Not the "train register". That was something
altogether differant. A train register was a document
kept at certain stations,(usually at originating or
terminating points, junctions, end of two main tracks,
etc.) where train crews could check on the arrivals
and departures of trains and what signals they were
displaying.
John D. Mitchell, Jr.
--- Bob Webber <rswebber@c...> wrote:
> " "OS" are the initials for On the Sheets, a
> reference to what station
> agents did to notify the train dispatcher that a
> train had passed his/her
> station and been noted on the train register."
>
>
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