Railroad time

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Blair

    This page from 1905 N&W book of Rules should explain.
What's interesting to me is the time west of Williamson early rule books
say west of Kenova were on central time. Of course today the zone change
is between Illinois and Indiana

Larry Evans
Kenova, WV



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Last night my mother gave me a railroad watch certification card for my 
great-grandfather's watch that he used while the engineer on trains nos. 1 
and 3 in the 1930's.  I know of the great wreak in 1891 that led to the 
creation of special watches manufactured specifically for railroad 
personnel. And I know these watches were required to be set to the correct 
time every 14 days, and re-certified every 6 months.  But who kept the 
official time (down to the second) and where did they get their time from?

Today it's all computerized, but in the early days of steam when the 
telegraph was king the concept of synchronized time seems very difficult to 
attain.  Does anyone know how they did it?

Regards,

Blair Miller

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