John Mitchell and any other listers who have followed up on my theory that
the flags, subject of some speculation by the captioner, carried by The first
eastbound No. 40 on June 12, 1939 and the second eastbound No. 40 the next day
as shown on Page 40 BB No. 45.
Well, as I was "snarfing shredded wheat" for lunch today the answer came to
me.....Firming up my thought, that "even when I think I might be wrong I could
be right"...
Just before partaking of said lunch I consulted my 1929 Rule Book and agree
that daytime classification signals at that time required only flags by day and
both flags and white lights by night...
I dug through my old timetables, which is not an extensive file and found TT
No. 65 of the McCook Division effective April 28,1940...yes John it was a
Sunday.....I looked at pages 8 and 9 which cover the Akron to Denver
Sub-division
eastward and westward.....
Suddenly it came to me that the matter of flags...or any other classification
signals was a moot point....The train could have been flying THE JOLLY ROGER
or OLD GLORY and it wouldn't have made any difference..The issue of the
schedule of No. 40 and/or 39 being in the TT is also moot. Isn't that a lawyer
term
John??
Before I reveal the answer, I'm going to allow any of you who are interested,
that's assuming that there are any who are..... to figure it out. The answer
is in the picture itself....examine it closely and you will see it.....not a
direct revelation, but it's there...I admit that I didn't see it myself until
after it dawned on me why the flag issue is moot, but this gave the
confirmation.
Here's some hints....Think: 1937.......DAWN TO DUSK.......US&S.
If you know your Q history you'll get it.
Pete
PS: I still think that the flags are of a commorative nature with images of
each of the three roads displayed on the flags. Probably carried on the first
few trips as part of the "ballyhoo" promoting the new service.
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