No. 1 will carry signals Astrakhan to Cabul for Eng. 85.
2nd No. 1 will carry signals London to Dover for Eng. 90.
This may be modified as follows:
Engines 70, 85, and 90 will run as 1st, 2d and 3d sections of No. 1 London to Dover.
For annulling a section.
Eng. 85 is annulled as second section of No. 1 from Dover.
If there are other sections following add:
Following sections will change numbers accordingly.
The character of train for which signals are carried may be stated. Each section affected by the order must have copies, and must arrange signals accordingly.
When two or more trains are run on the same schedule or time-table time, with the same schedule rights, each carrying signals for that following it, each several train is referred to as a "section." Upon some roads these sections following the first train are called extra trains. This method is not recognized under the "standard" rules, the term "extra" being applied only to trains not run by schedule. It is of great importance that the rights of a second or other following section be clearly understood, both by trainmen and those engaged in the issue of telegraphic orders. The general practice is now probably such as to leave but little misapprehension on this point, whatever may have been the case in the past, when with some the rule was to "follow the flag" wherever it might go, instead of as now treating each section, in ascertaining its rights, as though it were running alone on the schedule. When a regular train is to carry signals to denote that a second section is to follow on the same schedule, the author is of the opinion that a train order to this effect should be given in a definite form.