Approaching locations where train orders or messages are
to be handed up
At other times to permit passing of signals or when safety of
employees or others requires it.
On yard engines, headlights must be displayed to the front
and rear at night or at any time the view is obscured by
storm or fog.
The exceptions to the dimming rule are in foggy or stormy
weather, and when approaching or passing over public crossings.
Headlights are turned off when the train has stopped clear of
the main track to meet a train, or is standing to meet a train at
the end of double track or at a junction.
– MRH
Make a service cradle
I frequently need to work on the underside of steam
locomotives, and bought a pre-cut foam cradle that served
me well for a time. When not working down below, I
generally keep the locomotives on a sheet of ½” foam on
the workbench to prevent bending small detail parts or
scuffing of the finish on the workbench top.
One day I happened to have several small foam cubes
nearby and used them to prop up a tender at an angle to
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