This is likely on the site but I didn’t find it.
Where can I find flagging rules and colors, etc. for the Dirty and Dusty? It may be a shortline but it needs rules!
http://smrf.railfan.net/SMRF/smrf_research/marker_lights/index.htm
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Several people have raised the question about how to determine which marker lamps or flags go where and when on a locomotive. One of the best sources for information on such subjects are the various railroad rulebooks. Allen Cain took the time to scan the Southern Railway Rulebook effective April, 1943. Here are the pages of the that rulebook on signals placement, type, and color for locomotives. Click on the thumbnail for a full size image (each 800x600 but >100kb).
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by Ernest Thompson Seton Most of us are familiar with some of the signals given by brakemen, conductors, or engineers, but not so many of us have sat right down to inspect the code, as officially fixed. A conductor on the Canadian Pacific Railway allowed me to copy it out from his "Trainman's Book," 1909, and since then I have been told that this is the code in universal use, so I give it in full. It consists of color signals, hand and lantern signals, toots and cord-pulls. It will add a new interest to the journey, at least when you can read the "Signs of the Iron Trail," and the "Talk of the Iron Horse." The Code (From C. P. R. "Trainman's Book," 1909, No. 7563; but in general use.) Colors: Red = Stop. Green = Go ahead. Yellow = Go cautiously. Green and White = Flag station. Stop at night. Blue = Workmen busy under car.Hand, Flag, and Lamp Signals:
Swung across track = Stop
Raised and lowered vertically = Go ahead
Swung at half-arms’ length, in small circle across track, train standing = Back up.
Swung vertically in a big circle at arms’ length across the track, when train is running = Train broken in two.
Swung horizontally above head, when train is standing = Put on air-brakes
Held at arms’ length above the head, when train is standing = Release air-brakes.Other Hand Signals, modifications of the above:
Hand (or hands) held out horizontally and waved up and down = Go ahead.
Hand (or hands) suddenly drawn flat and horizontal = Stop.
Sometimes hands raised and held palms forward = All right.
Arm thrust forward and swept back opposite shoulders, as in beckoning = Come back.
http://www.trains.com/trn/default.aspx?c=glossary&term=b
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Blue flag Blue-colored flag, sign, or light which indicates that the rolling stock it is placed on or near may not be moved because employees are working around or under it.
If you are talking about flags on the train itself - the only one I know is white - indicating an Extra.
Also besides white:
GREEN means second section following. This is used for scheduled trains. For example NYC’s 20th Century Ltd. often ran in 4 or 5 sections a designated distance and time apart. If in 4 sections then the first three would fly green flags or display green lights to the front telling tower operators that there was more following a few minutes behind. The 4th and last section wouldn’t fly any green. This told the tower operator that there was no more of this train coming.
RED is only displayed to the rear of a train.
Normally no classification lights or flags are displayed at all except for white on extra trains. If all trains on a particular RR are run as extra only then there may not be any flags at all. Also the SP had number boards to display train numbers on most of its steam locomotives. If a scheduled train then the number on the board would not be the engine number. If an extra train say pulled by number 1778 then the number board would display X-1778. Unlike the miniature world you would seldom see even headlights on during daylight in the steam era.