The reason "out of Station" does not fit is that "OS"
reports are also made when a train arrives at a
station!
John D. Mitchell, Jr.
--- "D. Gabe Gabriel" <signaling@r...> wrote:
> I appreciate the point - point well taken, and
> important. However, in its
> original use, I'm not sure that it is correct to
> refer to the rear or the
> front being at a specific point (which is your point
> for current use). And
> regardless of current use, OS had a specific
> original use, which is my
> curiosity.
>
> As for interlocking reference, this has been common
> in the Northeast for
> more than 20 years to refer to a train passing an
> interlocking, and I was
> simply mentioning this was one of the incorrect uses
> over at least 2
> decades - which is current terminology by some,
> whether right or wrong is
> another story (and we all know it's wrong, possibly
> now best to refer to
> such misuse as "slang") - I cannot say why it
> started. And while "Out
> Station" fits the letters as well as "On Sheet", it
> doesn't fit the era when
> OS seemed to originate, which was about 100 years
> ago.
>
> My curiosity on this is has been to establish the
> origin of the term, OS.
> And of course, to give its "accepted" meaning
> properly for a given era.
>
> Thanks
> Gabe
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > Might have to re-think this a little. Got to
> watch the words,
> > "certainly reached a specific point on the line".
> The OS
> > is a passing time, not an arrival time. That is
> why they put
>
> > I do not understand the reference to an
> Interlocking. What
> > does that have to do with current terminology?
>
> > While it's more important to me what an "OS" is
> rather then
> > what the nomenclature means if I had to answer the
> question
> > the concept of "Out Station" makes the most sense.
>
>
>
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