ExCon90 wrote:Just to clarify this in my own mind, is the Shafter sub the former WP and the Lakeside the Overland Route?Yes.
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Conrail put a high wide detector on there Buffalo, NY to Boston, MA Line in DeWitt Yard in Syracuse, NY to prevent Stack trains from being accdentley sent East to Boston The reason for this was due to to many low bridges and other obstructions along the route.
no matter the weather or the country I'll still be trackside!
To clarify one point, if a misroute is aligned over a diverging route, then the signals would only display an aspect authorizing speeds deemed safe for that alignment.
About fifteen yers ago, I spent some time on the NEC, mostly at UNION Tower in Rahway. One of the switch levers contained an etched reference to a leveman who'd mis-aligned that switch in a memorable mis-route some time previously. As fate would have it, the initials of the unfortunate individual matched my own, and I seldom noticed that lever without checking things out one more time.
About fifteen yers ago, I spent some time on the NEC, mostly at UNION Tower in Rahway. One of the switch levers contained an etched reference to a leveman who'd mis-aligned that switch in a memorable mis-route some time previously. As fate would have it, the initials of the unfortunate individual matched my own, and I seldom noticed that lever without checking things out one more time.
What a revoltin' development this is! (William Bendix)
it dose happen,why the interest?
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RDGTRANSMUSEUM wrote:it dose happen,why the interest?Because I've never seen it happen, but was curious to know if/when/how often it happens. And one day I was sitting at such a junction and wondered.
It's no different than looking at a work crew and wondering why they do what they do; or a particular locomotive I've never seen before and wanting to know the model, specs, heritage, etc. Or a particular freight car and wondering what's inside it and where it's going.
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Erik Halstead - Portland, Oregon
Erik Halstead - Portland, Oregon
2nd trick op wrote:To clarify one point, if a misroute is aligned over a diverging route, then the signals would only display an aspect authorizing speeds deemed safe for that alignment.Don't leave us hanging -- what made the misroute memorable? Did the guy route the Broadway to South Amboy, or what? (I assume it was long enough ago that the truth may now be told.)
About fifteen yers ago, I spent some time on the NEC, mostly at UNION Tower in Rahway. One of the switch levers contained an etched reference to a leveman who'd mis-aligned that switch in a memorable mis-route some time previously. As fate would have it, the initials of the unfortunate individual matched my own, and I seldom noticed that lever without checking things out one more time.