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The article offers the author's insight on his experience of working for the Burlington Northern Railroad as an interlocking tower operator and dispatcher, focusing on a rare snowfall in Tacoma, Washington. He discusses the difficulty he faced in periodically throwing the switches and the unmovable lock lever due to snowfall, asking for help from his friend photographer Paul D. Schneider, as the No. 798 Amtrak train showed.

The article focuses on the life and works of retired Amtrak vice president, James R. Larson. Information about his railroad career on the Milwaukee Road and change of career as second-trick wire chief at SJ office, the headquarters telegraph office of the railroad, is provided. Larson also underwent a training to become a dispatcher on the Galena Division.

The article focuses on the issue of train dispatching and on the works done by the dispatcher. It states that a dispatcher should be experienced but he gains experience only by working over there. As mentioned, a dispatcher should be able to handle timetable and train order operations. It further informs about train sheet which contains all the information related to a train and is managed completely by the dispatcher. INSETS: Dispatching requirements: publications and forms;Dispatching requirements: hardware.

The article focuses on several aspects of dispatching in model railroads. It mentions that the Rule 97 requires dispatcher permission, which can be given verbally and mentions that Form D Control System (DCS) territory east of Ridge requires a written Form D which is transmitted by dispatcher, copied and repeated by crew members. It also mentions that a layout owner of model railroad hosting an operating session can double as dispatcher.

The article clarifies some issues on Train Signaling Rule related to running two trains on the same schedule. Topics discussed include Rule 85 that explicitly allows two or more trains to run on the same schedule, use of green flag or green light under Rule 20 and the role of dispatcher in conducting the traffic. Also mentioned is a scenario on how two trains should proceed under Rule 85.

The article reports on the decision by railroad networks operator CSX Transportation Inc. to bring back its train dispatchers in Jacksonville, Florida.

Te article discusses the designing of the West Feliciana train operations by comparing timetable-and-train-order (TT&TO) with Track Warrant Control (TWC) and Control System Form D (DCS). Particular focus is given to the operation for the dispatch of the order including the delivery path from St. Francisville to Woodville, the difference in the forms of the train orders, and provision of information on train cancellation by the dispatcher.

The article discusses the newcomers for the model railroad hobby. Topics discussed, include the satisfaction of the hobbyists by building models and seeing their trains strut on the layouts, the work of a chief dispatcher to decide whether sections of scheduled trains or extra trains will be needed and the interaction of the owners to their sizable home layouts model railroads.

The article presents three kinds of train orders to be used to move opposing trains over single track. The article cites the orders including right over which confers superiority, a time order which establishes or modifies a schedule and a meet which specifies where the trains must meet that is call upon by a dispatcher. The first two orders allow flexibility of the crew while the third is rigid and absolute.

The article offers the author's insights on the complicated issue facing railroads, which is the one-person train crews. He outlines situations which describe the complications and advantages of one-person crews including when a train breaks in two in a remote are with no walkways, when a train ahead pulls onto the main line a dispatcher's order, and if the U.S. Congress orders to stop one-man crews.

The author explains the method of dispatching paperwork in a real railroad station in the 1970s and in railroading on a model layout. He discusses timetable and train-order authority, making decisions regarding train superiority, and dispatching model railroads. He cites that dispatchers should have clarity, brevity, and consistency in stating instructions in the terms and phrases specified in the rules.