End of the year quiz #3

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Trimmer signals were found in big yards where engines handled long cuts of cars and got out of sight of crewmen on the ground who would be handling switches and cutting cars.  The YM or Conductor would, using the trimmer signal which was in sight of the engineer, tell him when to back up, stop, come forward, etc.  Part of the problem at Portsmouth was that darn viaduct shown in the photo; it was difficult to see when working the west end of the eastbound yard or the westbound coal departure yard.  Thus, the “trimmer’ signal.

Edk

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Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 12:41 PM
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Subject: Re: End of the year quiz #3

OK Ed, I'll bite.  What's a "trimmer signal"? 
Jim Cochran

On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 5:15 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

  Seven looks like looking west at Vera, O.  Eight is at Portsmouth, and the funky signal is a trimmer signal for switch engines,  I dunno ‘bout 9.

  EdKing

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  Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 2:17 PM
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  P8 sure looks like the viaduct near our old home in Portsmouth, Ohio. We played around the side tracks, old passenger cars and thought we were railroad men. My dad, a US Railway Mail Clerk, would have “killed” us if he had only known. You often wonder how did we survive the crazy things we did. 



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  Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 12:45 PM
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  Subject: End of the year quiz #3



  Thanks for the responses to quiz #2.  Here are the next 3 shots:



  p7.  Another elevated electrical case, but appears to be more in the hills than along the flood plain of a river.



  p8.  I think this might be Portsmouth O., but take a look at that signal.  Is it broke?  Is this a one-arm version of "restricting"?



  p9.  Sort of industrial area/yardish looking.



  Thanks,

  Jim Cochran


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   http://nwhs.org/mailinglist/2014/20141218.p7.jpg
   http://nwhs.org/mailinglist/2014/20141218.p8.jpg
   http://nwhs.org/mailinglist/2014/20141218.p9.jpg




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