Ed Mullan posted:I found these in my files from last year. It is something I'd never seen before, a banner test.
I suppose the purpose of these tests is to see if the train tested is under the proper control.
manifest at the main street crossing in Hyndman.
Ed
Absolutely correct, Ed. A banner test is a test to ascertain that a crew which is required to be operating at Restricted Speed is able to stop within half the distance of vision, as required by the rule.
And they don't all look like that one. UP uses a red flag or light clamped to the rail. BNSF uses a large portable orange diamond-shaped sign of the type used for temporary warnings along highways.
