Yes Pete your memory is correct. I don't have the book in front of me but basically the rule was something to the effect of "while dealing with passengers". So............ many men on suburban met the rule and still used tobacco by simply not using while in the coaches with passengers present.
Here's a couple examples I recall from the dinkies:
1)Ray Prince had that stogie in the corner of his mouth while doing the air brake test in the Coach yard, while backing down to Union Station, while standing at the rear of his train while boarding but not while collecting tickets. As soon as the last passenger detrained and we were running empty to the Hill yard or on a train to Aurora depot in a car w/o any passengers out came the stogie.
2) many men got around the rule by lighting a cigarette in the vestibule while running between stations after collecting tickets. As the next stop was approached the little door Over the door cutout valve in the wall of the vestibule would be pushed into an open position and the burning cigarette would be balanced on the edge and the cutout valve while passengers were loaded and unloaded. As soon as the doors closed the cigarette came back out. While the burning cigarette rested on or next to the door cutout valve its smoke went up inside the wall of the car. Most of these valves, doors and around them were well marked with residual tar, nicotine and smoke.
Of course when we had smoking cars guys got their nicotine fix by just working the smokers. But that's another story for another day. Just think about 120-140 smokers in one car whose ventilation systems capacity was quickly exceeded.
Leo
Isn't there something in t he "book of rules" regarding the use of tobacco by emloyees in uniform while on duty ...or something like that..As usual I can't find my rule book for the exact wording.
Pete
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Another BRHS member (Bob Campbell), who also worked with Ray Prince on the dinkies contacted me off list. He reminded me that Ray always had a stogie stub in his mouth. I had totally forgotten that detail.
Leo
Leo,
Thank you for the recollections of Mr. Ray Prince. There is always a story to go with the stuff and that is what makes this so interesting.
Eric Mumper
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