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Re: Waverton
Werris Creek wrote:
>
> Anon wrote
>
> . He passed a dolly stick showing
> >proceed but didn't look at the gantry stick which was at
> >stop. He then went through the jacks.
>
> For us uninitiated could someone expand on the terms "dolly stick" and
> "jacks" please.
>
> Werris
A dolly (childs toy) is a small copy of a human.
A stick is the term for a signal from when we had semaphore signals with
arms.
So a dolly stick or "dolly' for short is a small signal.
Jacks are basicly double catchpoints.
rgds
- References:
- Waverton
- From: "Anon" <anonymous@cotse.com>
- Re: Waverton
- From: "Werris Creek" <werriscreek@bigpond.com.au>