It's been awhile but the Rochelle discussion tweaked my memory.
Moving across the "Norwegian" crossing at Rochsmell could be interesting.
One of my early trips westbound we came thru town and finally stopped for a
red
board westbound on 1 at the C&NW. Dutifully I climbed down from the lead
unit,walked to the control box and opening same read the instructions. These
advised me to push the big black button in the center,wait x minutes,check in
both directions for conflicting movements and if none observed, then signal
the
hogger to proceed. At which time once the lead pair of wheels had entered
the block I could close the lid and climb back aboard. If you've spent anytime
in Rochelle you know by the time you crawl up to the xing,walk up to it,wind
the clock,etc you've tied up the entire town for 10 minutes and then have to
wait another 6 minutes ( I think).
So in my newby earnest ways I proceeded to "wind the clock",checked for
conflicting movements and gave "breathless" a come ahead sign. As the train
started to move I closed the box,locked it and climbed aboard. As I sat down
congratulating myself; old breathless came across the cab and began a tongue
lashing that lasted beyond Flag Center. I was the most useless,dumb brakeman
he'd
ever seen as I didn't wait the 6 minutes for the clock to run down. Of course
he never explained why he moved the train w/o waiting.
Leo
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