by SURGEAHOLIC
what areas of the U.S. have themost dark territory and is it more stressful workingit it or in signalled territory?
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Moderator: Robert Paniagua
GN 599 wrote:You must be thinking of ABS/TWC . Yes the signals will give track indications etc. But without the track warrant how are the meets between trains going to be made? In ABS obviosly the disp has no control of the signals. The railroad "wastes'' money on them because those signals tell us of open switches, broken rails, slide fence indications etc. The territory out of Wishram WA where I have worked is ABS/TWC and those signals save lives. Going to Bend OR its 85 miles next to the river and in the winter time when the rocks start coming down when it gets wet those signals let us know the slide fence has been broken and there is an obstruction. When I catch a red block in the middle of nowhere on the Oregon Trunk Sub it very well could mean the track is blocked with hundred of yards of rocks. Then its restricted speed, and I mean restricted speed. Theres hardly a straight piece of railroad on that sub. People who work in CTC all the time have no clue. ABS has never been a system to convey authority, before track warrants they used train orders to convey authority. The signals are to indicate occupancy of the track ahead, whether it be another train ahead or an open switch etc.Well said GN599, and up here in Canada the scenary is quite different.....we get 'mooned'.
He he he, oh yeah the sunbathing is nice! A simple toot on the whistle and the scenery gets real nice!