December 09, 2019 05:53PM
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tgbcvr,
in my experience any notification something was out of service for any period a Notice would have been posted on the Noticeboard in the Crewroom where the loco crews book on and off. The Notice may have been issued by the Locomotive Supervisor, District Traffic Manager, Officer Controlling Train Running, Chief Mechanical Engineer or even by the General Manager's office depending on what the missive pertained to. Any late issuance's that may not have been posted in time were usually delivered to the Driver before departure or on arrival which ever the case maybe(terminal vs intermediate location). A turntable "out of use" notice would only be posted for Enginemen and may have been a simply handwritten note. That most certainly was the case at my last Loco Depot and would only have concerned those who were to use it.
The number of crewmen that this particular notice effected wouldn't be too comprehensive on the Alpine route. Finding a collector of Papers that has that sort of Notice still in existence, now that would be a real find, you may have to wade through boxes of dusty stuff at the CRRM.
As to relying on the definitive memories of Old Timers, well that is a matter of powers of recall on mundane(to them) items of everyday service. I could relate a few items that my mates and I could recall with variance or omission, and I won't even touch on the subject of retelling the yarns over the years and how they differed.
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tgbcvr |
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nickgully |
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tgbcvr |
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Rick Steele |
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Chris Walker |
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hank |
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Rick Steele |
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Como |
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tgbcvr |
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Como |
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John K |
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Brian Norden |
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Como |
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Rick Steele |
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Bob Meckley |
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tgbcvr |
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John K |
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Chris Walker |
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tgbcvr |
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Todd Hackett |
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weston1879 |
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tgbcvr |
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Como |
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Rick Steele |
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tgbcvr |
December 06, 2019 01:23PM |
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Jimmy Blouch |
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bcp |
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tgbcvr |
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Brian Norden |
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Como |
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tgbcvr |
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Como |
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Chris Walker |
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Como |
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Chris Walker |
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bcp |
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tgbcvr |
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Chris Walker |
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John K |
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Chris Walker |
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Todd Hackett |
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tgbcvr |
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Rick Steele |
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davegrandt |
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Como |
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tgbcvr |
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Como |
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tgbcvr |
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Chris Walker |
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tgbcvr |
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Chris Walker |
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tgbcvr |
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John Hewlett |
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Jeff Ramsey |
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tgbcvr |
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Rick Steele |
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tgbcvr |
December 09, 2019 03:51PM |
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Chris Walker |
December 09, 2019 05:53PM |
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tgbcvr |
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hank |
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bcp |
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GeorgeGaskill |
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Chris Walker |
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tgbcvr |
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Rick Steele |
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Chris Walker |
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Como |
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Como |
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Charles McMillan |
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tgbcvr |
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