OPRRMS Wrote:
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> WAF Wrote:
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> > OPRRMS Wrote:
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> > > WAF Wrote:
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> > > > Wasn't Freight 1 and 2 during MDO's regime
> > and
> > > > later. Prior it was Mainline 1 and 2
> > >
> > > Can't say. I always knew them as Freight
> > Leads,
> > > although occasionally someone would refer to
> > them
> > > as "Main Line 1" or "Main Line 2" on the
> radio.
> > >
> > > In any event they were never main tracks;
> > rather,
> > > although they were signaled in both
> directions,
> > > they were OTOH (Other Than Main Track) with
> 10
> > MPH
> > > speed limits.
> >
> > When you read Rule 606 in ETT in the 70s for
> 16th
> > st limits, it doesn't give any particular track
> > reference except freight lead 1. Get to 1980,
> now
> > its limits extend from signals 330 feet east of
> MP
> > 5 for track 1,2,3 and 4. Electric 5 and 6 are
> just
> > track 5 and 6. So maybe 1 and 2 at some time
> were
> > referred to as Mainline 1 and 2 and it just
> kept.
> > I have radio recordings from the early 70s and
> > 16st telling a switch engine to go past the red
> > interlocking signal on mainline 1 to the rear
> of
> > the freight on mainline 1. I do remember when
> > Ongerth came on the scene, authority was
> changed
> > to Freight 1 and 2. 3 and 4 were still called
> > mainline tracks
>
> I don't doubt it. The change would've likely been
> related to MofW terminology or FRA regulations,
> since 1 and 2 were only maintained to Class 1
> standards.

Clear as mud