Re: Desperately Seeking Signals: Train Order Boards and "Open Depots"

Posted by Doug Tagsold on Nov 03, 2016; 11:50am
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Desperately-Seeking-Signals-The-Saga-Of-The-Train-Order-Board-tp6678p6754.html

That would be a correct assumption.  Speaking for "extra" trains, the initial running order they receive would be an order like this:

To: Engine 71 at Denver at Denver

Engine 71 Run Extra Denver to Silver Plume
   
                                                   DPT



By the rules, a train's initial running order is from their originating point to their terminating point.  Additional orders setting up a meet with another train can be given with the original running order, or can be given later at an intermediate train order station, when the dispatcher has a better idea of where the two trains should meet without causing either one a major delay.

Doug Tagsold