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Can some of the tallent out there explain the basic's of dispatching to a non-railroader? From the input of this Forum and article's I have read. In order to have a safe and smooth running railroad you need to have a safe and smooth running dispatch. 1.How many dispatcher's do railroads have and were are they located? Do they locate them on busy sections of track? 2.How do dispatcher's know when to put a train into a siding? Do they have a math formula that they use as to were two trains will meet? (Remember the classic Algebra question "If one train leaves New York at 40 MPH and another leaves Chicago at 30 MPH were will they meet.") 3.How do they know which train is more important? Do the marketing peaple tell them which train gets the go signal? 4.If a train is built at a small switching town of "Miles of Nowhere", Texas how do the dispatchers know its ready to leave And what it's destination is? How do they know what track to route it on? I have more questions but do not want to overload the system. If it would be easier to answer them one at a time please do so. TIM A
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