Re: [CBQ] re: Dutch Drop

[Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com]

The poling pockets on engines continued well into the "diesel era"...Don't know 
for sure when the practice was ended, but the early GP's and SD's had them

When did the practice of putting the PP's on freight cars cease???

Ptee






-----Original Message-----
From: Russ Strodtz <19main@wildblue.net>
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, Feb 19, 2010 12:08 am
Subject: Re: [CBQ] re: Dutch Drop


 

I say a number of cars used to pole cars in the 60's.

Russ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "andrewkoetz" <andrewkoetz@gmail.com>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, 18 February, 2010 23:55
Subject: [CBQ] re: Dutch Drop

> 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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