I just got turned onto a neat site. http://www.rrsignals.net [ 11 October 2001: Message edited by: slimjim375 ]</p>
Jim, thanks for the link, as a Signal Engineer myelf I love seeing and reading about other railroads signal system.
Jim, I just took a look. That's a cool site. His pictures make you want to see more. Good find. Thanks.
The other site didn't turn out. Heading to Helper, UT and beyond any day now. I have a shot already planned. It is on the Utah RY. Neat stuff.
Now that we have this thread opened, it is time for some pictures of our own. I'll start with this pair of semiphores which are on display at the Galveston Railroad Museum. [ 02 February 2002, 18:38: Message edited by: Peirce ]
Xingman. Welcome aboard. I checked out your site a while back. Very nice and thanks for sharing. <blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Xingman: Hey! That is a great looking guy!<hr></blockquote>
Thank you for the kind words. The rrsignals.net site isn't actually owned by a signal maintainer. Brad Hellman is an excellent photographer and a huge signal buff. He is a great guy and has alot of great pictures.
Looks like I got caught on that one. I was thinking of your site at the time. I went in and edited it. Thanks for the heads up.
Rick, What type of switch machines do you guys have there? We have a wide range but mainly westinghouse but i do recall some older USS machines in the country areas. As for LED signals they are great although we have had some complaints from drivers (Engineers) that they are too bright at night.
Because we are ABS, we don't have any switch machines. We just have switch circuit controllers. I haven't heard any complaints like that here. Of course our guys may be used to bright flashing lights. Everything looks really bright when you're in the middle of nowhere all of the time. Most of our crossings aren't in lit areas.
<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Xingman: [QB]Because we are ABS, we don't have any switch machines. We just have switch circuit controllers. QB]<hr></blockquote> So Rick you are saying all your switches are manual?? and the switch controllers detect the position of the switches for normal running?
I first posted this item as a tongue-in-cheek entry in the Wheel Stops and Bumpers thread. It is, however, a form of signal saying, "Do not pass this point." [ 02 February 2002, 18:52: Message edited by: Peirce ]
Here is a couple of pages out of my rules book on signals: [ 21 October 2001: Message edited by: watash ]</p>
