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September 15, 2015
Leo, Archie and other retired Chicago-Aurora trainmen - Question,
without pouring over the Rules Of The Operating Department, was "short
flagging" tolerated during severe winter weather? In the attached image dated
January 1962, a flag man stands a short distance from his way car on what
appears to be a bitterly cold late afternoon in Brookfield, IL. I say the man
shown all bundled-up in a parka is a flag man as you can see his bag (I know
there's a term for it) full of fusees and flags for protecting stopped
trains. I suppose that may be this man is protecting the grade
crossing in front of him for a backing movement, but I do not see a lit
fusee on the road nor a flag in his hand. I'd appreciate any input on just
exactly what this trainman is doing (other than stamping his snow covered feet
to keep warm). GLAD I live in sunny, warm South Alabama
having grown-up in the Midwest on Everywhere West.... Best Regards -
Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
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