What's in a name?

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I have offical list with names and numbers for the Scioto and Norfolk Divs. 
not dated

Larry Evans
Kenova, WV


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> Controlled signals were designated by their control lever number on the TC

> panel, but train crews and operators/dispatchers referred to both

> controlled and automatic signals by location name. Also used were street

> names, track names and that of other railroad features--whatever became

> commonly used over time, although I'm not aware of an official list of

> signal names until later with NS.

>

> Grant Carpenter

>

>> Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013

>>

>> Intermediate signals were designated by mile number (to the tenth), but

>> this was not the case with control points/interlockings.  Did all control

>> points/interlockings have names.  In many cases the names of nearby

>> communities were used but I don't believe this to have been true in all

>> instances.

>> How were these points names?

>> Jim Cochran

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