Re: [CBQ] re: Dutch Drop

["Russ Strodtz" <19main@wildblue.net>]

I say a number of cars used to pole cars in the 60's.

Russ
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From: "andrewkoetz" <andrewkoetz@gmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, 18 February, 2010 23:55
Subject: [CBQ] re: Dutch Drop


> Another old practice in the steam era was to "pole" a car onto the main 
> from a siding. If one looks at pictures of steam engines at the front or 
> on the back of the tender. You will see 2 concave pieces ( for lack of the 
> proper term) (They could have been called pole pockets?) one on each of 
> the bottom corners of the tender and the front of the locomoive. These 
> were also used and banned for the same reason as the Dutch Drop. Only the 
> heafty piece of lumber would become splinters with a possible crewman 
> recieving the splinters forcefully.
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