amount of Rule
251 signaling both CTC and a couple of towers.  Not sure if NS has any 251
left.
John Rhodes

On Sat, Jul 15, 2023, 3:15 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> 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.
>
> Best
> Ken Miller
>
> > On Jul 15, 2023, at 9:18 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > 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...
> >
> > 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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