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Re: Track Question
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 19 Dec 2000 03:29:51 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Ross Crawford writes:
> Forgive my ignorance, but what exactly is "poleing"?
Mechanically, Poling (poleing?? I dunno the spelling) is a way to move a car
that is not on the same track as the locomotive. A large stout pole (15 feet
long or so??) is placed in the poling pocket of the switcher and diagonally
to the car on the adjacent track, and the switcher is moved forward slowly
till the pole engages the poling pocket of the car. Some crewman needs to
stand there till the pole is under compression. The loco can then move the
car by pushing.... carefully.
Operationally, poling is a way to achieve a runaround when you don't have a
double ended siding, because you can push the car onto the siding, then
reverse back onto the main, and approach from the other side with the pole.
It's also a way of shifting one car from one freight door to another without
upsetting all the cars at adjacent doors.
Poling is *very* dangerous. The pole has to be held in place till it's under
compression. It can slip out and since it's under compression, the crewman
getting clear can get dinged. The pole can shatter/splinter and impale a
crewman. (they put steel bands around the poles to prevent that but it
happened anyway sometimes)
Poles aren't quite the size of telephone poles, they're only 4-6 inches but
that's still a lot of mass.
Chains, were such to be used for shifting cars, (and I'm shocked, Shocked,
SHOCKED that Jeff knows about their use that way, round up the usual
suspects) carry similar hazards but not as bad since they are under tension
instead of compression.
++Lar
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| Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G5s8B2.I2w@lugnet.com... (...) switchers (...) Forgive my ignorance, but what exactly is "poleing"? Regards, ROSCO (24 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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