J T wrote:csxt4617 wrote:J T wrote:
Jeff, from which crossing did you take that picture?
128th Ave.
Actually, it's 126th Ave. Drove by there this morning after getting a shot of 371 passing the new signal in New Richmond.
Oops, sorry about that. When I replied, I was looking at the Michigan Gazetteer and trying to remember whether it was 126th or 128th. Both had a curve to the right just after the crossing. If I'd looked at google maps satellite view, I would have known for sure, since it has a dirt road next to it (which the one at 126th does)
J T wrote:Doktor No wrote:
They took the wye at Helper out too.
What does that mean?
Yeah, I was wondering that too...doesn't look like there was ever a wye there. I've got an old pic of a PM 1200 series sitting in a little siding next to the main with a small building signed "HELPER" in the background. I would assume after shoving a train over the hill, they would have just backed back down and pulled back in that little siding.
amtrak1007 wrote:Typhoon wrote: Something that I have not seen mentions, and is a nice upgrade, you can now get a signal onto a train at the West end of Wells. No more talking pushers onto a train
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Good to know they added a small block onto the siding
The ATCS'rs among us thank you for that tidbid
I don't think they added any blocks...they just added "call-on" type signaling, so you can get a restricting as soon as the previous train clears the OS section, which also works good for putting helpers on the rear of a train
As to ATCS, aren't they using satellite based stuff now? I've never gotten into the ATCS stuff, so I'm not really sure...just thought I'd heard that somewhere.