10-08-2010, 05:27 PM
Thanks, Galen. As you can see, the ones with the handrails are in fairly close quarters, so I thought a safety device was appropriate, even in the '30s. 
Incidentally, many railroads employed as crossing tenders employees who had been injured while on the job in other capacities - this was a sort of health insurance/pension for people disabled and no longer suitable for their original tasks.
Other folks injured while working for the railroad often lost their jobs, though, leaving them with little alternative but to become drivers and passengers in vehicles scattered about the layout.
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Willoughby! Next stop Willoughby!
Wayne
Incidentally, many railroads employed as crossing tenders employees who had been injured while on the job in other capacities - this was a sort of health insurance/pension for people disabled and no longer suitable for their original tasks. Other folks injured while working for the railroad often lost their jobs, though, leaving them with little alternative but to become drivers and passengers in vehicles scattered about the layout.
Willoughby! Next stop Willoughby!
Wayne