N&W motor cars, section gangs, and pole line diagrams

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November 21, 2004

Good morning, all:

I observed some N&W motor cars at this site:

http://www.ozarkmountainrailcar.com/new_page_39.htm

This prompts two questions: has anyone researched the
section gangs that used to be on the Hagerstown
district and were motor car sheds were once located?

The other question I have relates to the now-retired
pole lines on the Hagerstown District and elsewhere. 
There were once plans that would identify each circuit
on a pole.  Have any of those survived?  If not, were
the dispatcher and message lines on the lowest
cross-arm always in the same location and designated
by particular styles of insulators?  On the C&O,
periodically these arms had a metal "D" and "M"
between the insulator posts for each of these
telephone cicuits.

Good night and good morning (GNGM) for you telegraphers),

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