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RS115 wrote:Today at Morristown:On Wednesday I saw the 19 and a few tankcars crossing Jefferson Road on the Whippany Line (headed for Morristown) around 4 pm.
No sign of 19 though heard horns later back at the office. Far as I know she's still not equipped with cab signals so can't venture out on NJT.
what do you mean by cab signals?The wayside signal system electrically transmits signal information through the rails. Engine cab signal equipment can receive the coded signal current travelling down the rails and "repeats" the signal indication on a display in the cab in front of the engineer. The engineer thus has a constant indication of the signal status of the block he is in, even though he has passed the signal that displayed a particular signal aspect. The signal aspects on the wayside signals convey route and speed information, the cab signals re-display vital "speed" information to the engineer.