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1. [CBQ] Switch Key Question (score: 1): Author: qutlx1@aol.com; Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 22:02:58 -0400 (EDT); I handled the brass switch keys for years and never gave it a thought; why were the keys brass ? I understand why the locks were hardened steel but brass for the keys ? Like pennies were the keys mad; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-04/msg00028.html (10,589 bytes)
2. Re: [CBQ] Switch Key Question (score: 1): Author: Michael Matalis <mmatalis@sprynet.com>; Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 22:38:46 -0500; Probably for the same reason that many of my house keys are brass, they are easy to cut. And if they are made badly, like the idiot who set up my original front door key with a deep notch at its base; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-04/msg00029.html (12,092 bytes)
3. RE: [CBQ] Switch Key Question (score: 1): Author: "Carroll, Ed" <ed.carroll@heartland.edu>; Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 04:56:22 +0000; Brass keys emerge from casting with little in the way of burrs that need hand work, unlike steel which will have burrs that will need to be ground and filed. The casting of a brass key with a standar; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-04/msg00031.html (14,838 bytes)
4. Re: [CBQ] Switch Key Question (score: 1): Author: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 05:22:47 -0700 (PDT); And an interesting note a CB&Q key would open a GM&O lock but a GM&O key would not open a CB&Q lock. Quite often a switchman needed more then one key in making transfer moves. The old locks if frozen; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-04/msg00035.html (15,181 bytes)
5. RE: [CBQ] Switch Key Question (score: 1): Author: Gerald Edgar <vje68@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 07:32:01 -0500; There were also different 'keyings' for Lines East & Lines West, partly due to the B&MR influence way back when. BN keys were designed to also open CB&Q locks as the transition began in spring of 197; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-04/msg00037.html (15,792 bytes)
6. RE: [CBQ] Switch Key Question (score: 1): Author: Cy Svobodny <ctsvobodny@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 07:22:26 -0700 (PDT); BN has been looking for that missing key. Just kiding. I still have all three mine also, and I had to sign for them. There were also different 'keyings' for Lines East & Lines West, partly due to; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-04/msg00042.html (15,616 bytes)
7. Re: [CBQ] Switch Key Question (score: 1): Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com; Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 11:01:20 -0400 (EDT); My grandfather used to say..."you're not a real railroader until you have worn out a switch key"....I have several that are pretty badly worn...Not by me. Pete I handled the brass switch keys for yea; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-04/msg00045.html (11,592 bytes)
8. Re: [CBQ] Switch Key Question (score: 1): Author: Kenneth Martin <kmartin537@surewest.net>; Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 08:28:39 -0700; I have two steel BR keys with a different "lever" that will not open any lock I have. I also have a key where the "lever" is flush with the end of the barrel and is lettered "CB&Q". It will not open; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-04/msg00049.html (11,801 bytes)

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