Re: [CBQ] Double Heading Steam

["Ralph W. Brown, Jr." <cbq682@grics.net>]

Reading about the use of the air brakes as a signal reminded me of something an 
old head engineer told me.  Back before the crews had packsets, they would go 
south of Galesburg to the coal fields.  I was told one of the locations 
involved switch moves where visibility was obstructed.  So the crew would crack 
open the anglecock on the last car.  The engineer would be watching the gauge 
for a drop in pressure.  That was a signal to stop.  When the switchman wanted 
the train to move again, he would crack the air again.  This would go on in 
forward/reverse fashion until the work was complete.  That too would be a big 
no-no in today’s railroad, although very clever.

 

R.W. Brown, Jr.

Galesburg, IL


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