Ed
It was DARK. And with the date there was not three tracks thru Aurora. The
next "Control" Point would have been South Aurora. This was the tower at
the end of North Ave. on the west side of the river.
sjh
----- Original Message -----
From: Ed Pavlovic <cbq168a@i...>
To: <BRHSlist@Y...>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 11:36 PM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Blew the Order
> Would be interesting seeing the actual orders to see what
> was supposed to happen. If the meet had been set up for
> Sugar Grove, it sure would not have given the engine crew
> much time to grab the orders, open them up to read them and
> then stop before they got to the east switch. If #52 was on
> the main in this case as it would appear, why would the
> agent/operator be standing on siding track to hand up the
> orders? (Wasn't there a rule about that?) Almost makes you
> wonder who was hiding in the bushes on this one....
>
> Ed Pavlovic
>
> P.S. By the way, seeing as there wasn't CTC on the C&I at
> this time, was this ABS territory or was it "bow and arrow
> country". (dark territory)
>
>
> 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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