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Louis et al I have a July 1, 1916 rule book which contains the "colored plates" as you described, but there is no mention, or color representation of anything resembling the 'emergency bullseye signal as is being discussed. In fact this is the first mention of such an item that I have ever seen. I've always been fascinated with the array of markers and class lights which were required "back in the day" ie "engine running backward pushing cars"..running against current of traffic" etc.
Of course all of this was "by the board" by the time I came along, but during my first summer working as brakeman on the Hastings-Huntley local there were two occasions when the "old head" conductor told me to "turn your markers". One was when we were on the siding at Sutton right at dusk (this is CTC territory" and we were going "up town" to eat. The conductor said.."Jim,b e sure and turn your markers"..I knew it wasn't necessary, but I wasn't about to challenge anybody at that "stage of the game"..Said conductor had 1920's something seniority and was as fine an old railroader as I ever worked with. The other instance was with this same conductor and we had come in from Huntley in the "wee hours of the morning" and were pulling our train down the "running track next to the mainline in the Hastings Yard (Gaines..to be totally accurate). Again the admonition be sure you turn one marker green per the old rule book.
I've always enjoyed looking at the color plates with examples of the proper hand and lamp signals given my "mustacheod" trainmen.
Pete
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From: LZadnichek@aol.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tue, Nov 3, 2015 12:05 pm Subject: Re: [CBQ] Cuckoo clock November 3, 2015
Charlie, Archie and Group - Packed away in "some box" is a collection of Q
rule books that my Dad accumulated over his career. It's been many years since I
last looked at Dad's rule books, but I distinctly remember a
Consolidated Code of Operating Rules from the early 1900s that had some number
of colored plates depicting various signal colors to be displayed on
locomotives, tenders, way cars and rear facing passenger cars. Among those
plates was one that showed the Emergency Bullseye signal that was placed
directly beneath the locomotive headlight. If any one on this list has such
a rule book, the answer should be found there in. It'll definitely be
interesting to see this question answered. Best Regards - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
In a message dated 11/3/2015 8:46:44 A.M. Central Standard Time,
CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:
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