by WX4JCW
a dumb question but never really cared about it, what is a Holdout, we have several here (signaled locations) Palatka, Pine Castle, Kissimmee, and Poinciana, just curious
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Ocala Mike wrote:Another dumb question: what does NWK mean? Please don't say Newark!NWK = Normal Switch indication
ExCon90 wrote:I just remembered another one: there is a controlled home signal at the bottom of the grade in the south tube of the North River tunnels governing eastward movement toward Penn Station. If a heavy train is approaching and it is not possible to clear a route right into the platform, the train can be held at that signal (it now has a name, but I forget what it is), with the entire length of the train on the downgrade, so that when a route does open up, the weight of the train on the downgrade will give the engine a shove to help get it started, thus avoiding stopping a heavy train on an upgrade immediately outside the interlocking at Penn Station.
Ocala Mike wrote:Is that called Bergen? Allied?It's called CP MID.
ExCon90 wrote:All I can say is I never noticed a crossover there, at least in later years, although I was never a regular rider of that branch. Also, there should have been a dwarf signal on the adjacent track, and I don't recall ever seeing one (or maybe I should say noticing one).