Dr Zarkoff Wrote:
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> While it's true brakemen don't do form B work,
> they do provide flag protection for non-RR
> contractors working near the track, which isn't
> covered by form Bs because Bs are M/W-specific in
> their use.

On UP, any work performed by anybody on or over the right of way is protected by Form B and a track foreman. Never by a brakeman. Or a conductor. Perhaps that was SP policy.

Less than a mile from where I type this a highway overpass over UP is under construction. It is protected any time work is taking place by a track foreman under a Form B.

No other railroad employees or railroad contractors are involved.