Railway Hand Signals - Answers Below

Hand signals were commonly used by railway conductors to communicate with the Locomotive Engineer. When hand held radios were introduced in the late 70's the need to use hand signals diminished.. These hand signals were used by conductors working for the Canadian National Railway (CN). SEE BELOW TO FIND ANSWERS TO HAND SIGNALS..

ANSWERS

1 Proceed
2 Back up
3 Stop
4 Reduce Speed
5 Apply Air Brakes
6 Main line
7 Siding or "take the hole"
8 Kick
9 Car Count (3-2-1)
10 Track Count (10-1)
11 Hot Box
12 CP Rail
13 Bad Order Car
14 Go to Clear
15 Shove Track
16 Lead or Ladder track
17 Pull the Pin
18 High Ball
19 Turn the Switch
20 Running Switch or "Drop"
21 Caboose
22 Stock Yards
23 Maintenance of Way Torpedoes Warning
24 Maintenance of Way Train Order Meeting Point
25 Get off Equipment
26 Go up High and tie on Hand Brake
27 Go to the other Side
28 Pick up or Lift Car
29 Three Cars on Tail End
30 Cut  Three Cars Off Tail End
31 Gotta go into bush
32 Run Around Cars
33 Derail On
34 Derail Off
35 Done for the Day

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