operator. For that reason, there is of course no train-order signal at
the depot.
Moreover, passenger trains, even the mail train, would not ordi-
narily stop there (I might consider occasional flag stops). In daylight
hours, there were just two pas-
senger trains: the Daylight in
both directions, and the mail
train, nos. 71 and 72, in both
directions.
For freight operations, SP prac-
tice on most divisions was to
operate through freights, that
is, freights which ran from divi-
sion point to division point,
without any intermediate
switching. These were usually
scheduled trains (these are the
trains you see in [4]), with addi-
tional sections, and sometimes
11. The pro-
totype time-
table for the
Lompoc and
White Hills
Branches,
from Timetable
No. 158 of
1950.
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