I was going through some of my watch stuff and found a pamphlet from the Canadian Pacific Railway Company..Time Service Department...Rules and Regulations and Instructions Pertaining To Railway Grade Watches and Watch Inspections..it is dated September 1952..it goes into detail about the types of watches allowed and where they have to be serviced etc.tells of the forms to be used and about the loaner watches to..pretty neat little pamphlet..

Victor, sounds like an interesting read, any chance you can scan it and post it here?

I will write it out for the club to see..might take a couple days for me to do...here we go.

Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Rules,Regulations and Instructions pertaining to Railway Grade Watches and Watch Inspections

The purpose of the following is to inform watch inspectors of code rules.time service regulations and watch inspection procedure to promote uniform practices,efficiency and co-operation between inspectors and company personnel.

as of august 20,1951 a "Uniform code of operating rules"was adopted for use by all Canadian Railways.rules 1 to 3 concern "standard time" and read as follows.

1.standard time will be transmitted daily in the manner prescribed.
standard clocks will be maintained at stations designated by time table.
Employees charged with the duty of receiving time signals must record on prescribed form and on indicator cards any variation from standard time

2.each conductor,engine man.trainman,fireman,yard foreman,yardman,and such other employees as the Company may direct,must carry,while on duty,a reliable railway grade watch approved by the proper authority and for which there must be a prescribed certificate on file with the designated railway officer.

3.employeesrequired to use railway grade watches must,unless otherwise arranged,submit them to a designated watch inspector for comparison and record at intervals of not less than than twenty and not more than thirty days,or at any other time should the variation reach thirty seconds.they must not regulate them,nor,unless they stop owing to failure to wind,set them themselves.

if a designated standard clock is not accesable,standard time must be obtained from the train dispatcher.or by comparing with a conductor,engineman or yard foreman who has had access to a standard clock and has registered. conductors,engineman and yard foreman,also pilots and snow plow foreman,if any,are required to compare watches with each other before starting on each trip or before commencing work and with other members of their crew as soon as practicable thereafter.
cards supplied by watch inspectors showing record of the rating of watches must be carried while on duty by employees required to use railway watches..


THAT WAS PAGE 1 AND 2 OF THEPAMPHLET..I WILL POST THE REST LATER ON..ONLY TEN PAGES LEFT BUT MY 2 FINGERS AND MY EYES ARE SORE..Vic

Victor, take a picture of the pages and post the pictures !

regards,
bb

is there someone I can email the pictures to that will change them to the right format and post them..i had work done on my computer and don't have the format any more...Vic

Here's the 11 pictures you've sent me that I have formatted to fit.

regards,
bb

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yes,thanks Buster.i just thought some of the members would like to see some of the rules and regulations of the railway watch system in Canada in the 50's..i am sort of a nerd when it comes to computers..i know my way around ebay very good but that is about it..i had someone work on my computer a while back and they took out my system for resizing the photos..thanks again..Vic

It's interesting they only allowed 4 specific models new into service by 1952. I know from literature I've read in the past that America railroads still accepted Waltham's 'as new' into service, and all others that met the requirements of the railroad, as stated in this brochure.

Looks like Waltham was off the table for consideration by 1952 in Canada, unless it fell under section 16b.

Thank you for sharing! Those rules are ALWAYS an interesting read!

Regard! Mark