[PRR-talk] Markers and classification lights

[robert netzlof]

--- bobsin at verizon.net wrote:

> (In 
> Josserand's Rights of Trains there is an interesting example of a
> train running against the 
> current of traffic where there are three or more main tracks, in
> which case yellow markers are 
> displayed to rear, but even then a red light must be displayed "on
> the platform or the cupola" -
> - with two main tracks one marker is red, and the one next to the
> other main track is yellow, 
> when running against the current of traffic. Did PRR follow these
> practices?)

PRR didn't do exactly what is described above, but had similar
practices with respect to multiple tracks and trains clear of the
main track. See the 1925 rule book, available at Rob Schoenberg's
site:

http://prr.railfan.net/documents/

Display of lights or flags on trains is covered by rules 19 through
24, pages 23 through 31 (pdf pages 27 through 37).

Bob Netzlof a/k/a Sweet Old Bob



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