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- Path: sparky!uunet!1776!bob
- From: bob@1776.COM (Robert Coe)
- Newsgroups: rec.railroad
- Subject: Dealing with signal malfunctions
- Message-ID: <XN5TXB4w165w@1776.COM>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 09:55:56 EST
- References: <Steve_Hooper.05r1@tvbbs.wimsey.bc.ca>
- Distribution: world
- Organization: 1776 Enterprises, Sudbury MA
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- Steve_Hooper@tvbbs.wimsey.bc.ca (Steve Hooper) writes:
- > This situation [signals changing to red as a result of a malfunction] has
- > happened to me numerous times...probably every 20th trip or so it will
- > happen. You get a 568 to pass the red signal, proceed at restricted speed
- > looking out for switches turned, broken rail etc to the next signal.
-
- How do you do that? By peering out the windshield with binoculars? By the
- time you get in sight of such an obstruction, you don't have much time to
- stop, do you?
-
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