I worked in Train Order territory on the Q territory in Nebraska, Wyoming, and Montana for 14 years with diesels on BN. We routinely picked up orders on the head end at the 49 mph dark territory max
A memory I have is of one night my dad, a railway telegraphher, let me stand out with him on the platform as he was to hand up orders to a fast freight. It was a dark, clear night at Inland, NE. Inla
Great "word picture" DAle....You are one of the few of us who actually experienced the sights and sounds of railroading which captured all of us of that vintage. Pete A memory I have is of one night
Does anybody have a diagram of how to tie the slip loop on a order string that held the train order ?? __._,_.___ Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch de
Tim...Do you have a Boy Scout handbook....If so I think it was..."A bowline and a bite"....I remember looking at the knot on the order hoops at the Langdon depot back in the late 40's early 50's and
"A missed train order was an automatic firing of the telegraph operator". I never heard of that, so when I walked away from the track because the hoghead didn't dim the head light and made him stop I
Maybe the original meaning was missing the copying of a train order was a firing offense. Thank you kindly, Michael Matalis Downers Grove IL You can see my railroad photography blog at http://www.cha
The only way I can think of that an operator or train crew could be fired for a "missed" train order would be if it was listed on the Clearance form but not included in the bundle of orders. -- Yahoo
Tim...Do you have a Boy Scout handbook....If so I think it was..."A bowline and a bite"....I remember looking at the knot on the order hoops at the Langdon depot back in the late 40's early 50's and
After I got to thinking about it and leaving the computer I'm thinking that the train order tie was what is described in the Boy Scout Handbook as the FISHERMAN'S KNO'T...I've never actually tied one
Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:29:46 -0700 (PDT)
Every train order I ever saw was tied with a simple overhand knot around the orders with a square knot at the bottom but maybe you Lines West guys were more sophisticated than people on this end! --
It's been nearly 60 years since I've strung a train order Y frame but I think I did it like this. The two ends of a string were brought together and overlaped then each end was tied with an overhand
Most places would have two long nails preciously placed on a wall. One would wrap a ball of string around these nails, then cut the string thru the whole wad anywhere. That gave you a piece that woul
Bob Weber, that's the way I did it. We always had a bunch hanging on a nail. Lenny Ohrnell Sent from my iPad -- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/
Pete. I have created this book "Hooked on Trains" in which I've written about my days on the CB&Q, included some pictures, etc. I would like to share it, and would send you a copy if I knew where to
Dale - Could I purchase a copy, too? Email me direct < LZadnichek@aol.com >. Thanks - Louis Louis Zadnichek II Fairhope, AL In a message dated 4/20/2013 8:14:48 A.M. Central Daylight Time, drale99@ro
That's the way I've seen it always done Pete --Original Message-- From: Bob Weber <eng95@comcast.net> To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sat, Apr 20, 2013 2:10 am Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: Train order
Thank You all for your help on this.... I really appreciate it.......... Tim -- On Sat, 4/20/13, Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com <Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com> wrote: From: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com <Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com> S
When you hoop up, set the tip of the Y on the nearest rail and raise the hoop up to loco window height. If you are too close to train step back, always face oncoming train, so you can adjust your pos
Cy I've seen may "seasoned" operators do exactly as you described it....Although I've picked up quite a few orders, but only once handed up...That was when I was quite young and standing on the platf