SIGNAL PROBLEMS AND SAND ON RAILS

[HRBran99 at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/12/00 2:51:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
pghpcc at pacbell.net writes:


> Very interesting!  Were you able to determine why the turnout set
> 

No. I came to a normal stop without touching any buttons or switches. Only my 
feet were doing the work...........left foot on the deadman and right foot on 
the brake. After the car came to a complete stop the point moved over. I 
remember the incident so well because, in those days, they (the training 
instructors, route foremen, division superintendents, etc.) put 'the fear of 
the Lord' in us to only do the right thing, according to the rule book. 
Later, in discussing the happening with another operator I jokingly thought 
out loud that the route foreman must have a switch inside their office to 
throw the point a different direction so they could come out and start asking 
questions.

<<HERB:::    Can you relate more *Online-Stories* of your experiences as an
operator,  PLEASE!!??  Like the one above, those are always
fascinating!!::-->)>>

If you are interested in such items and it is in line with a topic being 
discussed, I could do that.

<<Still vividly remember you telling about the time you had a trolley
wheel burn out on you while bringing down a significant amount of
overhead!!>>

Yes, one of the more memorable events that happened to me. Sure did close the 
35/36/37 for a while!

HrB
In Sunny Florida
Where The Abacus Is Still Used to Count Votes
Oh Dear, I moved two beads for Gore... Lets throw that one out.

 
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