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They didn't turn the lights down, but they did either extinguish or cover a headlight in order to comply with Rule 17 as early as 1915, and I imagine at earlier dates. (If I'm not mistaken, standard operating rules date to the 1880s.) <br /> <br />I have a copy of William Nichols's "Train Operation", copyright 1916, which, according to the preface, is based on the Standard Rules of the American Railway Association as of 1915. <br /> <br />Headlights weren't dimmed in those days--they were extinguished or completely covered. Nichols notes in his comments on Rule 17 that a headlight only partly covered was to be treated as an entirely uncovered headlight would be, i.e., as a signal that the main line was still obstructed by the train on the siding.
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