(b) Extra 624 East hold main track at D
or
(c) No 2 take siding at B
(d) No 1 take siding at D
(3) When a train is designated to hold the main track or to
take siding at a meeting point, such provision applies only to that
order and to trains designated.
(4) Trains receiving these orders will run with respect to each
other to the designated points and there meet in the manner
prescribed by the rules.
b. Form G. Extra Trains. The following examples illustrate
train orders for extra trains.
(1) Eng 99 run Extra A to F
(2) Eng 99 run Psgr Extra A to X
(3) Eng 99 run Extra A to F and return to C (The extra must go
to F before returning to C)
2.7. CLEARANCE FORM "A"
When a train has been stopped at a train order station to
receive a train order, it must not proceed without a Clearance Form
"A," DA Form 55200, except to do station work or enter a siding,
after a proper understanding is obtained with the station agent. The
information entered on the form, illustrated in figure 2.4, must be
without erasures or alterations. The number of orders for the train
and the number of each order must be entered on the form and checked
with the train dispatcher to see if they are identical with those
entered in his record in the train order book. The dispatcher gives
the station agent the OK, time (time that the clearance form was
checked for accuracy), and initials of the chief train dispatcher.
He then makes a record of the clearance in his book. The station
agent enters the information received on the Clearance Form "A" and
then the clearance along with all train orders are given to those who
are to execute them.
The conductor and engineman must know before leaving that the
numbers shown on the clearance correspond with the orders received
and that all information required on the clearance form is
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