Re: [CBQ] Switch Key Question

[Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com]

My grandfather used to say..."you're not a real railroader until you have worn 
out a switch key"....I have several that are pretty badly worn...Not by me.

Pete






-----Original Message-----
From: qutlx1 <qutlx1@aol.com>
To: cbq <cbq@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wed, Apr 6, 2011 9:03 pm
Subject: [CBQ] Switch Key Question


 

I handled the brass switch keys for years and never gave it a thought; why 
were the keys brass ? I understand why the locks were hardened steel but 
brass for the keys ?

Like pennies were the keys made of steel during WWII ?

The wear after decades of use on some is really significant.

Leo Phillipp



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