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Bear Creek&South Jackson-8
line for superior trains, rather thanblindlyobeyanauthority
granted thembya trackwarrant.
InTWC thedispatcher communicatesdirectlywith train crews
using radios. Under TT&TO, amucholder systemdeveloped
whendirect communicationwith train crewswasn’t possible,
thedispatcher issues trainorders tooperators at open train
order stations. Theseorders createextra trainsormodify the
authorityof existing trains.
5: In the beginningwasMill Bend (the recycledMill
City from the previous layout), nearest on the extreme
left. Inmid-January 2004,Masonite spline roadbed
installationwas going gangbusters heading forOakhill
(top) andRedland (bottom). Clamping all those splines
needs strongwrists!
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