Tom Hawley posted: > "Railroad Hand Signals" in Google will find you lots of stuff... if you > browser > can deal with it, is animated. > http://www.trainweb.org/railmation/signals.html
Hey that's pretty nifty. Those basic lantern signals are still in use today. Of course, there have been many others added!! As with daytime hand signals, it can vary greatly from railroad to railroad. I have had some "interesting" moments when I used to loan out and work on other subdivisions, some of them in other states. It can get commical if a fellow gives you a hand signal that is local/regional... and you don't "speak" that language! Mainly, it was in the realm of hand signals that refer to customer tracks, such as covering the ears to refer to what was/is called the "Ice Track". (Named so on account of in the dateless past there used to be an ice house there.) Or, a hand jesture that looks like a cat clawing motion, meaning the "Wildcat" track. (Name of a drilling sand company.) Andre Ming Eastern OK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Hawley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 3:39 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Hand signals [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.526 / Virus Database: 270.6.17/1655 - Release Date: 9/5/2008 7:05 PM ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
