sidings

[Anonymous]

how are sidings referred to?

ie. stop at Ramsey Siding or stop at The Ramsey Siding?

 

Monarch 

[KCSfan]

how are sidings referred to?

ie. stop at Ramsey Siding or stop at The Ramsey Siding?

 

Monarch 

I take it that your question relates to train orders. If so a train order would typically read, "Train no. 12 meet train no. 27 at Ramsey", though both train orders and train numbers are seldom used today.

Mark

[J. Edgar]

how are sidings referred to?

ie. stop at Ramsey Siding or stop at The Ramsey Siding?

 

Monarch 

 5 yrs ago takin oders from the Dspr on CSX for DTC would be " csxt D70915 with the CSX 2543 has a proceed west in the logan block take siding Grand Ledge"....timetable would list it as Grand Ledge siding....with special instructions about the eastend spring switch and crossover at the westend........as an example

[Anonymous]

In 1947, I was given a rule book of a line that had just been taken over; the reprint date in the rule book was June 1, 1944.  The section on meeting trains used 'the siding' when describing what should be done.  From the book: "Number 88. At meeting points between trains of the same class, the inferior train must clear the main track before the leaving time of the superior train.  At meeting points between extra trains, the train in the inferior Time-table direction must take the siding unless otherwise provided."

However, in the section on train orders, sidings are not mentioned.  From the book:

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Form A.  Fixing Meeting Points for Opposing Trains.

(1). _____ meet _____ at _____.

(2). _____ meet _____ at _____ _____ at _____ (and so on).

EXAMPLES

(1). No 2 Eng 500 meet No 1 Eng 501 at "B". 

(2). No 2 Eng 600 meet No 1Eng 503 at "B", 2d No 3 Eng 511 at "c" and Extra 95 east at "D".

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Things were simpler 70 or so years ago. Note the abbreviation 'No' for number and the lack of periods.  A period 'dit dit dah dah dit dit' took a long time to send via telegraph.

An engine number was not needed for the extra because it HAD engine 95. 

 Art