NORFOLK - Two More Questions for Mr. Bundy

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 Abe - Here's an answer to Question 2.   A westbound' at Lamberts Point registered there, but received train orders and clearance card at NS Junction. Theory was that  trains would require approx. 2 hours plus  to double over , knock out bad orders, and get an air test.  Remember that Portlock did not become a yard for merchandise traffic until the 1950s, so Nos. 85, etc. originated at Lamberts Point too. . . Now an observation from a previous  questions regarding telegraph codes for stations.  Don't know if you have any Norfolk Division time tables from the 1930s, but one I have shows codes for telegraph stations Crewe to Lamberts Point, but none for South Norfolk, NS Junction. Why ?
    On Saturday, September 21, 2024 at 10:00:33 AM EDT, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:   

 Aytsch -

1. At Norfolk, where was the split-point between control of tracks by the Train Dispatcher, and control of tracks by the Yard Master ?

Which is another way of asking, Where did Main Track rules begin? (In the 20th Century world of the N&W, this change would normally have been made at an interlocking.)

2. When the crew for a westward train went on duty at Lamberts Point, where did they Register their train and get their Clearance Card and Train Orders?

Thanks for your time, Sir. It is nice to have the experts around.

-- abram burnett
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