Re: [CBQ] Re: Abbreviation quiz

["John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>]

You might say they have took all the fun (and the color) out of railroading, but things like "set and centered" have placed a whole new emphasis on safety. There will be a lot fewer guys "cut in three pieces" or "coupled up".

--- On Sat, 1/5/13, mdeckergwtcnet <mdecker@gwtc.net> wrote:

From: mdeckergwtcnet <mdecker@gwtc.net>
Subject: [CBQ] Re: Abbreviation quiz
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, January 5, 2013, 12:20 PM

 

--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "John D. Mitchell, Jr." wrote:
>
> I used to like to listen to the fireman pass signals to the engineer. The good ones could drew out "easy" into about a five syllable word and no fireman ever yelled "stop" at an engineer! It was always "come on back", too.
>

That'll do doesn't cut it anymore :>) They did go back to letting the ground man say "half a car" instead of "25 feet", but it has to be "Stop" now, if you don't want to risk an "efficiency Failure" :>)

You also can't use "cuttin' in the air" anymore....it's got to be "going in between". And, if the going in between was on the radio, you have to answer with "set and centered". If he gives you what I call the "Saturday Night Fever" sign.......one hand up in the air, and one pointing "in between"....you can answer with a toot on the horn. Lots of the "older" guys in Edgemont prefer hand signs up in the Velocity yard, account the TM in charge can't evesdrop on them :>)

Mike

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