clearance-cards

Updated: May 11, 2025

When they have cleared the danger limit, they can split up and take the proper time intervals ten minutes apart." "Call it done," said the trainmaster, and he went to carry out the order. Two minutes later Bogard, the night-relief operator off duty, darted out of the despatcher's room with the clearance-cards for the three sections. Lidgerwood stopped him in mid-flight.

Francis Lynde - The Taming of Red Butte Western