Hi Folks:
I just found out that Simmons-Boardman in Omaha has reprinted Peter
Jossrand's "Rights of Trains". This is a book written by a Western Pacific
RR Dispatcher which "explains" the pre-Consolidated Code and GCOR railroad
rule books. If you want to know how things were done in the "dark"
territory with lamps and train orders, this is the book. It not only
describes "how" things were done, but explains "why" in plain, simple
English. The book was written, I believe, in the 1930's or '40's, to help
railroaders understand the rule book. Not all of us railroaders were (or
are) as literate as the people who wrote the rule book :-) There has always
been a certain amount of misunderstanding of rules, even in the old days.
Anyway, S-B has this book for sale for $29.95 plus S&H. Their phone is
402-346-4300, and they take plastic. I read an original copy years ago,
when I was beginning my railroad career. Today, I ordered one for my own
library.
Best,
Mike Decker
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