cicinnati-dayton-columbus Line downgraded??

steveNSimes Apr 20, 2006

  1. steveNSimes

    steveNSimes New Member

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    Has Norfolk Southern downgraded this line? The reason I ask is I cross the line @ Carisle and for about a week the signals have been turned off. And it's not just sun glare either, I can clearly see CSX signals, and they are about a block west of the NS crossing.
     
  2. chessie

    chessie TrainBoard Supporter

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    That's a little far out of my league... I can't answer that.

    But welcome to TrainBoard!!!!
     
  3. BrianS

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    That would be called the Dayton District. Are they set to be approach-lit? I highly doubt NS would mothball signals on it's only route into Cincinnati from the east.
     
  4. Lake Cities

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    Is this line a former Conrail line? If so, it very well could be approach-lit. I know that many of the NS lines around me that were formerly Conrail lines are set up that way.

    Welcome to the board!
     
  5. steveNSimes

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    Yes, it's a former Conrail line. And as of yesterday, the signals are lit again. Maybe they were going to approach-lit and changed their minds. Who knows.
     
  6. bierbass

    bierbass TrainBoard Supporter

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    Forgive my ignorance, what does approach lit mean? Thanks.
     
  7. Lake Cities

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    Conrail used this on many lines. It was a way to extend the life of the bulb in the signal by having them only light up when a train was approaching that signal. As a train enters the signal block, the signal would light up. When the train would pass into the next block on the line, the signal would then go dark again.
     
  8. mdrzycimski

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    This is what the commuter rail line near my work does. The Trinity Railway Express. All signals are approach lit except for intermediate signals, these always go to yellow and stay lit after the train passes.
     
  9. chessie

    chessie TrainBoard Supporter

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    I hate that type of signalling :teeth:

    Harold
     
  10. BrianS

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    Why? If the signals are on there's a train around.

    A signal that's always lit and goes to clear can stay that way for hours if there is no opposing traffic.

    Of course, the best way to find trains is through the radio, but that's another thread entirely.
     
  11. bierbass

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    Thanks for the explaination of "approach lit". Not wanting to change the subject too much but, what does it mean when you have a green signal above a red in the same direction on a single track?
     
  12. esprrfan

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    The next two blocks are clear
     
  13. Robbman

    Robbman TrainBoard Member

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    You have a clear through a control point or through an intermediate signal (i.e, the signal before a control point)
     
  14. chessie

    chessie TrainBoard Supporter

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    True, but I'd at least like to see something (lit) when I look at the signal heads.
     
  15. BrianS

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    Poor, poor Harold. Whatever would you do if you railfanned an unsignaled line? Or don't you have the patience for that?
     
  16. bierbass

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    Thanks esprrfan and robbman. I did some reading last night and if I got it right than the next control point would be the next switch down the line where a siding is located for passing? Would that then make a block be from one siding or junction to the next? Thanks in advance.
     

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