Word: quadrants
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...McAvoy should . . . have taken time to have the engineer put the power reverse gear handle in forward motion on the quadrant, instead of reverse, as in its present position, when he pulls the throttle, the engine will reverse, and if he's a good engineer and has his slack ''bunched," he won't move the train...