Pete,
Out in the "boondocks" here we do not have the October issue of Trains yet.
Are you on some kind of advance list?
Gary Northrup
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Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 5:22 PM
Subject: [BRHSlist] Car seals...bananas and other trivia
> A few days (weeks) ago there was a thread which started with Gerald's
"seal
> records"..and spun off into some different areas..one of which was banana
> messengers and bananas in general.
>
> Check page 58 October TRAINS...you'll see at lower left a clerk "pulping"
a
> "hand" (I think that's what they were called) of bananas..As mentioned as
> bananas ripen they create a considrable quantity of heat and depending on
how far
> the car is going, what the outside temperature is and what degree of
ripeness
> the owner wants it's critical to monitor the condition and adjust vents,
> heaters and/or ice accordingly...If the carrier missed any instructions or
did the
> wrong thing it gave the consignee just the reason they were looking for to
> file a claim for carrier neglegence....Any carrier who missed something or
did
> something wrong was charged with a "point of negligence" as the claim
payment
> was apportioned among the roads who handled the car...and the claims were
pro
> rated accordinglly...
>
> Another little tidbit as ;you read the photo caption: "For a clerk, the
yard
> was hazardous duty, as there was no one watching out for him. Before a
clerk
> crossed or neared a track he had to look carefully for cut-off cars
silently
> rolling down that track. Death awaited the unwary"...
>
> Most yard clerks especially when engaged in PPSI (Perishable Protective
> Service Inspector) work were regarded as a nuisnance and basically a
hindrance to
> the operation...But let a train be ready to leave and the bills not be
> ready...woe betide that clerk....There was no blue flagging of cars for
the
> inspector..he would normally tell the YM what he was going to do, but he
was on his own
> and indeed, as the caption reads, there was no one to look after him".
>
> Any old "mud hops" out there have a story for us????.
>
> Also in the same feature on page 60 of TRAINS headed up NIGHT TRAIN....is
the
> most realistic picture I can ever remember seeing of a conductor at
work...in
> his "office"...what a great shot....Note these things: Blue serge
> uniform...got lots of miles on it...note the "shine". Watch chain visible
through his
> vest buttons, coat pocket loaded with "hat checks and possibly cash fare
> receipts. Note the high top, well shined shoes complete with "hooks" near
the top
> for easy lace up...Note his "train box" complete with hat checks, ticket
report
> forms and other "paperwork" which made up the conductor's office work on a
> passenger train...This may have been a "posed shot", but boy is it
realistic and
> anyone who worked passenger when trains were trains and train crews
dressed
> like they should be dressed will, I believe agree....
>
> That photographer really caught a good one.
>
> Pete
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