- 1. [CBQ] RE: Poling cars (score: 1)
- Author: Gerald & Virginia Edgar <vje68@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:25:04 -0600
- it was still being done in mid-late 70's with the most common practice that I saw was a loco (& yes, many early diesels had cast poling pockets in all 4 corners of the frame) shoving a freight car on
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- 2. Re: [CBQ] RE: Poling cars (score: 1)
- Author: Kenneth Martin <kmartin537@surewest.net>
- Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:07:39 -0800
- In his book "Yards and Terminals" 1906 John Droege talks about poling yards where switching is done using a pole. There is even a drawing of a poling yard at Hawthorne, IL on the CB&Q. Ken Martin --
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