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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by CSXFan Wow, I've never heard of any of this before. Guess I live a sheltered life [:)]. Are there any other moves like this? [/quote] Yes... there's moving a car on another track with a rope or the same move as a flying switch but using a rope between the loco and the car. Somewhere in late C19 mags I saw an item about rail workers whacking holes into the side of cars with axes to provide a place to attach the rope clear of moving parts. There was also a problem of holes bwing cut in early steel cars to tie down loads. The solution patented for the latter was a design to gusset holes designed to be put in high in the sides of gondolas during building. Many years ago (probably the 60s) I was in Twyford Signalbox when the shunter (yard switcher) wanted to spot a car by rope. Way back then it was agreed but the signalman stopped it because the man on the track (insanely) wanted to ride the rope to save himself a walk. The signalman ended the resulting argument by almost knocking out the track man. That kind of stupidity often seems to only understand the argument of force. Roping was banned for the same reasons as poling... plus ropes could break and whip or form loops round things... including people... Again, I knew a Signalman who had seen a man cut in half by a rope. That is something that I am very glad hasn't been part of my experience.
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