Roger--
The train would wait until Hell freezes over, or the foreman allows it to
proceed by removing the red flag between the rails. Better give a long and
three short whistles to send out the flagman per Rule 99 when you stop at the
flag and find no one around.
But if there's nobody around and a red flag is between the rails, either give
four short whistles to get someone to appear, and/or find a phone box to call
the dispatcher. Cabooses and baggage cars (even on The Canadian) had portable
telephones (drop phones) with a sectioned wood pole, clips, and wire to connect
the phone to the dispatcher's phone wires on the pole line if a phone box was
far away.
Steve Lucas.
--- In cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Roger Traviss" <rogertra@...> wrote:
BAD ANSWER, because it's premised on a GCOR. Initial question makes clear
the UCOR is in effect, presumably 1962 UCOR; though for the purpose of
this question 1951 UCOR should be identical IIRC. (Do not use either 1950
or 1968 (US) UCORs.)
In that case: -
(b) By day place a yellow over red flag and, in addition, a yellow light and
red light at least 2000 yards in each direction from the defective or
working point on the same side of the track as the engineman of an
approaching train, and place torpedoes not more than 100 nor less than 50
yards apart to cause two explosions 200 yards beyond these signals.
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(c) Trains approaching the signals prescribed by clause (b) must stop,
replace the torpedoes and proceed to the red signal prescribed by clause (a)
and there be governed by instructions of the foreman in charge, and must not
proceed until the red signal has been removed by the foreman.
How's that?
You proceed to the red signal and stop until Hell freezes over or the
foreman gives you permission to proceed?
Roger Traviss
Home of the late GER
http://www.highspeedplus.com/~rogertra/
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