. The Street railway journal . etention. The in-spector on examining the equipment either endorses his ap-proval of the report or sends it with a more complete accountof the defect to the supervisor. In all cases the defect is re-paired at the terminal if this is possible. has been experienced because of the mixed service. As theoperation of four classes of trains over a single-track line isnecessarily a complicated proposition, and as the Erie condi-tions are typical of a vast majority of roads in the UnitedStates, a graphical timetable of the line is presented on thispage. Particulars will a
. The Street railway journal . etention. The in-spector on examining the equipment either endorses his ap-proval of the report or sends it with a more complete accountof the defect to the supervisor. In all cases the defect is re-paired at the terminal if this is possible. has been experienced because of the mixed service. As theoperation of four classes of trains over a single-track line isnecessarily a complicated proposition, and as the Erie condi-tions are typical of a vast majority of roads in the UnitedStates, a graphical timetable of the line is presented on thispage. Particulars will also be given of the block signal systemunder which the trains operate and are passed at the differentswitches. BLOCK SIGNAL SYSTEMThe electric division is protected by a positive manual blocksignal system operated in accordance with the standard code ofthe American Railway Association. There is a total of eleven 6 A-34 ey Electric Steam Passenger Through Freight Local Freight 21. 7 8 9 10 11 12M. 2 3 4 5 10 M. 7 8 9 10 11 12: t By. J(m7 ttal GRAPHICAL TIME-TABLE OF THE TRAINS .1. 2 3 4 5 ON THE ROCHESTER BRANCH OF 6 7 8 THE ERIE RAILROAD 10 TRAINING OF MOTORMENOld engineers only are employed as motormen. After anengineer has made application for a position on an electric trainhe is given personal instruction regarding the electrical equip-ment by the supervisor and an instruction book gotten up es-pecially for the equipment aids him in getting a knowledge ofthe apparatus. After he has become, in the judgment of thesupervisor, sufficiently familiar with the apparatus, he is re-quired to make several trips with a regular motorman and isthen given a run. * SCHEDULES Four classes of trains operate over the electrified section—electric trains which are first class, steam passenger trains orsecond class, through freight or third class, and way freighttrains or fourth class. The only steam passenger trains runare those which continue beyond the electr
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