Lineside Poles.

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The bracket and line are lightning 'rods' for the pole line.  Each pole
has a ground line stapled to its side to get the current down the pole
and into the ground.  This line is attached to the metal arm.

G Rolih, Cincinnati

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When I have been in N&W  signalled territory, and seen it in photos, on
top of
each pole is a steel bracket about two or three feet high with about a
forty
degree angle where it is  fastened to the pole with a single insulator
on
top of
the bracket.     My question.    Is this line, strung from pole to pole,
a
common
ground, a common hot wire, or is it the code line for the lineside
signals?
Bill Sellers, Norfolk Southern Railway ( Ret. )  Gainesville, Ga.