N&W first-person story from Railroad Magazine 1945

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This is a great article. Thank you so much for scanning and sharing it.

I came across this paragraph which I don't understand. What is the "collar"
that is mentioned? And what does he mean by "I put the engine on one side
and brought her in that way"?
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Mike Rector

On Sun, Apr 7, 2024 at 12:22 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Here's an interesting first-person accounting of working on the Pokey in
> its very early days, from Railroad Magazine's March 1945 issue. (Its early
> years are an underappreciated treasure trove of first-person "Tails of the
> Rails".)
>
> [ungainly link to PDF, which contains issue cover, table of contents, and
> the feature article in question]
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/9dzf7bl75olcsts9aj61i/4503_RM_NW_Pocahontas.pdf?rlkey=tf6554hy04iwh8189ve3kg6ms&dl=0
>
> - Marty Swartz
> Pittsburgh, PA
>
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