Gabe
I, too care for a level of detail, that most would
call "nit picking". My point was, before you call
something "nonsese", just remember that this should
be a free exchange of ideas. Everybody can have
his/her say without being told that their idea is
"nonsense". Many things about the history of the
railroads are not documented. We have a strong oral
history tradition in this business. A lot of the time
things just got started and nobody wrote them down,
because "everybody just 'just knew' the facts! Have a
good hunt for the orgins of "OS" but I don't think you
will find much more.
John D. Mitchell, Jr.
--- "D. Gabe Gabriel" <signaling@r...> wrote:
> My point on this is that "on sheet" has been
> presented by people over the
> past 30 some years (please let me know if anyone has
> anything to show this
> explanation given prior to that) but, has no
> substance other than the idea
> that someone looked for two words that correponded
> to OS, and has no idea
> what the real definition and source of the term "OS"
> is... The OS has been
> used for at least 100 years, and is certainly
> documented properly
> somewhere - I have looked and hope to someday
> establish its beginning - As I
> said previously, it links with the telegraph code
> for important info for all
> points in that era, and I hit a brick wall in
> connecting to train movements.
> .
> I started this extension of the topic hoping that
> someone had something to
> offer that would assist me in locating other
> documentation (I have looked
> for it for some time) - so far, I have nothing that
> links "OS" and "On
> Sheet" other than some people liking the idea (i.e
> why I called it
> nonsense) - I will continue myself, but, I should
> apologize for being
> what some may call being a nitpicker, but, this is
> my job in the effort to
> locate the factual source of such info - and I
> realize most people don't
> care at that level, but, I have to.
>
> Thanks everyone (and I'll shut up on this topic in
> this forum)
>
> Gabe
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > arrival time and the second was the departure! So
> you
> > see that "on sheet" is the only explanation that
> makes
> > any sense.
>
>
>
>
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