by Head-end View
This week I got my first westbound M-3 front-window ride in a year or so and I was impressed with how Harold Interlocking is progressing. Many new signal bridges and gantries are in place, some with bagged signals. Some new color-light signals in operation. And some crossovers have been relocated and the new westbound is signaled for limited-speed unlike the old one which was medium-speed. 45 mph is better than 30 mph.
The crossover from Mainline-3 to Tunnel Line-4 has been relocated from the east end of the interlocking to the west end just before the Line-4 portal. And the one from Tunnel Line-3 to Mainline-4 is now at the east end of the complex just the before the Woodside curve.
With a little luck I'll get a couple of more M-3 front-window rides by the time the Harold rebuilding is complete and see the final results and all the new signals before the M-9's arrive and abolish head-end viewing on the LIRR forever.
The crossover from Mainline-3 to Tunnel Line-4 has been relocated from the east end of the interlocking to the west end just before the Line-4 portal. And the one from Tunnel Line-3 to Mainline-4 is now at the east end of the complex just the before the Woodside curve.
With a little luck I'll get a couple of more M-3 front-window rides by the time the Harold rebuilding is complete and see the final results and all the new signals before the M-9's arrive and abolish head-end viewing on the LIRR forever.