[PRCo] Re: PTM Calendar March 2002

[Edward H. Lybarger]

There was no siding near here...the closest one was back at Gallagher,
toward Connellsville.

No doubt a broomstick was a very convenient way to change the signals,
though no rulebook described the procedure!  I've heard stories about
throwing them on the run, though specific utensils were not mentioned.

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Harold Geissenheimer
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Subject: [PRCo] Re: PTM Calendar March 2002



Greetings

Not exactly sure of this but I seem to remember
that West Penn motormen used a broom stick
to flip the signals as they went by.

Any one else remember?

Harold Geissenheimer



"Fred W. Schneider III" wrote:

> If it is the photo I'm thinking off, it is the junction of the line from
> Connelsville to Dickerson Run and the line from Connelsville to
> Uniontown via Phillips.  There was one northward facing switch, and a
> siding beyond it if memory serves.
>
> On a pole?  Does it look like a little canopy or lean-to about 8 x 8
> inches?  If so, it is the cover for a signal light bulb.  West Penn
> signals were nothing but bare bulbs under canopies on poles, worked by
> switches mounted on poles where they could be reached by a motorman
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