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[StartQuote] Marty, must appologize for a couple of errors in my reply to you. I misspelled the word annunciators, they were dials on the engine panel board, one for each engines and were marked for different actions, really easy to understand. No chance for error if you responded with the correct action. The second error was the procedure for shifting gears, after 60 plus years and a late night hour I had the shifting going in the wrong direction. To go forward you pushed the center lever forward and the two outboard levers were pulled back. Normally the signals came down for one engine at a time, but, sometimes things are not normal and things happen different, such as a emergency all reverse. This where the fun get going. You would pull back the center engine with your hands and at the same time push forward the two outboard engines with your feet. we also controlled the mufflers from the engine room, nothing more than a butterfly in the exhaust piping. they were only to be used in idleing and if the helm increased the speed without telling us to open the mufflers we were to open them without the orders. Look out for mistakes because I do make lot of them and do not catch all of them. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Eldon. [EndQuote]
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