Re: PTC question
Author: Dr Zarkoff
Date: 03-06-2021 - 20:03
>In CTC speed on main can't exceed 30 mph if there is no time lock or signal to act upon if trains clear up at that point.
Restricted speed, per the FRA about 25 years ago.
> Once in the siding and locked in the train would report clear.
Why does the train have to report itself clear in a siding? The CTC system does that.
> When the dispatcher grants the authority to leave
To leave a siding, the DS grants the authority to leave with a permissive indication of a controlled signal (if the signal won't "clear up", the authority is given verbally, subject to certain other rquirements and conditions).
For our readers: a siding and an industry track are two completely different things. A track which runs parallel to the main track and has switches at each end is not a siding unless it's defined as such in the ETT, regardless of the type of main track authority used (TOs, schedules, TWC, CTC, etc.).