Hello L&HR fans...
A few questions, if anyone happens to know the answers...
When (year?) was the APB Block Signal system on the mainline between G Tower and Maybrook de-activated / taken out of service?
The DL&W/EL crossing at Andover...NYS&W crossing at Sparta...
Did the agent/operator manually (locally) control the signals governing train movements over these diamonds?
How did train crews know they were to receive new train orders enroute? I understand that Train Order offices/stations displayed T/O signals, seperate from the Block Signal system, but I was wondering if train crews got any "advance notice" that they had to pick up new orders. Or did they simply have to approach T/O stations "prepared to stop/pick up" orders by observing the T/O signals?
Did the online agencies/train order stations have radio equipment to talk to train crews? Was radio communication strictly between Warwick and wayside antennas/train crews? Or did "radio equipped" simply mean the locomotives and cabooses, with a single "portable" radio for the trainmen?
Did train crews copy new Train Orders over the radio like today, or was that practice prohibited "back then"? Was writing/copying Train Orders the exclusive responsibility of Dispatchers/Agents/Operators, with the Orders being physically delivered/handed/hooped-up to train crews?
When (year) did the online (Franklin,Andover,Great Meadows,etc.) Train Order offices/stations close? How about the Warwick Train Dispatcher's office/position? I assume Conrail "shut down" the Warwick HQ rather quickly, did the Dispatchers/Operators suffer a "forced relocation" to another office, or simply lose their jobs?
The train order questions may be generic in nature, the practice being governed by operating rules in effect during the time. I'm not very familiar with the "old" Form 19's/train orders. But with the L&HR's early installation of radios, I was curious how the radio may have changed the way train crews received their orders to proceed on the main track or execute a meet with an opposing train. And once the signal system went dark, what effect, if any, did that have on the way the L&HR dispatched trains or issued orders to crews. Thanks in advance for any replies...
A few questions, if anyone happens to know the answers...
When (year?) was the APB Block Signal system on the mainline between G Tower and Maybrook de-activated / taken out of service?
The DL&W/EL crossing at Andover...NYS&W crossing at Sparta...
Did the agent/operator manually (locally) control the signals governing train movements over these diamonds?
How did train crews know they were to receive new train orders enroute? I understand that Train Order offices/stations displayed T/O signals, seperate from the Block Signal system, but I was wondering if train crews got any "advance notice" that they had to pick up new orders. Or did they simply have to approach T/O stations "prepared to stop/pick up" orders by observing the T/O signals?
Did the online agencies/train order stations have radio equipment to talk to train crews? Was radio communication strictly between Warwick and wayside antennas/train crews? Or did "radio equipped" simply mean the locomotives and cabooses, with a single "portable" radio for the trainmen?
Did train crews copy new Train Orders over the radio like today, or was that practice prohibited "back then"? Was writing/copying Train Orders the exclusive responsibility of Dispatchers/Agents/Operators, with the Orders being physically delivered/handed/hooped-up to train crews?
When (year) did the online (Franklin,Andover,Great Meadows,etc.) Train Order offices/stations close? How about the Warwick Train Dispatcher's office/position? I assume Conrail "shut down" the Warwick HQ rather quickly, did the Dispatchers/Operators suffer a "forced relocation" to another office, or simply lose their jobs?
The train order questions may be generic in nature, the practice being governed by operating rules in effect during the time. I'm not very familiar with the "old" Form 19's/train orders. But with the L&HR's early installation of radios, I was curious how the radio may have changed the way train crews received their orders to proceed on the main track or execute a meet with an opposing train. And once the signal system went dark, what effect, if any, did that have on the way the L&HR dispatched trains or issued orders to crews. Thanks in advance for any replies...