Tom, It didn't have to be exact. As Bob and I have been talking ,it most
hoggers knew where they would be out of a restriction or yard. It was more a
reference or reminder to let you know in the fog or rain when you couldn't
see much else. While a boxcar might be a little longer than 40' ,a couple
of tanks or hoppers would average things out. When your working on your rest
day in and day out you learn to help yourself out.
8 & sand
Gary Carmichael
In a message dated 11/14/2010 2:29:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
----- Original Message -----
From: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])
. . . . . . . . . .If my memory serves me correctly,they [
telephone/telegraph poles] 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.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
This sound like a rather inexact technology. A car's effective length in a
train is not its inside length; it's from inside pulling face of coupler
on
one end to the same point on the other end, probably about 45 feet for a
"40
foot" boxcar.
Tom Hawley -- Lansing Mich
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