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Re: [BRHSlist] Fw: [n_scale] Dispatcher Phone recordings

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Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Fw: [n_scale] Dispatcher Phone recordings
From: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 06:52:34 -0700 (PDT)
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Bob
It is a engineer and conductor! Trains Magazine had a
good article about automated trains, a couple of
months ago.
don't worry about the age thing. We remember REAL
railroading.
John
--- Bob Weber <eng95@comcast.net> wrote:
> John,
> 
> Boy, when you say 'my time' I really start to feel
> old :^)
> How is railroading done today. 
> Telegraphers/operators no longer exist?  Just a
> dispatcher with a radio to talk to the Engineer or
> do they use wireless networking to a computer in the
> cab?  The only humans on the train is an Engineer
> and a brakeman?  Do some trains run without humans
> onboard, i.e., computer automation or remote control
> by a dispatcher or what?  Is there a web site that
> describes modern railroading methods?
> 
> Bob
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: John D. Mitchell, Jr. 
> To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 9:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Fw: [n_scale] Dispatcher
> Phone recordings
> 
> 
> Bob
> No kidding now, they had a dog who "fetched" the
> hoops
> back! The "high speed hoops" came along after your
> time on the Beardstown Division.
> John
> --- Bob Weber <eng95@comcast.net> wrote:
> > 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]...
> > 
> > 
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been
> > removed]
> > 
> > 
> 
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