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--- "Ralph W. Brown, Jr." <cbq682@grics.net> wrote:
> Recently I've been interested in purchasing a
> "railroad" pocket watch. I have a book on watches
> that describes general specifications on railroad
> approved watches. The book gives a couple of lists
> of approved watches for the Canadian Pacific and
> Union Pacific railroads.
>
> The general specifications listed for a railroad
> pocket watch are: 19 jewels or more, lever-setting,
> 16 size, American, open face, winding at "12",
> double-roller escapement, adjusted to 5 positions. .
> .
>
> Anyway, I've got a book titled "Burlington Lines
> Rules of the Operating Department - Effective
> December 1st, 1929" (I guess the GCOR of the day).
> The first rule under "Train Rules" describes
> standard time and that watches must be examined and
> approved by the designated inspector. However, no
> specifications are listed.
>
> Does anyone have a list of specifications for
> approved watches on the Burlington? Any time period
> would be good.
>
> R.W. Brown, Jr.
> Galesburg, IL
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
>
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