Timetable and Train Order Operation, A Primer
by Robert J. Amsler, Jr.
presented as a clinic at the NorthStar 99 NMRA National Convention
INTRODUCTION ...
Timetable
The authority for the movement of regular trains subject to the railroadÂ's operating rules.
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Timetable
Tin-Litho
Tinplate sheets which have been decorated by a printing process known as lithography. A process commonly used in the construction of toy trains in the period before World War II.
The timetable schedule was used hand in hand with train orders. And like train orders, these schedules worked very well also lasting across two centuries. They served a vital purpose to create an order to train movements on main tracks.
Under timetable and train order operation, the signals did not directly convey orders to the train crew. Instead, they directed the crew to pick up orders, possibly stopping to do so if the order warranted it.
That portion of a timetable that lists the class, direction, number, and timings of regular trains.
Scissors crossover ...
Extra Train (Extra Train) A train not authorized by a timetable schedule. Trains used for passenger transport and work crew may be designated as "extras".
Branch A portion of a division designated by a timetable. Rules and instructions pertaining to subdivisions apply on branches. Branch Line A secondary line of a railroad, not the main line. Bridge Line Haul Road See overhead line haul road.
Regular Train A train authorized by a timetable schedule. Repeater Signal Signal placed on the opposite side of the track from the controlling signal. It repeats the aspect of the controlling signal for a greater range of vision.
Multiple Main Tracks Two or more main tracks, the use of which is designated in the timetable. MU Multiple Unit. A lead locomotive followed by one or more locomotives.
RT Automatic Open Crossing (remotely monitored) Now only one left on the Network Rail system (in Scotland.)RT Automatic Railway Inquiry Systems In Europe a prototype system to provide passenger timetable information.
A clearance diagram is oriented in an upright plane perpendicular (radial in a curve) to the centerline of a specified track and faces a stated timetable direction and is drawn in a stated scale.
Also applies to the timing tolerance included in timetable schedules to allow for such restrictions.
Slack action (UK/US): Looseness in a train caused by mating clearances in couplers.[50] ...
Timetable - A printed schedule of train movements.
Tin Hats - Prototype railroad V.I.P.'s.
Tin Plate - Comm only associated with toy trains that do not conform to a scale.
A track extending through yards and between stations upon which trains are operated by timetable or train order or both, or the use of which is governed by block signals.
Marker, snow flanger.
A place to represent the rest of the rail network and make it easier to develop a meaningful timetable. Figure eight A type of layout where the continuous run crosses over itself in the shape of the number eight.
Train numbers are used to designate scheduled trains (those who's authority to occupy the main track between stations is listed in the Division Employees Timetable).
Tradition calls for this type of line to be identified as CTC but with a note in the timetable that also the sidings are under CTC. The same goes for sidings in CTC xMT territory.
All of this activity is often done according to schedules and timetables set up by the host or by the chief dispatcher to hopefully provide for smooth model railroad operation.
Location with a specific name designation in a timetable.
STB
Surface Transportation Board. Independent federal agency housed in the U.S.
Freight Station Accounting Codes
5- or 6-digit reference numbers used by railroads in timetables to identify their stations
Gateway
Station or point through which freight commonly moves from one territory or carrier to another ...
Schedule - An officially published timetable of railway departures and arrivals.
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BUMP"Obtain another man's position by exercising seniority. When a crew is deprived of its assignment, as when a train is removed from the timetable, its members select the jobs they wish from those held by others with less whiskers ...
The Nevada County Narrow Gauge ran scheduled mixed trains for most of its life. S.P., U.P. and A.T.& S.F. ran mixed trains on light traffic branches. Often a combined coach-baggage-mail took the place of a caboose and the timetable said "Mixed" ...
In many cases Scenarios are scored, points normally being deducted for falling behind the timetable schedule or for exceeding speed limits, etc.
Working Timetable : A time table used by railway operators, which includes the times of all regularly-run trains (not just passenger trains).
Wye : Type of turnout where the two legs curve away equilaterally, forming a Y.
 See also: Train, Track, Operation, Engine, Current
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