Leo
The conductor should have pulled the air, but boy do
the hogheads get cross,when you miss an order!
John
--- qutlx1@a... wrote:
> It's March 17th 1922. Its raining cats and dogs and
> your the flagman on #52
> approaching Sugar Grove,Il on the single tracked
> C&I. Per timetable authority
> westbound traffic has right over eastbound per the
> file notations.
> The order board at the Sugar Grove depot(its approx
> in the middle of the
> length of the passing track) is red.Your on the back
> platform of the rear car
> as is the Condr.You advise the Condr of the red
> board and get over on the
> left side to grab the order as that the side the
> depot is on. As you approach
> the road crossing and depot its now clear the
> agent/operator is not on that
> side but rather the right side. Too late you miss
> the hoop and order. You
> tell the Condr you missed it and he goes up in the
> train to find if the
> brakemen got the order. He didnt either.
> So what do you do. The flagman,brkmn and Condr do
> nothing else and rely on
> the engine crew to have secured,read and complied
> with the order. The train
> continues onto Aurora where it meets 47.
> Wrong thing to not do.
> The train crew should have pulled the air and either
> gone up or back for the
> order.
> We have only the flagmans investigation and
> discipline so we cant tell what
> happened to the Condr or brkmn but the flagman got a
> mark on his record. I
> would venture the Condrs discipline was somehat more
> severe.
> Leo
> The file doesnt actually say if the meet was set for
> SUgar Grove or how they
> got 47 stopped but its clear the train crew blew a
> big one.
>
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