Leo et al
There was a "case" which illustrates exactly what your engineer was telling you
that took place right in your own backyard.
I think it was early 1940's or so..It's on the ICC website...
There was a work extra authorized to work between Montgomery and
Wedron....probably just the local down the branch to the sand pits.
He? was delayed at Montgomery by traffic on the mainlines for a considerable
period of time....When the operator turned him loose he picked up orders at the
tower, one of whi;ch was a "run late" on the Passenger Motor car coming up from
Streator to the tune of an hour or so late maybe more....but by the time the
delayed train got the order the Psgr was almost due on his Run late...
After crossing over the local engineer was occupied with getting his train
started, whistling for several crossings etc and by the time he got the order
read the Psgr was due and, not only due he was "there" and there was a head
on....
After that, according to the ICC report the Q issued instructions that trains
for the branch were not to be cleared (re train orders) until they were cleared
to move across the mainlines and get on the branch.
I'll look the date up on this one, and post it, but it illustrates exactly what
your man was telling you.
Pete
-----Original Message-----
From: qutlx1@aol.com
To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 10:08 pm
Subject: [CBQ] Intimidation factor "the rest of the story"
Before I tell the balance of the intimidation factor story concerning train
orders at Denrock I need to clarify one point. Most of my stories deal with
the 1970's as the Q didn't want me in '68 when I first applied. So it's
technically a BN time period story but believe me;the characters are all old Q
employees and for the most part the only thing that had changed was the paint
colors.
Now the rest of the story..............I'm sitting on the left hand seat
looking ahead as the engineer reads the orders that I had delivered after
reading them myself. He takes awhile reading the rather thick wad that we had
been
handed that day. Upon completing his study he folded them neatly and tucked
them behind the windshield wiper air line as was standard practice. He then
educated me to the fact that orders are addressed to C&E of a train and should
always be delivered to them immediately. This engineer did take the effort to
explain that the logic was based on "there could have been an order that was
for a point just east of Denrock and while you were looking at them I would
be unaware of the need to take action".
While this engineer and I usually got along well and I thought there was a
level of respect between us, that lecture, that basically said as an
examined(passed Condrs test but waiting for opening) brakemen with several
years of
experience I still wasn't to be trusted with the first read of train orders
and knowing what to do about them,stayed with me to this day.
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