Virginian PA locomotive speed

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Clinchfield Dispatchers also rounded to the closest 5 minutes but no speed records would ever be set here.
Glenn in Cornwall

> On February 9, 2020 at 1:53 PM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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>     The only way a dispatcher’s train sheet can accurately measure speed is if it was one of those US&S machines with a moving graph that automatically recorded a train passing a given control point.  If the dispatcher relies on operator’s OS reports several inaccuracies can be introduced into the mix.
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>     Kinda strange, but the Pocahontas Division - PD District dispatcher's
>     train sheets on file at the archives  show OS's rounded to the closest
>     5 minutes .  Of  course, we're talking 1980s and Traffic Control here.
>                                                                        Harry Bundy
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