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Because of several incidents caused by switches not "normalled", NS and other railroads now have a form, the Switch Position Awareness Form (SPAF) to be filled out by the crewmember operating the switch, showing the time first reversed and last normalled, and witnessed by the Engineer ! This is...

Yards and "YARD LIMITS" are two different terms.Yards can be any tracks for switching, storing, repairing, classifying trains and equipment. The Yard speed includes "Restricted Speed,(Able to STOP within 1/2 the range of vision), not to exceed 10 (15,20,5) mph" per local or company rule. "YARD...

Congratulations on the Retirement...and having colleagues who were SOOOOOooooo Glad to see you GO! Nice presents on a fine occasion! Now to start your new career on the (Model) Railroad! All the Best. Bob C

Our engineer wanted to be sure you were aware of him, and is required to warn folks around the tracks of his presence. Older locos had an actual air valve with which we could moderate the volume, but the new horns are electric switched - it's LOUD or nothing. Sorry if we frighten or annoy...

Hi,Charlie, Andrew and all. I want to modify my figure for NS over my run. The previous was based on memory estimate (Suspicious, at best) so checked two round trips for real fuel used - came up with a more reasonable 550 gross ton-miles/ gallon. Two newer units are using about 600 gallons each...

Drew, Concept and progress looking GREAT !! Just stumbled on your thread (don't get on here as often as I'd like), and seeing what you've planned and done may actually get me off my duff !! Keep up the good work and update us when you can, and have a great vacation ! Bob

YES,YESSSS - I'll confess ! PC/CR/NS, one year brakin' 32 as Fireman/hostler and Engineman. If my honey was a little older, I could be retired and working on trains FULL TIME !!! Bob C.

Thanks,Doc,for diligence in the face of the change-over problems ! I'm relatively new here and would have missed a lot of enjoyment and inspiration !!! Thanks, again. Bob

I can't give exact figures (I don't have to fill the tanks), but a loose ballpark estimate based on experience(official disclaimer !), our (NS) intermodals with two 4000HP units on trains of 3500 tons (gross wt.) 270 miles from Pittsburgh over the Allegheny mountains to Harrisburg uses about 500...

Torpedo, thanks for the link, but they've only got a Linux version. Did see a lot of other non-rr stuff there to explore later. Anybody else got a clue for a pre-XP version (Win 98/SE/ME), I'll be beholdin'. Thanks again! Bob