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English: Push pole about 12 feet long and having a diamter of 5 inches. They were placed in receptacles called push pole pockets. The pole was placed between the locomotive and the freight car, and used to push the car on or off a siding or to another track. Used between 1870 and the mid 1960s Saskatchewan Railway Museum They were the cause of several accidents. Saskatchewan Railway Museum 1 KILLED, 20 HURT IN JERSEY WRECK; Freight Car Jumps Rails and Rips Sides of Passenger Cars at Stevens. FIRE FOLLOWS COLLISION Edward Lawrence of Bordentown, Brakeman, Crushed Between Freight Car and Coach. special to The New York Times. June 26, 1920, Saturday Page 4, 306 words The push pole is in front of an 1880s box car station with a wooden base, as compared to modern steel base frames |
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