Uniform Code of Operating Rules

Revision of 1962

Approved and prescribed by the Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada by General Order No. 873, dated the 15th day of November, 1961.

EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 28th, 1962

The rules herein govern the operation of the following railways, and supersede all previous rules and instructions inconsistent therewith.

• The Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railway Company
• Canadian National Railways
  (including lines in United States)
  Central Vermont Railway, Inc.
  Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway Company
• Canadian Pacific Railway Company
• The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
• Essex Terminal Railway
• Napierville Junction Railway Company
• The New York Central Railroad Company
• Northern Alberta Railways Company
• Ontario Northland Railway
• Quebec North Shore and Labrador Company
• Sydney and Louisbourg Railway Company
• The Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway Company

Contents

• General Notice
• General Rules
• Definitions
• Operating Rules
  • Standard Time
  • Time Tables
  • Signals and Their Use
  • Color Signals
  • Hand (including Flag and Lamp) Signals
  • Engine Whistle Signals
  • Communicating Signals
  • Train Signals
  • Protection of Impassable or Slow Track
  • Superiority of Trains
  • Movement of Trains and Engines
  • Handling of Switches and Derails
  • Rules for Movement by Train Orders
  • Forms of Train Orders
  • General Description and Location of Signals
  • Rules Governing the Movement of Trains in the Same Direction by Signal Indication
  • Rules Governing Opposing and Following Movements of Trains or Engines by Signal Indication
  • Centralized Traffic Control Rules
  • Block and Interlocking Signals
  • Electric Staff Block System Rules
  • Manual Block System Rules
  • Train Order Signal Rules
  • Automatic Block Signal System Rules
  • Interlocking Rules