I heard stories that in days past, when a train had work to do, the conductor would start for the head end to assist by going over the tops of the cars so he would be at the head end when the train stopped
Bob Nicholson __________________________________________________ --- In [email protected], "John" <armstong5717@...> wrote: > > This is why brakemen and conductors are overweight these days. > > For years they could takev a break and go for a walk. Now they just sit. > > Like firemen you cannot shovel oil. > > John Armstrong > ----- Original Message ----- > From: shabbona_rr > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 2:42 PM > Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Roof walks > > > > The RR's started building cars without roofwalks in June, 1966, and began > removing them from cars so equipped a short time later. About two years > previous to that they put out a rule forbidding trainmen to use the roofwalks. > > Bob Nicholson ______________________________________ > > --- In [email protected], "G. Elems" <gelems@> wrote: > > > > When I started taking train pictures in 1971 with a Kodak range finder > there > > were a lot of roof walks on cars still. By 1979 a good 15-20% of the older > > cars still had roof walks. Those that had them removed often still had the > > high hand brake so on the B end you would climb up to tie or knock brakes. > > The recession of 1982 on saw the whole sale retirement of cars with the > > 1960's graphics and road names. Roof walk equipped cars of course were > > removed at that time too. We also saw an immediate loss of the first > > generation refrigerator cars of the 50' length (45' interior) with strings > > of them sidelined and sitting outside scrap yards in California. About 6 > > yrs ago I was able to photograph some ex-SP 40' box cars made in 1974 for > > their copper anode service in Arizona. The 2008 start of the recession > > removed those and the 1965 built covered hoppers in sand service. Now the > > Railbox and Railgon cars are on the endangered list. > > > > > > > > Greg > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 6386 (20110817) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 6386 (20110817) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
