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Eastern Railroad Discussion > Railroad Communication QuestionDate: 09/09/19 14:55 Railroad Communication Question Author: Cumberland How do railroad crews identify themselves when they do not have an assigned symbol/number, to use as a reference? For example, after a crew has cut-off from pushing a full-up train up a hill and is only them as well as their consist of locomotives, returning to the bottom of a grade.
Matthew Date: 09/09/19 15:01 Re: Railroad Communication Question Author: OHRY You would likely use the engine number of the lead locomotive in the consist.
Posted from Android Date: 09/09/19 18:00 Re: Railroad Communication Question Author: waivethefive Almost everything has a symbol (at least on NS). Even on a deadhead to a different terminal we are given a symbol. Yard jobs, pushers, etc all have symbols.
Posted from Android Date: 09/09/19 18:20 Re: Railroad Communication Question Author: mkerner Pusher jobs have a number/symbol just like trains.
Michael t Kerner Collinsville, IL Posted from Android Date: 09/12/19 08:03 Re: Railroad Communication Question Author: engineerinvirginia Yes indeed, if you are on the mainline you have a symbol.....whether you are addressed by that symbol or by your engine number is a matter of what the practice on any particular road is. But there's always a symbol underlying every crew.
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