We still use pole count on the A&M. 40 per mile. Of course, most of the original telegraph poles are long gone, so we have miles marked in 10 pole increments to help orient slow orders/etc. All this week, I had slow orders that basically read:
10 MPH at: MP. 417 plus 17 poles to 23 poles MP. 418 plus 13 poles MP. 420 plus 8 poles. Andre Ming ----- Original Message ----- From: "shabbona_rr" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 8:35 AM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} FNF > On Santa Fe, the nation's premier railroad, we figured 40 poles to the > mile. Slow orders were based on poles (not pole length spacing) to locate > affected track, for instance, "3 Poles West of MP205 to 4 Poles west of MP > 206." > > Once a BN conductor was ridiculing me because they used feet instead of > pole lengths. I asked him which he'd rather count from the train, poles or > feet > > Bob Nicholson ________________________________________ > > > --- In [email protected], pr...@... wrote: >> >> Peter, Nice job, they look very relistic.If my memory serves me >> correctly,they were spaced about 80' apart. I can remember old head >> engineers using >> them to calculate train length. Of course back then most cars were 40 >> footers and every pole was 2 car lengths.They may have been 120' foot >> apart but >> I'm thinking 80' is right. >> >> Gary Carmichael >> >> >> In a message dated 11/13/2010 9:00:26 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, >> pavanvl...@... writes: >> >> >> >> >> This week I finished installing 9 scratchbuilt telephone/telegraph poles >> on part of the layout that is already in the scenery stage. I documented >> the process of building them on my web site: >> >> _http://pmrr.org/Articles/Scenery/TelegraphPoles.htm_ >> (http://pmrr.org/Articles/Scenery/TelegraphPoles.htm) >> >> Enjoy, >> - Peter. >> -- >> Peter Vanvliet (_pavanvl...@..._ (mailto:pavanvl...@...) , or >> _pe...@..._ (mailto:pe...@...) ) >> Houston, Texas >> >> "It is easy to give up; anyone can do that..." >> >> _http://pmrr.org/_ (http://pmrr.org/) (my model railroad) >> _http://fourthray.com/_ (http://fourthray.com/) (my company) >> _http://houstonsgaugers.org/_ (http://houstonsgaugers.org/) (model >> railroad club) >> -- >> >> >> >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 4984 (20100330) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > ------------------------------------ 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: [email protected] [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/
