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[quote user="selector"]Rich, how about where the speed changes from yard to open/main.  A train is obliged to enter the yard-proper at a reduced and strict speed limit, I believe.[/quote] [quote user="John-NYBW"]This gets to a question I've been meaning to ask for some time. When the mainline tracks pass through the yard, either on one side or down the middle if there are ladders on either side, are trains restricted to yard speed limits, or can they pass through without slowing down?[/quote]   It depends on the railroad in question, and how they worded Rule 93 from the Standard Code of Operating Rules. The applicable portion of Rule 93 from the WP, "Second and inferior class, extra trains, and engines must move within yard limits at yard speed." Notice what isn't mentioned.  First Class trains are not required to move at yard speed.   That being said, a yard isnt a good place to run at track speed.  Typically, speed restrictions for the main track will be found in the special instructions found in the employee time table.   I dont have the Rule book from BM or PT, but I do have the ETTs. A specific case I found was from Portland Terminal Company Time Table No. 45, dated September 25, 1938.  The maximum speed between Tower 1 (south end of Rigby Yard) and the Fore River Bridge was 40mph.   Here is the 1924 map of Rigby:  <a href="http://www.upward-concepts.com/rail/rigbyl.gif">http://www.upward-concepts.com/rail/rigbyl.gif</a> Tower one is to the left (South) the Fore River is to the right (North) off of the map.   As you can see, the mains split right down the middle of the yard. In this case, the track structure requirements would be similar for that of a mainline.
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