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I found a great vacation package to the Azores out of Boston. Living in the Philadelphia area, we rode to and from Boston on Amtrak regional trains. I enjoyed passing many of the interlockings I worked during my career, including F, Harold, SS4 Market, SS14 Pelham Bay, SS22 Shell all the way to SS71...

Hello BandA: I do not know the drone regulations. However, I read something a while ago about a lawsuit over damage caused by a drone. Both the drone operator and the property owner from where the drone was controlled were sued. The property owner was sued as I remember it because he gave implied co...

The SoNo Switch Tower Museum and the WestConn Chapter NRHS asked me to post the scheduled open hours for the museum: The SoNo Switch Tower Museum is open Saturdays & Sundays, Noon to 5 pm, from May through the end of October. They expect to be closed on Sunday October 7, 2018 because of a chapte...

Hello Otto: That is what the previous comments seem to indicate, and I just confirmed that they are correct. What I am certain of is as follows: The signal tower which is now a museum was named SS44 during my tenure from 1965 to 1970. The interlocking cabin on the swing bridge was named SS45. When P...

Thanks for the replies and info, and it is great to hear from New Haven Locomotive Engineer Noel Weaver. I can say for sure that the tower was named SS44 by the New Haven and was renamed Berk when Penn Central took over in 1969. When I left the New Haven in 1970, it was still named Berk. And Walk wa...

Thanks Backshophoss for the comments. Yes, the tower controlled the Danbury Branch manual-block trackage to the next open block station, which depended on the time of day and day of week. During the midnight hours, the tower was responsible all the way to Danbury. SS44 was renamed Berk under Penn Ce...

This retired New Haven, Penn Central and Metro-North Railroad signal tower in South Norwalk, Connecticut once controlled the entire Norwalk area. Under the New Haven, it was called Signal Station (S.S.) 44, and was renamed Berk under Penn Central. I first visited the SoNo Switch Tower Museum in 2006...

Thanks John.

I am a rail transportation engineer working for a commuter railroad that will be using ACSES. I have a few simple questions about I-ETMS and am hoping that there are some BNSF engineers or other knowledgeable railroaders on here who can answer these questions. 1 - Does I-ETMS monitor or control thro...

Amtrak's ITCS train-control system has a time-to-penalty (TTP) display. I think that displaying TTP is useful in helping engineers optimize movement of their train. Some clients of mine think that it is not useful and/or prevents engineers from looking out the window. Being a pilot, I believe that p...

Does anyone have information about the original interlocking machine that was in service at Rockaway Parkway until about 1950-1953 when it was replaced by the modern interlocking machine? Same question about the control of the crossing gates and holding signals at East 105th Street. Steve McEvoy sam...

Hello Noel: I owe you. I have ridden through the interlocking on the trolley in both directions. I was told by the trolley folk that it is an automatic interlocking and you confirmed that - typical FIFO logic based on track-circuit occupancies. Someone told me that the speed over the diamond is 25p/...

Mikey Cruz: Thanks. From what you wrote, Tampa Terminal Subdivision is the official line name in CSX employee timetable. 25 speed diamond is for the crossing. Do you know if this permits 25 P and 25 F? If anyone could send me a pdf of the pertinent timetable page(s), that would be appreciated. Steve...

I am performing a study for the FTA and have been unable to obtain some basic info from the CSX about the 14th Street Interlocking where the CSX crosses the TECO Streetcar Line in Tampa's Ybor City. Is this an automatic interlocking or is it manually controlable by a Train Dispatcher? What is the pr...