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1. Re: [BRHSlist] OS - Was Suggested Reading (score: 1): Author: Bob Webber <rswebber@c...>; Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 17:17:33 -0600; The Rocky Mountain Railroad has used this verbiage for years, with an indication that it came from "On Sheet" from dispatchers. At 06:13 PM 12/27/2001 -0500, you wrote: As someone that has been resea; /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-12/msg00306.html (9,442 bytes)
2. Re: [BRHSlist] OS - Was Suggested Reading (score: 1): Author: "VLBG" <VLBG@s...>; Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 18:31:31 -0600; Gabe, Might have to re-think this a little. Got to watch the words, "certainly reached a specific point on the line". The OS is a passing time, not an arrival time. That is why they put markers on wa; /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-12/msg00308.html (10,528 bytes)
3. Re: [BRHSlist] OS - Was Suggested Reading (score: 1): Author: Bob Webber <rswebber@c...>; Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 18:38:43 -0600; " "OS" are the initials for On the Sheets, a reference to what station agents did to notify the train dispatcher that a train had passed his/her station and been noted on the train register."; /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-12/msg00309.html (8,569 bytes)
4. Re: [BRHSlist] OS - Was Suggested Reading (score: 1): Author: Bob Webber <rswebber@c...>; Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 18:42:39 -0600; BTW, should anyone have a BR rule book, it will be identified. In the 1938 D&RGW rule book, OS is the abbreviation for "Train Report" - said report being made by station agents as the train passed th; /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-12/msg00310.html (8,615 bytes)
5. Re: [BRHSlist] OS - Was Suggested Reading (score: 1): Author: "D. Gabe Gabriel" <signaling@r...>; Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 19:55:04 -0500; I appreciate the point - point well taken, and important. However, in its original use, I'm not sure that it is correct to refer to the rear or the front being at a specific point (which is your poin; /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-12/msg00311.html (9,814 bytes)
6. Re: [BRHSlist] OS - Was Suggested Reading (score: 1): Author: "D. Gabe Gabriel" <signaling@r...>; Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 20:04:47 -0500; And that is my point - OS is not an abbreviation for "train report", that would be "TR". "OS" was used decades before 1938 - so, why? (I have spent more than a few hours looking for documentation on; /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-12/msg00312.html (9,032 bytes)
7. Re: [BRHSlist] OS - Was Suggested Reading (score: 1): Author: Bob Webber <rswebber@c...>; Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 19:11:30 -0600; The D&RGW 1908 rule book has exactly the same verbiage. I suspect you'll have to locate earlier rule books to find the complete answer. The OS description (I sent), and the abbreviation are as they a; /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-12/msg00313.html (9,835 bytes)
8. Re: [BRHSlist] OS - Was Suggested Reading (score: 1): Author: John Mitchell <cbqrr47@y...>; Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 20:16:19 -0800 (PST); __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com; /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-12/msg00316.html (10,493 bytes)
9. Re: [BRHSlist] OS - Was Suggested Reading (score: 1): Author: John Mitchell <cbqrr47@y...>; Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 20:23:25 -0800 (PST); Not the "train register". That was something altogether differant. A train register was a document kept at certain stations,(usually at originating or terminating points, junctions, end of two main t; /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-12/msg00317.html (8,869 bytes)
10. Re: [BRHSlist] OS - Was Suggested Reading (score: 1): Author: John Mitchell <cbqrr47@y...>; Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 20:46:22 -0800 (PST); Once again guys, an "OS" or train report was given when a train departed from, passed by, or arrived in a station!!!! This is how the dispatcher knew when any of these events had occurred. FYI, Gabe,; /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-12/msg00319.html (12,100 bytes)
11. Re: [BRHSlist] OS - Was Suggested Reading (score: 1): Author: "D. Gabe Gabriel" <signaling@r...>; Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 00:13:56 -0500; My point on this is that "on sheet" has been presented by people over the past 30 some years (please let me know if anyone has anything to show this explanation given prior to that) but, has no subst; /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-12/msg00334.html (8,557 bytes)
12. Re: [BRHSlist] OS - Was Suggested Reading (score: 1): Author: John Mitchell <cbqrr47@y...>; Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 07:48:34 -0800 (PST); Gabe I, too care for a level of detail, that most would call "nit picking". My point was, before you call something "nonsese", just remember that this should be a free exchange of ideas. Everybody ca; /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-12/msg00341.html (9,978 bytes)

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