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21st Century U.S. Army Field Manuals: Railway Operating and Safety Rules, FM 55-21 (Ringbound)
21st Century US Army Field Manuals Railway Operating and Safety Rules FM 5521 - Ringbound Author:U.S. Army This ringbound book provides a reproduction of the U.S. Army Field Manual, Army Rail Operations, FM 4-01.41. Railway Operating and Safety Rules FM 55-21 - The US Army may be called on to operate railroads worldwide. This manual provides a standard code of operating rules for personnel engaged in the operation of military railways. The rules g... more »iven in this publication are consistent with those of railroads throughout the United States and many foreign countries. Some rules have been modified to be adaptable to operating conditions peculiar to military railroads. In order to work productively and safely, personnel must be knowledgeable of and obey the rules and special instructions of the military railroad. Commanders of railway units and installations or activities assigned and using railway equipment are responsible for selecting, training, and testing railway operating personnel in accordance with this manual. Contents include general rules, safety rules, operating rules, special rules, standard time, timetables, signals and their use, superiority of trains, movement of trains and engines, train orders, movement by train orders, examples, signal aspects, distant signals, block signals, track permits within ABS territory, movement of traffic on a main track, track warrants and bulletins, railroad radio rules, conduct of personnel and safety, special rules for duty personnel, dispatchers, agents, yardmasters, engineers, conductors, trainmen, firemen, auto-railer and track car drivers, container operations. Our news and educational titles are privately compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work and educational tool.« less