N&W motor cars, section gangs, and pole line diagrams

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Frank

I was told that the white porcelain insulators marked the dispatcher lines 
on the N&W.

Jim Blackstock



At 05:12 AM 11/21/04, you wrote:

>November 21, 2004
>
>Good morning, all:
>
>I observed some N&W motor cars at this site:
>
>http://www.ozarkmountainrailcar.com/new_page_39.htm
>
>This prompts two questions: has anyone researched the
>section gangs that used to be on the Hagerstown
>district and were motor car sheds were once located?
>
>The other question I have relates to the now-retired
>pole lines on the Hagerstown District and elsewhere.
>There were once plans that would identify each circuit
>on a pole.  Have any of those survived?  If not, were
>the dispatcher and message lines on the lowest
>cross-arm always in the same location and designated
>by particular styles of insulators?  On the C&O,
>periodically these arms had a metal "D" and "M"
>between the insulator posts for each of these
>telephone cicuits.
>
>Good night and good morning (GNGM) for you telegraphers),
>
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