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Previous Page | Next Page | Rules Index | DRRY Index RULES FOR MOVEMENT BY TRAIN ORDERS 201. For movements not provided for by timetable, train orders will be issued by authority and over the signature of the train dispatcher and only contain information or instructions essential to such movements. They must be brief and clear; in the prescribed forms when applicable; and without erasure, alteration or interlineation. Figures in train orders must not be surrounded by brackets, circles or other characters. 202. Each train order must be given in the same words to all personnel or trains addressed. 203. Each train order must be numbered consecutively each day, beginning at midnight. 204. Train orders must be addressed to those who are to execute them, naming the place at which each is to receive their copy. Those for a train must be addressed to the conductor and engineer, and also to any one who acts as pilot. Unless otherwise directed, a copy for all personnel addressed must be supplied by the operator. Train orders addressed to operators restricting the movement of trains must be respected by conductors and engineers the same as if addressed to them. All members of the train crew must have a thorough understanding of train orders affecting their train. 205. Unless otherwise provided, each train order must be written in full in a book provided for the purpose at the office of the train dispatcher; and with it recorded the time and the signals which show when, from what offices and by whom the train order was repeated and the responses transmitted; and the train dispatcher's initials. These records must be made at once and never from memory or memoranda. 205(A). Additions to train orders must not be made after they have been repeated. 206. In train orders and clearances, regular trains will be designated by numbers as "No. 10", and sections as "First 10"; "Second 10"; and so on, adding engine numbers in train orders if desired. Extra trains, except work extras, will be designated by engine numbers and the direction as "Extra 798 east". Work extras will be designated by engine numbers, as "Work extra 798". When a regular train has two or more engines coupled, and a designation is made by engine numbers, the number of the leading engine will be used in train orders. When helper engines or other engines are placed on the head end or rear end of a regular train over a portion of the railway, the road engine number will be used. When an extra train has two or more engines coupled, the numbers of the engines will be used in train orders, thus: "Extra 284 and 308 coupled west". When helper engines or other engines are placed on the head end or rear end of an extra train over a portion of the railway, the helper engine number or numbers will not be included in the designation of the extra train. When a work extra has two or more engines coupled, the numbers of the engines will be used in train orders, thus: "Work extra 81 and 442 coupled". Even hours as "10 00 A.M." must not be used in stating time in train orders. In transmitting train orders time may be stated in figures only or duplicated in words. In transmitting train orders by voice, the numbers of trains and engines in the address may be pronounced and then spelled, letter by letter if so desired. All stations and numerals in the body of a train order must first be plainly pronounced and then spelled, letter by letter thus: Aurora, A-u-r-o-r-a, and One Zero Five, O-n-e Z-e-r-o F-i-v-e. The letters duplicating names of stations and numerals will not be written in the train order book nor upon train orders, except time, which may be duplicated in words. When train orders are transmitted by voice, the train dispatcher must write the train order as it is transmitted and underscore each word and figure as repeated by each operator. 207. To transmit a train order, the train dispatcher must instruct each station addressed the position and direction in which the train order signal is to be displayed and the number of copies to be made, thus: "Roundabout stop east copy 3", or "Chester 19 west copy 4". At stations where there is a train order signal, an operator receiving these instructions must immediately display the train order signal as directed for the direction specified, and reply, thus: "Roundabout stop displayed east", or "Chester 19 displayed west". The train order signal must not be restored to "Proceed" unless the train order has been delivered to all personnel addressed and all trains receiving the train order have passed the train order signal, or the train order has been annulled. When the responses of the operators indicate that the train order signals are properly displayed, the train dispatcher may transmit the train order, thus: "Train order No. 8, to Roundabout C&E No. 124, to Chester C&E Extra 284 and 308 coupled west, (and so on), period, No. 124 Eng. 326 wait at Roundabout until 1248 PM for Extra 284 and 308 coupled west, signed (train dispatchers initials)". The use of the word "period" when transmitting a train order shall indicate the conclusion of the list of addresses of the train order and the beginning of the body of the train order. The word "period" will not be written in the train order book nor upon train orders and will not be repeated. 207(A). When a train order has been transmitted operators must, unless otherwise directed, repeat it at once from the manifold copy, in the succession in which the several stations have been addressed. Each operator receiving the train order must observe whether the others repeat correctly. When a train order has been repeated correctly, the train dispatcher will respond, thus: "(station), complete, (the time), (train dispatcher's initials)". The operator receiving this response will then write in the space provided on the train order, the time and their last name in full and reply, thus: "(station), complete, (operator's initials)", and, unless otherwise directed, must deliver a copy of the train order to each person addressed. 208. A train order to be sent to two or more stations must be transmitted simultaneously to as many of them as practicable. When sent simultaneously to all, the train order must be addressed first to the train being restricted and then to other trains. When not sent simultaneously to all, the train order must be sent first to the train being restricted. Except at initial stations, a train order must not be issued for a train at the point where its movement is restricted if it can be avoided. When so sent, except at initial stations, the fact must be stated in the train order, thus: "No. 359 Eng. 81 gets this order at Kendahl". The train being restricted must be brought to a stop before the train dispatcher OK's the clearance and special precautions must be taken to insure safety. 209. Operators receiving train orders must write or typewrite them in manifold on Train Order Form 19 during transmission. Train dispatcher's signature (initials) must be placed directly under the last word of the order. They must retain a copy of each train order. If the requisite number of copies cannot be made at one writing, they must make others from the original copy and repeat to the train dispatcher from the new copies each time additional copies are made. 212 After transmitting a train order, the train dispatcher may instruct an operator not to repeat the train order by responding, thus: "to, (station), X, (train dispatcher's initials)". The operator must acknowledge this response by replying, thus: "(station), (number of train order), to, (train number), X, (operator's initials)". The operator must then write or typewrite in the space provided on the train order their initials and the time. 213. "Complete" must not be given to a train order for delivery to other trains until the train order has been repeated or the "X" response sent by the operator who receives the train order for the train being restricted. 214. When a train order has been repeated, including the signature of the train dispatcher, or "X" response sent, and before "complete" has been given, the train addressed must be held until the train order is made complete. If means of communication fails before a train order has been repeated, or the "X" response sent, the train order at that station is of no effect and must be destroyed. 214(A). When an error is made in transmitting a train order and before it has been repeated, all copies of that train order must be destroyed, the train order marked "void" in the train order book, and if reissued, given another number. If a train order in which an error has been made has been repeated, that train order must be annulled. 216. When the dispatcher issues a train order that is to be delivered to a train by the train dispatcher, a manifold copy of the train order must immediately be pasted in the train order book. If later the train order is to be sent to another station, it must be transmitted from the copy in the train order book. The requirements for the delivery of train orders and clearances are the same as at other stations. 217. A train order to be delivered to a train at a point not a train order office, or at which the office is closed, must be addressed to "C&E ______ at (or between) ______ care of ______", and forwarded and delivered with Clearance Card Form A by the person in whose care it is addressed, and who is responsible for its delivery. When delivery is to be made by conductor or engineer of another train, the numbers of such train orders must be shown in the usual manner on Clearance Card Form A of the train making delivery. If necessary, train must be stopped to effect delivery. A train order restricting the movement of a train must not be sent to it in this manner if it can be avoided. When so sent, the fact must be stated in the train order, thus: "This order restricts No. 359 Eng. 81", in addition, a yellow colored Form 19 train order blank must be used for all copies of the train order, and the train order must be placed first under the Clearance Card Form A of the train making delivery. 218. When a train is named in a train order by its schedule number alone, all sections of that schedule are included, and each must have copies delivered to it. 219. An operator must not repeat or give the "X" response to a train order that restricts the movement of a work extra, or requires a work extra to protect against other trains, after the work extra has it has received its work order, or that restricts the movement of a train which has received Clearance Card Form A at that station or of which has passed the train order signal indicating "Proceed", until the operator has obtained the signature of the conductor and engineer to the train order. 220. The operator must fill out Clearance Card Form A before clearing a train, showing thereon, without erasure or alteration, the date, station, address, total number or train orders, (if none show "No") and the number of each train order, if any, and transmit to the train dispatcher the information shown on Clearance Card Form A, thus: "Kendahl, clear No. 317 with 3 orders numbers 1, 2, and 3", or if no orders, thus: "Kendahl, clear No. 317 with no orders". The train dispatcher must make the required record in the train order book and check the train order numbers, if any, and if correct will respond in the same manner, adding "OK", the time and the train dispatchers initials, which the operator will endorse in writing on Clearance Card Form A, adding the operators last name in full. Operators must not issue Clearance Card Form A to a train unless the "OK" has been received from the train dispatcher. Operators must make the required number of copies of Clearance Card Form A at one writing, and retain a copy. Clearance Card Form A must be included together with all train orders delivered. Conductors and engineers must, and when practicable trainmen will, see that the information shown on Clearance Card Form A corresponds with the train orders received. 220(A). If necessary to issue a second Clearance Card Form A, the original Clearance Card Form A must be destroyed, and the second Clearance Card Form A must show the numbers of all train orders addressed to the train. 220(B). A message, or the number of messages, for a train may be included on Clearance Card Form A in the space provided. Messages must not contain information affecting the authority of a train or engine to occupy a track. Unless otherwise directed, information concerning messages will not be repeated. 221. Train orders once in effect continue so until fulfilled, superseded or annulled. Any part of a train order specifying a particular movement may be superseded or annulled. Train orders held by or issued for a regular train become void when such train loses both right and schedule as prescribed by Rule 82, or is annulled. 221(A). Train orders annulling a schedule or a section, or slow and cautionary orders issued to a conductor or engineer continue in effect to them on a continuos trip or tour of duty. 222. Where provided, signals of the types as indicated in Rule 225 will be used at stations where trains are to receive train orders. Unless otherwise provided, when there are no train orders, train order signal must indicate "Proceed". When a train order signal displays "Stop" or "19 order" indication, trains must not leave that station without Clearance Card Form A. Operators must have proper appliances for hand signaling and will use these hand signals should the fixed signals fail to operate properly, or when other conditions require. 223. Operators must promptly record and report to the train dispatcher the time of arrival and departure of all trains and the direction of extra trains. They must observe trains and report at once to the train dispatcher if proper signals are not displayed. 224. The following signals and abbreviations may be used: Initials for the signature of the train dispatcher and other railway officers; Such office and other signals as are arranged by the chief train dispatcher; The usual abbreviations for the names of the months and stations; ABS - Automatic Block Signal System; |