OPRRMS Wrote:
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> BOB2 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> >
> > Maybe it's my more conservative SP training,
> but
> > when we had dark signals on a mainline, we
> > operated at restricted speed, and thus, were
> able
> > to "stop short of a switch not properly
> > lined......"
>
> During a signal suspension on the SP, the
> dispatcher would issue a Form Z train order to all
> trains. It read as follows:
>
> AUTOMATIC BLOCK SIGNALS TEMPORARILY OUT OF BETWEEN
> SIGNAL XXX AND SIGNAL XXX AND ARMS HAVE BEEN
> REMOVED AND LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED IN SEMAPHORE
> SIGNALS OR LIGHTS COVERED IN LIGHT SIGNALS SPEED
> OF PASSENGER TRAINS MUST NOT EXCEED 59 MPH AND
> OTHER TRAINS 49 MPH AND RULES 11 87 91 93 304 AND
> OTHER RULES GOVERNING MOVEMENT OUTSIDE OF BLOCK
> SYSTEM LIMITS WILL APPLY
>
> (Source: Rules and Regulations of the
> Transportation Department - Southern Pacific
> Company. Effective January 1, 1969)

Apparently the auto-correct feature dropped the word SERVICE that should be between OF and BETWEEN in the first line.