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General discussion about locomotives, rolling stock, and equipment

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 #829723  by Lackawanna565
 
What aspects will the disant and home signals show when a train is going to go through the crossovers? I found a site about the types of turnouts, the speeds and the signals. It didn't show the aspects for the #32.75 switches.

Thanks for any information.
 #829939  by timz
 
In the US at least, the signals themselves don't have an 80-mph aspect, so the engineer depends on the cab signals to tell him what speed he is allowed. The signal just shows high flashing green, the indication being "cab speed"-- i.e. "we don't have an aspect for this, so be governed by the cab signals". Note that high flashing green doesn't necessarily mean 80 mph; I think you can get it if you're lined thru Secaucus on track B, where you're allowed 60 mph. How about Grove, which originally had 70-mph x-overs-- are they 80 now?