New GP38-2 eases its WB local to a stop at the depot. Notice the train orders out for an approaching EB and the autoracks full of Honda Civics.
On a good day for the block operator - in this case Jim Largent - everything comes together and the conductor or engineer grab their Form D movement authority on the fly. Just past the moment of ... (more)
A westbound Conrail train is making the turn south from the New York Central (Michigan Central) mainline, and picking up orders, on its way to Elkhart, Indiana.
Tower operator hanging train orders.
The way they used to run railroads: train orders, towers and cabooses.
The lost art of grabbing train orders is demonstrated by a Katy crewman on a southbound freight at the MKT station in Temple.
Operator Warren Kusik hands train orders up to the Extra 4349 West at Geary Okla.