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How long do we wait? We wait until 12 hours after the 11:45
pm scheduled arrival of No. 65 at Delta, i.e. until 11:45 am
After twelve hours (11:45 am) No. 65 and any trains operating
as a section of No. 65 lose their right to No. 65's schedule.
How many sections are we waiting for? All of them! In
reality, our concern is only for the next section since,
unless we're in the clear for that one, we probably don't
need to worry about any of the others following him!
– “19 East, Copy Three” Chapter Four, page 98
Also included are a detailed “Rules and Procedures Quiz Q&A”
that's a good way to plug knowledge gaps, and “decision trees”
that walk model railroaders through the series of questions
and decisions that crews coped with in getting over the line.
Pamphlets like these have been available to railroaders, but
are not easy to find today.
This is a “no attitudes” manual. The authors aren't trying to
impress or scare anyone – they're trying to make it easier for
more people to recreate TT&TO operations.
David Sprau is a retired dispatcher for the Northern Pacific,
Great Northern and Burlington Northern. Co-author Steve King
dispatched on the Baltimore & Ohio and on the Burlington
and became known in the 1970s for applying 1:1 dispatching
principles to model railroading. The 160-page book is
professionally designed by James Eads and Otto Vondrak and
edited by Phil Monat. Tony Koester contributed a forward.
The book is available from the Operations SIG of the NMRA
at
.
The price for OPSIG members is $24.95 plus
shipping, and the regular price is $29.95 plus shipping.
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