Re: [CBQ] Arbitraries was Downers Grove Wreck

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

Hey, why do you think they were called "arbitraries"? They were arbitrarily denied!

--- On Tue, 4/2/13, qutlx1@aol.com <qutlx1@aol.com> wrote:

From: qutlx1@aol.com <qutlx1@aol.com>
Subject: [CBQ] Arbitraries was Downers Grove Wreck
To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, April 2, 2013, 8:04 PM

 

This will support Doug and Pete's comments about arbitraries being no walk in the park.

 

Since childhood I have been a student of history; so when I came into possession of a copy of the "schedule" dated 5/1/28 with rates effective 12/1/52 and understood that its' terms were still in effect and the vast amount of history inside those covers; I read the thing cover to cover with pen in hand for future reference.

 

Rule 44 on page 45 talks about trainman being allowed the extra mileage "when an engine is cut off a train to run for coal or water."  Here is what I wrote to the list back on 5/2/12:

 

"You are correct about needing water in a diesel. One trip eastbound in the C&I pool the warning bells in the lead unit started ringing so we stopped between the switches at Carter. The units cooling system was almost dry. We cut the power off the train and ran to Oregon depot and pulled the hose out of depot, filing the cooling system, after which we returned to the train and continued east.

 

I turned in a timeslip for the miles Carter to Oregon and return under the schedule rule "running for water" and it was turned down by the timekeepers office, stating that if legitimate, the Condr would have turned in the timeslip. I dutifully quoted page, chapter and verse out of the schedule and the fact that Condr and rear man stayed at Carter on the waycar. A couple pay periods later I received the overdue mileage. This may have been the start of my interest in being a local chairman."

 

At some point in the future, I believe, there will be an article in the BRHS Bulletin dealing with a long gone  and almost forgotten service once routine on North American RRs. The whole impetus to write the article came from reading the schedule back in the 70s and stumbling on the rule related to the service and saying to myself "really" ! Then I gained access to the Aurora BRT lodge claim files and well........you'll get to read about it yourselves.

 

Leo Phillipp

 

 

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