Archie et
T hose small concave indentations were called "poling pockets" IIRC and
they were also on diesels..SD's and GP's at least through the 1950's...
Seems like not many years ago TRAINS had a little piece, complete with
pictures, of the whys and wherefores of poling. The poles carried on steam
engines had metal end caps to avoid..or at least minimize splintering..
Speaking of drops...getting frogged etc....I remember one time during my
short "on the ground" career on the Q working a local and we had shoved or
dropped some cars into an elevator track or some such. They were barely in
the
clear and was the usual practice then one guy stood straddling the main track
rail at the furthest projecting point of the cars on the elevator track and
raised his arm to check the clearance...It being assumed that if he couldn't
touch the car from that position that it was in the clear.
In this case it was close but appeared to be OK...To be on the safe side the
"checker" gave the engineer an "easy" sign and kept a close eye as the
movement slowly passed the barely in the clear car....
An old head brakeman was standing near me as the move was made and
commented..."That wouldn't have went by there fast"
Just another little "memory flash" brought out by someone else's story.
Pete
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