Bob,
On Railroads that used hoops the crew just threw it out the window as
soon as possible. Operator would walk down and get it. Bamboo is
tough, it can take that treatment.
Russ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Weber" <eng95@comcast.net>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, 01 October, 2003 14:57
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Fw: [n_scale] Dispatcher Phone recordings
> 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
> ...[snip]...
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