Re: NNG: Finger Lakes Railway locomotive rolls over after striking portable derail placed to protect track workers

Dan Robirds Wrote:
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> On main track under the control of a dispatcher
> (not within yard limits), the use of a portable
> derail is usually not required. The crew will
> likely also have a copy of the "Form B" which is
> the written notice of the gang's working limits.
> In the event the yellow/red or red flag are
> missing, the restriction on the Form B still
> applies if within the listed time limits.
>
> This can get interesting if the track gang leaves
> without pulling their expired red flag because
> there's no one left to talk the train past it, so
> it's stuck for a while.
>
> Depending on the track, authority, if there's a
> dispatcher and the work being done, the methods
> used to establish working limits for roadway
> workers can vary depending on their FRA compliant
> program.

Been there, done that. I was a engineer on a grain train on the Strong City sub. in KS when we got to the end of our limits. Santa Fe Dispatcher 17 couldn't raise the crane operator on the radio. One of his cohorts found him in a bar. He was off duty, had cleared and had taken down the flags but forgot to release the warrant! JP



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/11/2022 01:29PM by jim pallow.