Thanks, Brian.
Did your digging show the timetable for those two trains during June? IIRC, they left about an hour apart. If I knew which one departed Chicago first, I would have a real stab at this. Even as I shot them, I did not know which was which. I guess I just missed one W'bound on the 16th.
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Is a CSX train going from Thurmond WV to White Sulphur Springs southbound or eastbound?
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Lithonia Operator Thanks, Brian. Did your digging show the timetable for those two trains during June? IIRC, they left about an hour apart. If I knew which one departed Chicago first, I would have a real stab at this. Even as I shot them, I did not know which was which. I guess I just missed one W'bound on the 16th.
Didn't encounter that info, but I do know that the WB SWC is always due into Fort Madison at 6:38 PM, IIRC, which is about an hour later than Galesburg. Of course, all bets are off if they're running late...
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One of my shots includes one of those things that warned brakemen on top of cars that it was time to hit the deck because a close overhead clearance was near. A pole with a horizontal bar from which hang tendrils to strike said brakemen.
What do you call one of those?
Lithonia OperatorOne of my shots includes one of those things that warned brakemen on top of cars that it was time to hit the deck because a close overhead clearance was near. A pole with a horizontal bar from which hang tendrils to strike said brakemen. What do you call one of those?
Tattle Tails, Tell Tails and likely a dozen other names depending on what area of the country you are talking about.
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"Tell tales" is the only one I've ever heard.
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cv_acr "Tell tales" is the only one I've ever heard.
Ditto, but I won't rule out other possibilities.
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I thought it might be tell tails. But since that's also a sailing term, I thought maybe I got that from sailing and that it wasn't really the RR term.
(In sailing, they are pieces of light material sewed onto sails to show how the wind is flowing over the sails.)
Thanks, guys.
I have never seen it given as anything but 'telltales'... in the published railfan literature.
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