Hello!
I am a new railfan in UP territory. I need some help with finding trains. I use railroad radio.net to help me listen to radio calls, and the FRA map to locate mileposts. Unfortunately, it's only ABS where I can go, so I rely on defect detectors. There are 2 defect detectors, both in different places, but both on a milepost 929.5, miles and miles apart. I can only drive to one. The defect detector makes calls in this format:
"UP Detector: Milepost xxx.x, Track X, total axles xxx, speed xx M P H, Temperature xx, detector out."
The thing is, I know that when you're facing north track 1 and 2 are side by side left to right. (generally) What's confusing is that the only thing that changes is the track number. Dispatchers must have some way to know which milepost 929.5 the detector making calls is on. Otherwise it would defeat the point. Can I use track number somehow? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
I am a new railfan in UP territory. I need some help with finding trains. I use railroad radio.net to help me listen to radio calls, and the FRA map to locate mileposts. Unfortunately, it's only ABS where I can go, so I rely on defect detectors. There are 2 defect detectors, both in different places, but both on a milepost 929.5, miles and miles apart. I can only drive to one. The defect detector makes calls in this format:
"UP Detector: Milepost xxx.x, Track X, total axles xxx, speed xx M P H, Temperature xx, detector out."
The thing is, I know that when you're facing north track 1 and 2 are side by side left to right. (generally) What's confusing is that the only thing that changes is the track number. Dispatchers must have some way to know which milepost 929.5 the detector making calls is on. Otherwise it would defeat the point. Can I use track number somehow? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you!