<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Jim,</div><div dir="auto">On the Cloverdale branch, the register book was kept in a box located at the mainline switch entering the branch. Only one crew could occupy the branch at a time.</div><div dir="auto">Our train would pull up to the switch. The head brakeman would get down to check the register book, sign in and open the switch. On return, get permission from the dispatcher to open up and occupy the main and sign out on the register.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Later on in life they powered the branchline switch and the dispatcher took control allowing trains onto the branch, thus doing away with the register book.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Jimmy Lisle</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto"><div style="font-size:14px;color:#909090" dir="auto">Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>