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Re: Bridgetender question
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 12-27-2018 - 15:07

Mr. Q Wrote:
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> How did a bridgetender know a train was coming?
>
> Was there an alarm bell circuit of some kind?

Correct. And a light that would illuminate, indicating the direction the train was coming from. Additionally, since the SF Bay Drawbridge was a train order station the dispatcher would need to "clear" each train.

> A call on the radio?

The SF Bay Drawbridge didn't have a railroad radio.

> Sounding of the horn?

Marine movements sounded their horn.

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