smoke signals

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Is it true Mondays was always wash day for the women, because of the least ammount of trains , therefore smoke, traffic? Ron H

NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:  There was a practice in existence long before Lucius
Beebe known as "smoking meets".    One location where
it was observed was on the long tangents of the Suffolk
& Carolina (later NS Railway's Suffolk Division).  The
engine crew of the superior train would cause the loco-
motive to produce copious amount of black smoke and 
the inferior train seeing "burning of Rome" effects on the
horizon would clear accordingly.   "Smoking meets" was
suspended on windy days and after sunset.  It was a
practice mangement never condoned.
                                               Harry Bundy    
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