Pete
What are you putting on your shredded wheat.
Those flags are white in both photos on page 40. I had to look it up as I
haven't got that far
sjh
----- Original Message -----
From: <PSHedgpeth@aol.com>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 2:24 PM
Subject: [BRHSlist] Further on Flyer's Flags
> 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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