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- From: pierson@empror.enet.dec.com (dave pierson)
- Subject: Re: Railroad Signals
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.131218.5328@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- Date: 21 DEC 92 08:09:17
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- In article <BzJGrE.M9x@csn.org>, medberry@teal.csn.org (Michael G. Medberry)
- writes, in part:
-
- >To the question at hand, Red apparently restricts traffic, but not forces
- >a stop.
-
- In general, Red standing alone is named STOP SIGNAL and means
- STOP_AND_STAY.
-
- IF the signal is numbered, its a restricting block indication (?) and
- stop_and_proceed is allowed.
-
- If the signal is on a heavy grade, and fitted with a G (Grade) marker,
- or designated such in the ETT, Tonnage trains (hard & expensive to
- restart) are allowed to pass it at under <specified> MPH.
-
- This is where rulebooks and ETTs come in to play.
-
- thanks
- dave pierson |the facts, as accurately as i can manage,
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