[RITSlist] Golden state

[Wesrock at aol.com]

Except in CTC territory, the employee  timetable shows the time at all 
stations.   If there is a stop, the  time is preceded by "s" (or "a" for the arrival 
time only).
 
    The public timetable has a key to all the  symbols, generally in each 
case on the same page where the symbol is used.   Some lines also listed 
conditional stops in the employee timetable,  too.
 
    Conditional stops were common on all  railroads.  The ones that were on 
only certain days ot the seek generally  were to accomodate the Postal Service, 
or the beginning or ending of a term at a  college or university, or some 
similar reason.
 
 
Wes  Leatherock
wesrock at aol.com
wleathus at yahoo.com

 
In a message dated 11/12/2007 8:38:05 AM Central Standard Time,  
richardrgill1 at sbcglobal.net writes:

The Rock  Island seems to have had a fetish about conditional stops - the 
timetable was  loaded with them, and they used every conceivable symbol to denote 
them.  Further, in the public timetables, a conditional stop was shown only 
with the  symbol; no time was shown (now, THAT was useful).  Somewhere, there  
must've been a secret codebook or cheat sheet for ticket agents. Some trains  
made conditional stops at certain stations on designated days of the week,  
and  regular stops on other days.  And to think they probably paid  people to 
conjure up all this stuff.  Gotta love The  Rock!







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