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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>The reason I wonder about hand signals being defined is that none of the references I have seen are consistent, especially the daylight signals.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Many references show the nighttime and daytime signals being more or less identical except for the use of the lantern at night.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>I am not sure what this is from, but on the Milwaukee Road, none of their hand signals were like these except for come ahead and back up:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <o:p></o:p></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A href="http://www.etestmaker.com/35/htm/start%20-%20all.htm"><FONT face=verdana,geneva color=#800080>http://www.etestmaker.com/35/htm/start%20-%20all.htm</FONT></A></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <o:p></o:p></FONT> <P mce_keep="true"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva><FONT size=2>All of the Milwaukee number signs were unique hand, arm, and finger movements that had no logical connection to the number, and their day and night signals were entirely different. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>C&NW used number signs that appeared as counts.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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