Meaning of speed order | Babel Free

Definitions

a (temporary) speed restriction.

Examples

“We had a long 20 m.p.h. speed order of perhaps 7 miles' duration some 60 miles from Aulnoye and André told me to get some 8min in hand with our heavy train to offset this. [...] When we had passed the speed order, we were about 4min behind time, but we had regained nearly all the time by Creil.”

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