Following from retired Erie, EL and Conrail Youngstown Train Dispatcher Cal Banse. Cal is responding to the post about the automatic OS'ers on the 1st Sub west of Leavittsburg. SMT We had just two automatic OS'ers both on the First Sub. I don't remember having them after single tracking but my memory is hazy on this. One was Eastbound at Solon the other was Westbound at Mantua. They sent out Morse Code on the Disprs wire which he had to ring off. Solon was ESO (. ... . .) and the ringoff selector was 10-3-A. 10-3-B cleared up the signal, 10-3-C set signal to pull in and report clear, and 10-3-D set signal to stop and call for instructions. The other was WNA (--. -. .-), I'm a little hazy on the W. There was no OS'ers for Garrettsville or Mahoning. Garrettsville was controlled by pull boxes at Mantua as was the Eastbound siding at Mantua. Mahoning was controlled by pull boxes at Phalanx until it was closed then moved to Garrettsville, I believe. Sometimes when weather disrupted the phone lines you had to sit there and listen to that Damned OS'er sounding off with no was to ring it off. Sometimes you couldn't clear up the signal for the same reason, but basically they work quite well until the radio came along. ------------------------------ End of EL List Daily V3 #1180 *****************************
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