11-06-2014, 06:35 AM
Thanks for the info. I will restrict myself to plain electricity poles.
I did not realize there was a big difference in height between the electricity and telegraph poles. That explains why mile markers on code line poles are rather close to the cross arms and still at the correct height for the engineer.
In the Trackside Details booklet by MR I have at home, the Santa Fe is mentioned as one of the railroads using telegraph poles as mileposts (at least in the 50ies). Could this be a practice that was discontinued in the course of time?
Gino
I did not realize there was a big difference in height between the electricity and telegraph poles. That explains why mile markers on code line poles are rather close to the cross arms and still at the correct height for the engineer.
In the Trackside Details booklet by MR I have at home, the Santa Fe is mentioned as one of the railroads using telegraph poles as mileposts (at least in the 50ies). Could this be a practice that was discontinued in the course of time?
Gino