I have which I believe the latest NORAC rules from the internet dated Jan 1/2003.
I’m looking for a website to the latest GCOR rules, & latest one I can find is 1994.
Any website out there with a later issue?
last one I got of Net is Alaska RR april 2 2000.
I know this has been covered before, but which class ones (and Canadian carriers) use which set of rules?
ed
I know the UP, KCS, BNSF, and there are so many shortlines and other small railroads to name. I think the CN uses GCOR, but not sure.
As far as getting the current up to date railroad GCOR rule book, you must work for the railroad. If not it will not be available to anyone for a few years.
Hi
From a Canadian perspective only.
Canadian railroads operating in Canada use the CROR (Canadian Rail Operating Rules) There are some differences in actual operating rules (for communication and protection IIRC), terminology (eg. RTC= rail traffic controller, for dispatcher), in some signal aspects for different rules (I don’t remember just which offhand, without lookng them up) and I believe in some forms as well. In the USA I imagine NORAC or GCOR would apply for these same carriers depending on geographical location. nbrodar has insight on where each rule set applies south of the border, I believe it’s on the signals thread.
Also…
WPYR, for a unique example, has a separate set of rules for the Canadian Sub (north of Fraser). The American Sub has its own US mandated rules. Each are contained in the Employee Timetable April 2005 ed
Hope this helps
Charlie
Chilliwack BC
There are copies available all over the place. A quick search brings up bunches of links.
Try this:
http://www.transchool.eustis.army.mil/Rail-Safety/documents/GCOR%20Edition5%2004-03-05.pdf
Chris
as for which railroad uses GCOR see list on first few pages:
Adopted by:
AT&L Railroad Company
Amtrak Western Div. Peninsula Commute Service
Amtrak-Chicago Terminal
Amtrak-NOUPT
Acadiana Railway Company
Adrian & Blissfield Rail Road Company
Alabama & Gulf Railway
Alabama & Tennessee River Railway, LLC
Alaska Railroad Corporation
Albany & Eastern Railroad Company
Alliance Terminal Railway, LLC
Altamont Commuter Express Rail Authority
Alton & Southern Railway
Apache Railway Company
Arizona and California Railway Company
Arizona Central Railroad
Arizona Eastern Railway Company
Arkansas Midland Railroad Company Inc.
Arkansas & Missouri Railroad Company
Ashtabula, Carson & Jefferson Railroad
Belt Railway Company of Chicago
BHP Nevada Railway Company
BNSF Railway Company
C&NC Railroad Corporation
California Western Railroad
Camas Prairie RailNet, Inc.
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canon City and Royal Gorge Railroad
Carolina Piedmont Railroad
Carrizo Gorge Railway
Cascade and Columbia River Railroad
Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway Company
Central California Traction Company
Central Illinois Railroad
Central Kansas Railway
Central Midland Railway
Central Montana Rail
Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad, Inc.
Charlotte Southern Railroad Company