Adding selected rules
SP employee timetables had only brief instructions in the back,
since a separate Special Instructions document was always in
force, formally considered part of the timetable. My choice was
to select rules which were either relevant to operation or inter-
esting in themselves, and filled two timetable pages (a single
8½”x11” sheet). I show that selection in the form of a double-
page spread of those dimensions, in [13]. In the same way as
I created the timetable lines for Shumala, I created a Shumala
or other relevant entry in some of these rules, such as Rule 93
(yard limits) and Rule 221.
A few entries were simply pasted in, taken as parts of the scan of
prototype pages, but most entries were created in what seemed
18. A 1975 SPINS map for Oakdale, California, Zone
87, with considerable detail for streets, other railroads
(the Sierra Railroad and ATSF), industry names and
spots, numbers of all switches (which match track
numbers), and even the bill box location on the depot.
Note the team track here is Code 90, as in [17]. – John
R. Signor collection.
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