In General
Foreign Roads
NORAC roads
CROR
CORA
GCOR
NORAC roads
(Northeast Operating Rules Advisory Committee)
CROR
(Canadian Railway Operating Rules)
CORA roads
(Chicago Operating Rules Association):
GCOR roads
(General Code of Operating Rules)(Western roads): 1) ATSF - Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Company
NORAC was formed in January 1985 with the first five roads and Metro North. MN later backed out. The Long Island, B&M, and P&W joined at the second meeting
in May 1985. The rules became effective January 1, 1987. For more info, check out: http://trains.com/
trn/default.aspx?c=a&id=230
For a very nice interactive signal display of the NORAC rules, check out this page
Conrail 1988
Amtrak
New Jersey Transit
SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority)
D&H - Delaware & Hudson
D&H - Delaware & Hudson 1914 scans courtesy Allen Miller
Providence & Worcester
LIRR - Long Island 1989 scans by David P. Maloln
B&M - Boston & Maine 1931 scans courtesy Allen Miller
Metro North
Railroads in Canada follow these rules,
and almost all legacy installations use searchlight signals. Newer
installations, and replacement are seeing color light signals because of cost
and ease of maintenance. A few semaphores are supposed to still be around.
The CROR Rules
This section covers the signal aspects of the member railroads. Judging from the thick manual, it appears
to cover mostly the signals that are different from what the engineers are used to on their own tracks. Clarification is still needed on that assumption.
1) Amtrak
2) ATSF
3) BRC - Belt Railway of Chicago
4) BN - Burlington Northern
5) CC&P - Chicago, Central & Pacific
6) C&NW - Chicago & North Western
7) CSS - Chicago and South Shore
8) Conrail
9) CSX
10) EJ&E - Elgin, Joliet and Eastern
11) GTW (CN) - Grand Trunk Western
12) IC - Illinois Central
13) IHB - Indiana Harbor Belt
14) Metra
15) NS
16) Soo Line (CP)
17) UP
18) WC – Wisconsin Central (no signal aspects in the CORA book)
GCOR has something like 200
members railroads, so I don't know if I'm gonna get em all in here, if you see
one not listed, let me know. The following list I found is dated April
1994: http://www.sdrm.org/faqs/rulebook/title.html
Obviously, the list is not up to date. Another list is at (dated 2000):
2) UP - Union
Pacific RR
3) CNW - Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
4) BN
- Burlington Northern Railway Company
5) SP - Southern Pacific Lines
6) CP
- CP Rail System Heavy
Haul-US
7) AT&L
Railroad Company
8) Amtrak Western Division Peninsula Commute Service
9)
Arizona and California Railroad Company
10) Arizona Central Railroad Company
11) Arizona Eastern Railway Company
12) Border Pacific Railroad
13)
California and Western Railroad, Inc.
14) California Northern Railroad
Company
15) California Western Railroad
16) Cedar Rapids and Iowa City
Railway Company
17) Cedar River Railroad
18) Central California Traction
Company
19) Central Montana Rail, Inc.
20) Chicago Central and Pacific
Railroad Company
21) Columbia and Cowlitz Railway
22) Council Bluffs
Railway
23) Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad Corporation
24)
Davenport, Rock Island and Northwestern Railway Company
25) Duluth Missabe
and Iron Range Railway Company
26) Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway
27) Eastern Alabama Railway Company
28) Fox River Valley Railroad
Company
29) Gateway Western Railway
30) Grainbelt Corporation
31)
Grand Canyon Railway
32) Great Western Railway of Colorado
33) Great
Western Railway of Oregon
34) Green Bay and Western Railroad Company
35)
Hutchinson and Northern Railway Company
36) Indiana and Ohio Rail
System
37) Indiana Hi-Rail Corporation
38) Iowa Interstate Railroad, Ltd.
39) Jaxport Terminal Railway
40) Kansas City Terminal Railway Company
41) Kyle Railroad Company
42) Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad
Company
43) Lewis and Clark Railway Company
44) Little Rock and Western
Railway, LP
45) Louisiana and Delta Railroad
46) McCloud River Railroad Company
47) Meridian and Bigbee
Railroad
48) MG Rail, Inc.
49) Minnesota Commercial Railway Company
50) Minnesota Valley Transportation Company
51) Montana Rail Link
52) Montana Western Railway Company
53) Mount Vernon Terminal Railway,
Inc.
54) Napa Valley Railroad Company
55) North Coast Railroad
56) Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation
57)
Northern Nevada Railroad Corporation
58) Otter Tail Valley Railroad Company,
Inc.
59) Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad
60) Railtex Railroad Division
61) Red River Valley and Western Railroad
62) Rochester and Southern
Railroad, Inc.
63) San Diego Northern Railway
64) San Diego Railroad
Museum
65) San Joaquin Valley Railroad Company
66) San Pedro and South
Western Railway Company
67) Sierra Railroad Company
68) South East Kansas
Railroad
69) Southwestern Railroad Company, Inc.
70) Southern California
Regional Rail Authority
71) St. Maries River Railroad Company
72) Texas
Limited
73) Texas Gonzales and Northern Railway Company, Inc.
74) Texas
Northwestern Railway Company, Inc.
75) Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway
Corporation
76) Trona Railway Company
77) Tulsa-Sapulpa Union Railway
Company
78) Twin Cities and Western Railroad Company
79) Utah Central
Railway
80) Utah Railway Company
81) Ventura County Railway Company
82) Washington Central Railroad Company, Inc.
83) Willamette and Pacific
Railroad, Inc.
84) Willamette Valley Railroad
85) Willamina and Grand
Ronde Railway
86) Wisconsin and Calumet Railroad Company, Inc.
87)
Wisconsin and Southern Railroad Company
88) Wisconsin Central, Ltd.
89)
Wyoming Colorado Railroad Company
90) Yreka Western Railroad
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