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One final tidbit, which really doesn't bear upon the present N&W situation but may be of interest nonetheless.  In the extremely busy, heavily trafficked, 4-track NYC territory out of New York City, the operators reported trains to the quarter-minute.  For recording the information on the block sheet, they used a superscript of "2," "3" or "4."
 Not sure that Tug was still staffed in 1984, but the OS's there and at other points
 recorded by the dispatcher are in 5 minute increments.  As for schedules, railroads
 had a trick known as "padding" and  usually it was reflected in the time shown at the
 next-to-last station on the district and the arrival at the final terminal on the district.
 From the  timetable in effect  at the time of No. 3's derailment,  there were 13 minutes
 allowed to cover the 1.43 miles between East Williamson and Williamson.  No. 3 may
 have   been 24 mins. late  passing Iaeger, but barring further delays (or derailments), its
delay based on  arrival at Williamson  would have been substantially  reduced by the "padding" factor.              Harry Bundy 
 
 
 


 
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