Ah yes, tenths of miles. On the A&M, (was originally the Frisco, then BN for about 6 years), we use TENTHS for bridge slow orders and MP's for others. Can REALLY catch you off guard if you don't read carefully and pay attention when reviewing your bulletins.
Andre Ming ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 10:25 AM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} FNF > Bob, Looks like they did the math for you. Our slow orders were based on > mile post,such as mp 9.3 to mp 9.7. Since I was usually in the cabin car I > could only hope they figured right. I'm sure that you guy's were like us > and > knew your territory spike by spike. > > 8 & sand > > Gary Carmichael > > > In a message dated 11/13/2010 9:35:12 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > > > 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]_ (mailto:[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_) >> (_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/_) (_http://pmrr.org/_ > (http://pmrr.org/) ) (my model railroad) >> __http://fourthray.com/__ (http://fourthray.com/_) > (_http://fourthray.com/_ (http://fourthray.com/) ) (my company) >> __http://houstonsgaugers.org/__ (http://houstonsgaugers.org/_) > (_http://houstonsgaugers.org/_ (http://houstonsgaugers.org/) ) (model >> railroad club) >> -- >> >> >> >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> > > > > > > [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/
