Trackage rights in the timetable era

Trackage rights in the timetable era

This Great Northern Dakota Division employee timetable from Jan. 1, 1950, indicates that trains operating between Tilden Junction and Red Lake Falls Junction in northwest Minnesota were governed by Northern Pacific’s timetable. On Operation columnist Jerry Dziedzic explains how trackage rights worked during the timetable-and-train-order era. Q: I’m currently planning a layout that features several railroads, including a mythical short line that …