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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Nicknames
From: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 20:18:49 -0800 (PST)
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They used to sell switch lights that were supposed to burn two weeks on one filling (a fortnight).

--- On Thu, 1/3/13, John Stell <stell_john@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: John Stell <stell_john@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Nicknames
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, January 3, 2013, 8:10 PM

 
I have heard the term fort night oil for kerosene lanterns.

--- On Thu, 1/3/13, Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com <Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com> wrote:

From: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com <Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Nicknames
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, January 3, 2013, 5:24 PM

 
Steve et al...also the oil reservoir in a kerosene lantern was called a "pot"..or in come cases a "fount"...Another technicality that I gathered from stories in the old RAILROAD MAGAZINE is that what the lantern burned was not called kerosene, but referred to as "signal oil"
 
Pete


-----Original Message-----
From: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>
To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, Jan 3, 2013 12:15 pm
Subject: [CBQ] Nicknames

 
Pete
Here is another  Pot = Dwarf signal  sometime called a ground pot
and I think the kerosene switch heaters were also called pots
Steve in SC


From: Karl Rethwisch <qrailroadman@yahoo.com>
To: "CBQ@yahoogroups.com" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, January 3, 2013 10:01:13 AM
Subject: [CBQ] Re: Oregon Signals [2 Attachments]

 
Bob, in this cropped 126 image the pot is visible just beyond the switch immediately in front of my engine.  The white object is a stone bridge pier.
 
In the other view, shot from #21, a feature, possibly unique to Oregon, is that a westward diverging move is controlled by a pot signal also.  The elements demanding this unusual method of signal arrangement were viewing distance and clearance considerations.  In order for the signals to be visible to the Engineer of a westward move they had to be placed closer to the track than standard plans called for.  In fact, the clearance was so limited that only half of the roundel on the high signal was used.  An O5, while rounding the curve, was in danger of loosing its Engineer-side Clear-Vision wind screen if the screen was not folded in at this location.
 
All-in-all, this was a poor location for a siding switch and signal due to the extreme restrictions imposed by the bridge.  One other location with a non-standard signal installation was the east end of Milledgeville.  This signal arrangement was also dictated by the visibility requirements of westward trains.
 
Karl


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