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a train approaching the work area is to call the flagman for permission through the work area. If workers are in the clear the flagman will advise crew to proceed and advise the crew that workers are not fouling the track. If a flagman fails to answer, the train crew is required by rule to stop short
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or anyone performing work on a railroad right of way. A flagman is also assigned to protect a train that has stopped on a section of track. When a train approaches a location a flagman is posted, the train crew will have to get permission from the flagman to pass the area.
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there are no flagmen. Rather NS has a track supervisor obtain track authority from the train dispatcher to take the track out of service until it is certain that workers are in the clear and trains may safely pass the area.
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gates, and still where automatic gates are not installed, flagmen were also assigned to protect the crossings. The flagman would stop road traffic from crossing the tracks as trains used the crossing.
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Rules pertaining to a flagman may vary depending on different railroad's operating rules. For instance on
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of milepost location and proceed at restricted speed. However on
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A person who controls the passage of a train by a level crossing
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deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a
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U.S. Department of Commerce; Bureau of the Census (1930).
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is an employee of the railroad who is assigned to protect
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A flagman protecting a level crossing in Malaysia in 2013
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"Train Rules and Kindred Subjects"
Classified Index of Occupations; Fifteenth Census of the United States
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Laws Relating to Railroads
"Highway Crossing Protection in Theory and Practice"

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Rail transport maintenance workers
"A mounted flagman"
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Railway occupations
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