Command staff

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Command staff (1951)

The command staff (also: departure staff ) is a signaling device on the railways for issuing the command for the departure of the train (" departure signal " - instead of an oral or light signal ). It has largely been replaced by light signals in railway operations and is only used in Germany on individual branch lines and museum railways.

Appearance

The command staff originally consists of a wooden staff with a round white sheet metal disc. In Switzerland, the disc is painted green on one side with a white crossbar and white with a green crossbar on the other side.

history

Germany

The command staff was first introduced in 1906 on the stations of the Berlin city ​​and suburban railways, which were equipped with an exit signal. In the following years there was a trial operation on other selected routes of the Prussian-Hessian state railway . From 1911 it was used on all of their main lines, and from 1927 also on the branch lines.

Austria

ÖBB command staff

The service regulations V 2 (signal regulation) and V3 (operating regulation) of the ÖBB designate the signaling device for the delivery of the signals "readiness for departure" and "departure" as "command s stab" (notation with joint "s"). In addition, the dispatcher (Fdl) can use it to issue the “driving authorization signals” (signal 30 “passage” and signal 29 “signal unsuitable - passing allowed”). After clearance, the "Halt" signal can be given with the command staff in the event of danger. Train drivers give the signal "departure" with a so-called "winking disc", which has a shortened handle. During the short period of validity of the “special board B1” (1971), the train driver cleared the train with a “winker stick”. Instead of a round disc, it had a triangular board on its tip, outlined in green, analogous to the dispatcher's command staff.

The dispatching of a passenger train on "pointer jump" was previously regulated by the ÖBB as follows: 20 seconds before the scheduled departure time (i.e. before the pointer jump 59 to 00 seconds) the dispatcher holds the command staff for the train attendants at an angle downwards in the direction of the train and gives with the signal whistle an attention whistle ("prepare to leave"). The conductor gives the signal "Ready" in the direction of the train driver in the form of a raised hand and thus signals that his part of the train is ready to leave. After all conductors have given the signal, the train driver raises his hand and reports to the dispatcher that they are ready to leave. Then the driver slowly swings the command stick back and forth above head height, whereby the driver picks up the signal, releases the train brake (the brake for the wagon train is already released) and drives off. He looks towards the end of the train in order to be able to pick up any stop signals immediately. Then the dispatcher clamps the command staff horizontally under the right armpit and holds it with three fingers - with the handle towards the train - during the entire drive by. In an emergency, the stop signal can be given immediately, e.g. B. when a traveler tries to jump up.

swell

  • Encyclopedia of the Railways, 1912, Volume 2, pages 105/106
  • Regulations on the Signals of the Swiss Railways, 1982
  • Railway signal regulations / signal book, Ril 301 of the DB
  • Trains run and shunt, Ril 408 of the DB
  • ÖBB service regulations V 2 (signal regulation) and V3 (operating regulation)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (ed.): Official Journal of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of June 13, 1908, No. 36. Announcement No. 450, p. 389; Railway Directorate Mainz (ed.): Official Gazette of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of December 12, 1908, No. 72. Announcement No. 1052, p. 780.
  2. ↑ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (ed.): Official Gazette of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of February 25, 1911, No. 10. Announcement No. 133, p. 64.
  3. ^ Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Reichsbahndirektion in Mainz of May 21, 1927, No. 22. Announcement No. 312, p. 144; Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (ed.): Official Gazette of the Reichsbahndirektion in Mainz of December 10, 1927, No. 53. Announcement No. 707, p. 335f.