anyone????cannot find in Legacy manual
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Hi Bill,
Rule 17 dims the headlight
Alex
To add to what Alex said,
"Rule 17 lighting" is the ability to dim the headlight without turning it off. It refers to Rule 17 in most prototypical North American rulebooks, which basically requires that the engineers of passing oncoming trains dim their headlights as they approach so as not to blind each other.
Rule 17 is now 5.9.1+
5.9.1 Dimming Headlight
Except when the engine is approaching and passing over a public crossing at grade, dim the headlight during any of the following conditions:
1. At stations and yards where switching is being done.
2. When the engine is stopped close behind another train.
3. In non-signaled territory, when the engine is stopped on the main track waiting for an approaching train.
4. When approaching and passing the head end and rear end of a train on the adjacent track.
5. At other times to permit passing of hand signals or when the safety of employees requires.
5.9.2 Headlight Off
Turn the headlight off under either of the following conditions:
1. When the train is stopped in the clear of the main track to meet a train. However, an extinguished headlight does not indicate to an opposing train that a train is clear of the main track.
2. Within block system limits, when the train is stopped on the main track to meet a train approaching on the same track.
5.9.3 Headlight Failure
If the headlight on the train fails, ditch lights must be on, when so equipped. Headlight failure must be reported to the train dispatcher.
At night, if headlight and ditch lights fail to operate and no other unit can be used as the lead unit, continue movement with a white light displayed on the lead unit. Stop the train before each public crossing, so a crew member on the ground can provide warning until the crossing is occupied, unless:
Crossing gates are in the fully lowered position. or No traffic is approaching or stopped at the crossing.
5.9.4 Displaying Headlights Front and Rear
When engines are moving, crew members must turm on the headlight to the front and rear, but may dim or extinguish it on the end coupled to cars.
-John
GCOR Sixth edition 5.9
As required by 49CFR§217.7
§217.7 Operating rules; filing and recordkeeping.
(a) On or before December 21, 1994, each Class I railroad, Class II railroad, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, and each railroad providing commuter service in a metropolitan or suburban area that is in operation on November 21, 1994, shall file with the Federal Railroad Administrator, Washington, DC 20590, one copy of its code of operating rules, timetables, and timetable special instructions which were in effect on November 21, 1994. Each Class I railroad, each Class II railroad, and each railroad providing commuter service in a metropolitan or suburban area that commences operations after November 21, 1994, shall file with the Administrator one copy of its code of operating rules, timetables, and timetable special instructions before it commences operations.
(b) After November 21, 1994, each Class I railroad, each Class II railroad, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, and each railroad providing commuter service in a metropolitan or suburban area shall file each new amendment to its code of operating rules, each new timetable, and each new timetable special instruction with the Federal Railroad Administrator within 30 days after it is issued.
(c) On or after November 21, 1994, each Class III railroad and any other railroad subject to this part but not subject to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section shall keep one copy of its current code of operating rules, timetables, and timetable special instructions and one copy of each subsequent amendment to its code of operating rules, each new timetable, and each new timetable special instruction, at its system headquarters, and shall make such records available to representatives of the Federal Railroad Administration for inspection and copying during normal business hours.
[59 FR 43070, Aug. 22, 1994]
Originally Posted by AcelaNYP:
Rule 17 is now 5.9.1+
5.9.1 Dimming Headlight
Except when the engine is approaching and passing over a public crossing at grade, dim the headlight during any of the following conditions:
1. At stations and yards where switching is being done.
2. When the engine is stopped close behind another train.
3. In non-signaled territory, when the engine is stopped on the main track waiting for an approaching train.
4. When approaching and passing the head end and rear end of a train on the adjacent track.
5. At other times to permit passing of hand signals or when the safety of employees requires.
5.9.2 Headlight Off
Turn the headlight off under either of the following conditions:
1. When the train is stopped in the clear of the main track to meet a train. However, an extinguished headlight does not indicate to an opposing train that a train is clear of the main track.
2. Within block system limits, when the train is stopped on the main track to meet a train approaching on the same track.
5.9.3 Headlight Failure
If the headlight on the train fails, ditch lights must be on, when so equipped. Headlight failure must be reported to the train dispatcher.
At night, if headlight and ditch lights fail to operate and no other unit can be used as the lead unit, continue movement with a white light displayed on the lead unit. Stop the train before each public crossing, so a crew member on the ground can provide warning until the crossing is occupied, unless:
Crossing gates are in the fully lowered position. or No traffic is approaching or stopped at the crossing.
5.9.4 Displaying Headlights Front and Rear
When engines are moving, crew members must turm on the headlight to the front and rear, but may dim or extinguish it on the end coupled to cars.
-John
Silly me, thought it was ' until you're 18 you have to be in before midnight! '
Isn't that the same as "dim your headlight"?
Originally Posted by Farmer_Bill:
Silly me, thought it was ' until you're 18 you have to be in before midnight! '
For our model trains, Rule 17 basically means dimming the headlight when stopped. I have yet to see any other behavior emulated. Most of the other behaviors would have to be manually instituted by the operator.
I also wondered what it meant. Thank you everyone.
Thank God he didn't ask about Rule 34.
