The difference, John, is that we had to know what we were doing.
--- In [email protected], "John" <armstong5...@...> wrote:
>
> In a fog you acted like management, or an MBA John
> Armstrong
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: shabbona_rr
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 3:28 PM
> Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} FNF
>
>
>
> No, that's where proper training comes in. An experienced railroader knew
> where he was. Inexperienced railroaders learned by watching how they did it.
> That's why it took at least four years of working experience before a
> trainman could take promotion to conductor, and an engineer (at least on
> Southern Pacific) needed eight years - just to be a yard engineer.
>
> Two weeks of book and computer training by smart alecky chalk-twirling
> college boy instructors just don't cut it - especially today!
>
> How do you think we ran in the fog?
>
> Bob Nicholson ________________________________________
>
> --- In [email protected], Jim and Cheryl Martin <farnhamhouse@> wrote:
> >
> > I'm curious so maybe the professional railroaders can help me out here.
> If you
> > get distracted and lose count of the poles, do you have to back the train
> up and
> > start over?
> >
> > Just wondering
> > Jim
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Andre Ming <laming@>
> > To: [email protected]
> > Sent: Sat, November 13, 2010 10:36:52 AM
> > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} FNF
> >
> >
> > 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" <user141771@>
> > 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], prorr@ 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,
> > >> pavanvliet@ 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:pavanvliet@) , or
> > >> _pe...@_ (mailto:peter@) )
> > >> 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)
> > >> --
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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