NW-Mailing-List Digest, Vol 146, Issue 34

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 blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px #715FFA solid !important; padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white !important; } Wow! Excellent vintage photos! Thanks, Bill Gordon.Keep the late-steam/early diesel stuff coming, please.


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Hello everyone, just letting everyone know that Bill Gordon has been uploading some fantastic N&W photos recently.  These most recent images feature very late steam, the Pokey main, and early ALCO's.  You can check them out here: Bill Gordon <https://www.flickr.com/photos/130647200@N05/> . 


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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2017 18:16:03 -0400
From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
To: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
Subject: Re: CTC 'Call-On' switches
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On 4/22/2017 9:35 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List wrote:

> Joe,
>
> I am not familiar with road crews getting "fleet" signals, and rather 
> doubt they did, but I do know that on the switching leads on both ends 
> of Roanoke Terminal yard crews performing a lot of switching moves 
> would request the dispatcher to set the signals on fleet. When the 
> engine passed a signal, then reversed movement on the lead, when they 
> cleared the circuit in the opposite direction, the signals 
> automatically set back up for the crew to continue working by it. The 
> crews "had" the signal until they released it back to the DS, or until 
> the DS asked for it back.
>
> It eliminates a lot of radio traffic plus saves time since the crew 
> doesn't lose any time trying to contact the DS every time they need 
> the signal.
>
> Jeff Sanders
>
Exactly Jeff. Same thing out on the road.

Jimmy Lisle
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