Re: Chalk marks +
armprem
"Car knockers" would inspect arriving cars.If they spotted any cars needing repairs they would mark,"hold","Rip"."Reweigh"Turn"etc.They often used a check mark to indicate that they had inspected the car.If a car had a defect it would be removed from a train. Just one more reason for certain chalk marks.Armand Premo
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From: "Richard Hendrickson" <rhendrickson@...>
To: <STMFC@...>
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re: Chalk marks +
> On Feb 22, 2007, at 3:25 PM, Andy Laurent wrote:
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>> I've often seen a typical mark on steam era cars. It is a large "+"
>> with numbers in 3 or 4 quadrants.
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>> I have speculated that this might have something to do with the
>> dates that a car was received, spotted, overdue, picked up... but I've
>> never learned the real translation of that mark.
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> Andy, several of us have pondered the meaning of these marks in the
> past but haven't come up with an explanation. As you say, they were
> very common.
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From: "Richard Hendrickson" <rhendrickson@...>
To: <STMFC@...>
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re: Chalk marks +
> On Feb 22, 2007, at 3:25 PM, Andy Laurent wrote:
>
>> I've often seen a typical mark on steam era cars. It is a large "+"
>> with numbers in 3 or 4 quadrants.
>>
>> I have speculated that this might have something to do with the
>> dates that a car was received, spotted, overdue, picked up... but I've
>> never learned the real translation of that mark.
>
> Andy, several of us have pondered the meaning of these marks in the
> past but haven't come up with an explanation. As you say, they were
> very common.
>
> Richard Hendrickson
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> Yahoo! Groups - Join or create groups, clubs, forums & communities. Links
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