November 1957 page 9

RAILROAD QUIZ

1. Are crossbuck signs usually found
in railway yards, at railway-highway
crossings, or in railway stations?

2. In electrical terminology, is a kilo-
watt ten times, one hundred times, or
one thousand time greater than a watt?

3. Is the compartment occupied by the
engineman and the fireman in a Diesel-
electric locomotive called a cab, a pilot
house, or a control room?

4. Is a commutator found in a loco-
motive generator, a refrigerator car or
a caboose?

5. Is the crankshaft in a Diesel-electric
locomotive located crosswise or length-
wise in the locomotive?

6. How many highway trailers are car-
ried on a standard trailer transport car
-one, two, or three?

7. What is the standard gauge of rail-
roads in England-five feet, four feet
eight one-half inches (like ours), or three
feet six inches?

8. Are A-unit Diesel-electric locomo-
tives used exclusively in passenger train
service, in freight train service, or in
both passenger and freight train serv-
ice?

9. Which was introduced first, the
Janney coupler, the Type E coupler, or
the Tightlock coupler?

10. Whose intials are usually found
on locomotive draft gears-those of the
Interstate Commerce Commission, the
Association of American Railroads, or
the American Society of Mechanical En-
gineers?

ANSWERS

1. Railway-highway crossings. 2. One thousand
times greater. 3. Cab. 4. Locomotive generator.
5. Lengthwise. 6. Two. 7. Four feet eight one-half
inches. 8. Both passenger and freight service.
9. Janney coupler. 10. Association of American
Railroads.

Staff Meeting, Banquets
Scheduled This January

The first two weeks in January, 1958,
will be busy ones for the Piedmont and
Northern.

The annual staff meeting has been
scheduled for Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, January 7-9, in the Tryon
Room of the Hotel Charlotte. This meet-
ing will be attended by all traffic rep-
resentatives, Class A agents, and oper-
ating, accounting, engineering, and exec-
utive officials.

As customary, two dates have been
reserved for the annual employee ban-
quets held in Charlotte and Greenville.
The Charlotte banquet will be held at
the Hotel Charlotte on Saturday evening,
January 4, for North Carolina Division
personnel. A similiar banquet is sched-
uled for the South Carolina Division in
Greenvill at the Poinsett Hotel on Sat-
urday, January 11.

Plans for the two banquets are now
being formulated, and consideration is
being given to changes in the format.

CHARTING HIS CHRISTMAS COURSE
[photograph of Santa Claus with presents]

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