My only experience is on the CB&Q Beardstown division which only used hand held
forks. The only 'stand' I remember seeing was at Shattuc, Il. The interlock
tower there was run by the B&O and the depot was CB&Q. If I remember right the
B&O operator put his orders on a 6 foot long bamboo stick that had one end
curled into a closed hoop, about 1 foot in diameter. The hoops would be stuck
into a flag holder on the side of the tower and the trainman would run his arm
through the hoop. If this is true, how were the hoop recovered?
Why is it that anytime a trainman missed picking a train order that I was
handing up, it was always my fault? Was it because I was only 19 and the
trainman was in his 40's or 50's and therefore more experienced and couldn't
make a mistake :) ??
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: John D. Mitchell, Jr.
To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 9:18 AM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Fw: [n_scale] Dispatcher Phone recordings
Man, I like this thread! I had forgotten about "slow
orders by the bunch". We used to call the stationary
train order forks, "high speed hoops". It used to be
that the headend would miss the hoop and the conductor
would pull the air if the engineer didn't do it first.
This was usually followed by remarks about the
offender's family.
John
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