[CBQ] Mechanical Symbols

["John" <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>]

The recent thread about reweighing symbols reminded me of an interesting aspect 
of railroading. One of a car inspector's duties was to check cars for past due 
reweigh, COTS (airbrake Clean,Oil, Test, and stencil) and journal repacking 
dates. If he "caught" one over due, it was sent to the RIP track where the 
required service was performed.The car would be stenciled with the mechanical 
symbol and date. In case of a foreign road car, the reporting marks of the 
railroad performing the service would also be shown. Then a carman called a 
"bill write-up man" would prepare the documention, to be sent to the car 
accountant in Chicago. If it was a foreign road car, it's home road would be 
billed for the service per AAR rules. Of course, the Q "charged" itself for 
accounting purposes. Many good car foremen "paid" for the operation of the RIP 
track from foreign road billing. With the introduction of roller bearings, and 
the longer COTS and reweighing intervals, there are a lot fewer RIP tracks! By 
the way, tank cars were exempt from reweighing rules because the tariffs for 
liquid products were based on gallons and not weight. The tank cars were gaged 
in and gaged out.



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