it was still being done in mid-late 70's with the most common practice that I
saw was a loco (& yes, many early diesels had cast poling pockets in all 4
corners of the frame) shoving a freight car on a parallel track. Done
correctly it saved time especially when spotting cars as engineer was right
along side of the car he was spotting. He did not have to have switches
thrown, enter the track, couple/uncouple, etc. I do not recall if FRA finally
disallowed it or whether ea RR changed their safety rules. You could still buy
poles (oak as I recall) from RR Supply Houses in 1970's & its a safe best some
companies with their locomotives for captive switching continued the practice
after the RR's quit doing it)
Gerald
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:51:47 -0500
Subject: Re: [CBQ] re: Dutch Drop
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
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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
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From: "andrewkoetz" <andrewkoetz@gmail.com>
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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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