Re: (erielack) The Hayshaker

[Richard Pennisi <eldispatcher72_@_yahoo.com>]

Listers,
   
  Some people have photgraphic memories, others like myself, make hand drawn diagrams of the track, signals, stations, road crossings and other notable items along the way.  I walked track and when possible rode trains over territories I qualified on as a train dispatcher on the EL.  I'm sure Steve Timko did the same.
   
  In some cases, one trip over a certain piece of railroad made a good enough impression on me.  Yes, the railroad supplied track charts of the territory you were trying to learn, but that isn't always good enough.  When you see what's actually out there, you understand just what the crews are trying to tell you about certain situations.
   
  Some times when riding a train over a territory you are trying to learn, you miss too much as you may be traveling too fast or just BSing with the crew.
   
  Rich Pennisi
   
  
eljefe3126_@_netscape.net wrote:
  Leaving aside the question of whether someone could really hike all the way from Kent to Meadville in 3 days (must have set a good pace!), I have to question what good that would do. I mean, you couldn't learn both the 1st and 2nd subdivisions that way without going back a second time, could you?

Jeff Larson
ELHS #2683 


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Subject: Re: (erielack) The Hayshaker


GEE, Tim & others......... 


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I remember working on the ERIE Mahoning Div'n as an operator and asking a dispatcher (Ray Brody) how he managed to learn the road. I was advised that he got a knapsack & left Kent & WALKED all the way to Meadville (in 3 days). WHAT a difference! 

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