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up9018

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10/01/2008 7:58 PM
Back prior to radios, the lead locomotives use to communicate with a helper through steam whistle signals. Does anyone know where to find what these signals were? Mostly for D&RGW or RGS.

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10/01/2008 8:34 PM
google: "steam whistle signals" - 1 second... http://www.shiawasseehistory.com/signals.html Regards, Greg

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10/02/2008 8:09 AM
Does anybody know when these (and other RR rules, for that matter) were codified nationally?

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10/02/2008 7:21 PM
Which RR you looking to get the tones for? Most all was national but some RR had different signals. Toad

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10/02/2008 8:03 PM
All of the whistles are different for each railroad. Here are the basic ones for the railroad I work for: "o"=short "--"=long -- = Standing, brakes applied -- -- = Release brakes, proceed forward o o o = Release brakes, proceed back -- -- o -- = Approaching crossing These are common on many railroads, especially the crossing one

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10/04/2008 3:09 PM
All railroads in the west use all the same rules. Later RJD

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