Well since you guys won't let this die, I'll add another bit of
confusion. My friend,Tom Henderson of SideTracks, pointed out some time
ago that AF referred to a running board as a catwalk!
Bob Werre
BobWphoto.com
On 11/29/10 12:57 PM, Rollain Mercier wrote:
>
> and he notes -
>
> All but thee and me and I ain't so sure about thee!
>
> On roofwalks/running boards - it seems that half the model suppliers
> call it one way and the other half the other.
>
> On switches/turnouts - some railroaders call them turnouts but some
> call them switches - either way the electric (or pneumatic) gizmos
> that move them are called "switch machines".
>
> Raleigh in still balmey Mainey...
>
> >
> >Don't you remember ! It was UNION SWITCH AND SWINDLE in the papers.
> >If the weather is balmy, Are the residents?
> >Glad to see you back. John Armstrong
> >and he muses -
> >
> >Hmmmm... Apparently the running boards on my father's Model 'A' were
> >in the wrong place and I didn't know Union Switch & Signal made
> >light switches!
> >
> > >
> > > > in my basement they're called roofwalks, just as the real Monon
> > > railroaders called them!
> > > > Roger Nulton
> > >
> > >Roger....
> > >
> > >Make you a deal....
> > >
> > >When I am in your basement, I will call them "roofwalks" and when
> > >you are in my train room you will call them "running boards".
> > >"S"ound fair? A win-win arrangement for both of us.
> > >
> > >In either location, a turnout is always a turnout and the thing that
> > >turns the lights on/off is a switch. OK?
> > >
> > >"S"miles....Ed L.
>
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