Re: [CBQ] re: Dutch Drop

[Kenneth Fleming <kf5632@gmail.com>]

If one looks at photos of older engine, there was a re-railer hung under one
side of the tender and on the other side was a "push-pole".  It was round
with a thicker center and steel bands on the ends.  I remember my father
(started on the Q in 1914) speaking of "poling" cars.

Ken

On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 12:55 AM, andrewkoetz <andrewkoetz@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> Another old practice in the steam era was to "pole" a car onto the main
> from a siding. If one looks at pictures of steam engines at the front or on
> the back of the tender. You will see 2 concave pieces ( for lack of the
> proper term) (They could have been called pole pockets?) one on each of the
> bottom corners of the tender and the front of the locomoive. These were also
> used and banned for the same reason as the Dutch Drop. Only the heafty piece
> of lumber would become splinters with a possible crewman recieving the
> splinters forcefully.
>
>  
>


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