Re: [CBQ] Way car question......

["Philip Weibler pawnbaw@sbcglobal.net [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

Hello Dan -
Back in 'the good old days' of assigned waycars the conductor would mount a 
distinctive paddle or
thingamajig up on the cupola so that he could quickly spot 'his' car on the 
waycar track or on a yard 
track.  Particularly useful after the yardmaster had 'shuffled the deck'.       
                PAW
 

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 From: "dfhollis@comcast.net [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
To: "List, CBQ" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 8:50 PM
Subject: [CBQ] Way car question......
  


  
I really should stop paying such close attention to a video, I'd probably get 
my work done on time but this one caught my eye.  In Greg Scholl's "Colorado & 
Southern Steam" at approximately the 21:20 point in the disc there is film of 
C&S 647 pushing a waycar. In the center of the cupola there is something that 
looks like a metal ball or disc attached to a stick or rod which is affixed to 
the cupola.  Any ideas?