Leo,
One afternoon 67A pulled out of the yard at Eola and Cicero Yard had
complied with that agreement to the letter. One of those oddball 60
some foot trailer flats was right ahead of the waycar. Don't remember
if it was a PRR,TTX, or CB&Q. Only problem was the bridge plate
was down and wedged against the railing at the front of the waycar.
Was still upstairs when they went through the x-over out of the yard and
I could see it rock back and forth. They just threw the list for me to
teletype at the steps out of the waycar window. I got on the block phone
and asked Aurora to talk to them. They did manage to get it fixed before
they went by Aurora, probably had to pull the pin on the waycar.
Is that why they called them "Snuffies"?
Russ
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Sent: Wednesday, 08 January, 2003 21:16
Subject: [BRHSlist] Low car ahead of w/c
> Rule 46(in the schedule) states that a car no higher than the roof of the w/c
> will placed ahead of the w/c to aid train inspection. This was a regular
> issue as documented by the file entries of 1958 and 1966 with complaints
> about high cars blocking views and access to the train. These correspondence
> refer to a multitude of similar complaints prior to these.
> I can tell you first hand a low car in front of the hack makes a world of
> difference in spotting the trouble ahead. Savanna Yard crews were good about
> putting a gon or hopper in front of the w/c well into BN days. Nowhere else
> that I ran into or out of was.
> Leo
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