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Re: Tuscarora Almanac - December 15, 1956 - The Book of First and Last Runs |
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Posted by JOE @ NYCMTS - NYCTMG on Wed Dec 18 17:14:40 2013, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac - December 15, 1956 - The Book of First and Last Runs, posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Wed Dec 18 12:44:07 2013. Hello Larry (Redbird)Thanks for your stated appreciation of my lengthy if history laden messages. So you were a towerman, well then, I can understand that you would well appreciate the crew and towerman embarrasment of that particular situation, what with it being a passenger loaded revenue train. Things WERE quite simplier (maybe friendlier) back then. In that incident, no towerman and motorman and crew being taken immediately "out of service" (dragged in chains, heh ??) to go "downtown" for a "pee-cup and drug test" trip - heh ! Instead of as happened, "quickly fixing" the situation, and letting each employee involved go back to and continue working their assigned positions as usual. Similar as to what happened on the old BRT with Motorman (unlucky) Luciano and the Towerman at the Franklin Station Jct between the BRT Fulton St EL Mainline and the Brighton Line Junction route connection... where Luciano's BRT EL Train was incorrected routed outbound on the "EL" so as to go straight over across the switch track and thru into and past the Fulton EL's Franklin Station, instead of being properly diverted to the right onto the "Brighton Line" connection track junction just ahead of (west of) the station. Well, we all know what happened after that "switching error" was quickly and routinely corrected, with the "unlucky" Luciano's train finally being heading, properly, and a few reversing moves, down the long downgrade on the proper Brighton Line approach route (todays Franklin Shutte) to his immediate fate with the looming Malbone Street curve and resulting Tunnel Disaster ! I wonder what would have happpened in "your time in the tower" about 50 years later from that time (the late 1920's for the IRT incident I described), if it had similarly happened to a, any, train crew under your watch in the tower ! As far as "disciplinary" (I shudder) tactics ! If you wish to inform us ! Regards - Joe F |
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