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Additional operating details gleaned from Arkansas Division Special Instructions #3 (3-17-1935) and #6 (1-1-1941).
Operation by signal indication: Trains and engines will operate both with and against current of traffic by block signals, the indications of which will supersede timetable superiority and take the place of train orders.
Clearance Card Form C delivered to southward trains at any point North Little Rock to Benton, inclusive, will be authority to assume its schedule from QQ Tower.
PP Switch/QQ Tower: A siding, capacity 238 cars, extends between PP Switch and QQ Tower. Switch at south end is No. 20 turnout, 50 feet north of train order signal at QQ Tower, and is interlocked and operated by Towerman.
Flashing Light Train Order Signals: Train order signals located at HH Tower, Hot Springs Junction and QQ Tower are equipped with flashing light signals to distinguish them from other signals. (By the time of Spl Instr #6, both Hot Springs Junction and QQ Tower had been removed from this list.)
Train Order Delivery Devices: At Hot Springs Junction, located across from tower. [Thus there must have been an actual tower at this point.]
