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Re: [CBQ] Waycar Brake Whistles

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Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:27:54 -0400 (EDT)
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The Rock Island, as probably all the Chicago roads did, used switchmen as backup men..This was their exclusive job...They walked around carrying the "tool" of their trade...A tailhose. 
 
They backed suburban trains fromt the coach yards at 47th St. and 12th as well as road passenger trains from the 47th St. Coach yard to LaSalle St. Station. 
 
These moves were all mty equipment..ie no passengers on.
 
Pete


-----Original Message-----
From: qutlx1 <qutlx1@aol.com>
To: cbq <cbq@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tue, Jun 19, 2012 11:45 am
Subject: Fwd: [CBQ] Waycar Brake Whistles

 
Just another small addition to the conversation:on the Qs Aurora Div between Chicago Union Station and 14th ST coach yard back up moves were made by a combination of switchman and brakeman. To this day Amtrak uses switchman(trainman) to back trains in when needed.
 
Leo Phillipp
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From: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Waycar Brake Whistles
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:33:07 -0400 (EDT)
 
JUst to add a "bit" to John's response...The rules required that the backup move be controled by the CONDUCTOR hisself.
 
Pete


-----Original Message-----
From: John D. Mitchell, Jr. <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Mon, Jun 18, 2012 11:52 pm
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Waycar Brake Whistles

 
Yes, it was a tail hose whistle. Amtrak still uses them today.

From: GLEN HAUG <glenehaug@msn.com>
To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 11:44 PM
Subject: RE: [CBQ] Waycar Brake Whistles

 
This discussion raises a question about whistles on the rear of passenger trains.
 
I'm sure most of you know that the passenger depot at Hannibal was not on the mainline.  Northbound passenger trains would have to back in to the depot, and in doing so they backed across Center Street and Broadway.  A high-pitched whistle was sounded at the crossings, operated by a member of the train crew on the rear passenger car.  I always just assumed this was the communicating whistle between the train and engine, but I wonder if was a whistle similar to that discussed below, on waycars.  Does anyone know?
 
Glen Haug
 
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: cbqrr47@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:09:10 +0000
Subject: [CBQ] Waycar Brake Whistles

 
The whistles on the brake exhausts on waycars were not standard equipment. Individual conductors had carmen to apply them to their waycars. In fact, the Mechanical Dept. did NOT sanction them, claiming they caused undue back pressure on the exhaust and made the waycar's brakes release slower. Conductors, being conductors, paid no attention to this and used them anyway. Remember, this was the day when a conductor's waycar was "his" waycar. I always thought it was neat to see the air gauge go to 90 and hear the whistle under the car. You knew the brakes had released. Who knows, it may have saved some flat wheels. As far as I can tell, they were unique Q features.






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