litz wrote:DutchRailnut wrote:switches only have targets in manual block, and yards, switches in signal territory do not have targets.
Watch the NTSB "B-roll" of the investigators looking over the scene of the accident.
Right at the 2:00 mark, they're walking north-to-south on the mainline.
They walk right past the powered track switch leading to the siding in the auto loading/unloading facility.
The next scene cut is a south-to-north view, and visible on the right side of the frame is the switch target for the accident siding's manual track switch, clearly showing a yellow diverging flag.
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Actually, I beleive at 2:00 they are walking south to north. On page 5 of this thread I posted the following Google map link (you might need the "3-D" view option" installed), showing the view looking north - essentially the view of the video at 2:00. First comes the auto loader siding on the right side, and then farther north the siding of the accident on the left side:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9091321 ... a=!3m1!1e3" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Note especially the metal control box (not sure exactly for what) to the left (west side) of the turnout to the siding of the accident in the link. We don't ever get a good view of where that box is in the video, from what I can tell - it is screened out by the walkers.
Then starting at 2:08, they are standing around looking south, standing right about where the turnout to the siding of the accident is
EDIT: what we are calling the turnout to the autoloader siding, actually seems to be a turnout to a short section of a second main track, and then about about 100 yards further south, near the highway bridge, off of that "2nd main" there is a another turnout to the east, off of that "2nd main" , which is the siding that goes into the autoloader facility