Steve, Yes, it does depend on the territory. Think the "Operator" at East End Tower is actually a Switchtender. Right? Surprised he still has a job. They are in the process of taking all the switch m
For those who are too young to have heard how railroad communications used to take place and are only familiar with today's radio chatter, the following might be a good history lesson. In the summers
Tom I sure want to get copies of your CD's of dispatcher phone talk....This is a must for the younger guys to hear. I too used to listen in on the DS phone at Langdon Missouri when I was quite ;young
Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 20:51:00 -0700 (PDT)
Pete I still say "naught" (instead of zero), and every once in a while people will ask me about it. I'll tell them I learned from train dispatchers. You should see some of the looks I get! Zeigler Ju
John, While I don't think it has been made into a rule yet the usage of the word "naught" has been against policy for about two years. "Zero" sounds better to me anyway. Was never a "naught" person a
John Most of the orders I heard being transmitted involved passenger trains which were then exclusively "hauled" by E units in the 9900 series...I would either be listening on the DS phone or sitting
Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 07:14:03 -0700 (PDT)
Russ You are right about the sequence. I was working from an old man's memory, late at night. I said to myself, "Let's see, how did that go, now?" That's why I need the recordings! In the old days, i
John, Correct about the "NS". Somewhere in the CB&Q to BN transition it got changed to "ND". Probably for compatibility with the NP or GN rules. These days BNSF/KCS/UP have periodic conferences about
John As one old guy to another....I remember the old all cap typewriters...I think that I or my dad actually had one...don't have it any more...Seems they were called "billers"...all the items the ag
As a relief agent/operator in the 1950's, I worked almost every CB&Q office on the Beardstown division. The standard typewriter was an ancient all caps Underwood machine used for waybills, freight bi
Been there, done that; even today orders(track bulletins) and clearances(track warrants) are still handed up in a few places(I've done it at Fargo, ND on AMTRAK as recent as 4 years ago. That's last
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Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 20:23:18 -0700 (PDT)
Pete I still have an old train order "tin" and stylus in my collection. Using a typewriter was a breakthrough, as far as I am concerned. Some of the old longhand train orders were pretty hard to read
Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 20:33:32 -0700 (PDT)
Bob You remember it right. It took a lot of guts to stand there with an M-4 pounding down on you. Remember how bad it was at Woodlawn, where you had to stand between the tracks, for the southbounds?
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