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- From: Steve_Hooper@tvbbs.wimsey.bc.ca (Steve Hooper)
- Newsgroups: rec.railroad
- Subject: Re: Dealing with signal malfunctions
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <Steve_Hooper.05ug@tvbbs.wimsey.bc.ca>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 09:41:37 PST
- Organization: Tunnel-Vision BBS!
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- In a message dated Mon 25 Jan 93 2:10, Bob@1776.com (robert Coe) wrote:
-
- > 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.
-
- BC> How do you do that? By peering out the windshield with binoculars?
- BC> By the
- BC> time you get in sight of such an obstruction, you don't have much
- BC> time to
- BC> stop, do you?
-
- You have to remember, you are doing restricted speed through the block, so
- you ARE going slow enough to stop.
-
- And 99 times out of 100, it is a bond wire that has fallen off, not a
- broken rail or switch turned etc. There has been times that it WAS a
- broken rail, we did not see it, went OVER it without incident, and the S &
- C boys (Signals & Communications) find the broken rail after a couple of
- trains went over it.
-
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