Hey what is up with the tiny flashing red light at the rear of this CP Train. Is this some kind of new end of train device? I don't see an airbrake hookup either.
This is on the CP (ex-MILW) Portage to Madison, WI branch.
https://youtu.be/3Rbm1yLve5E?t=298
CMStPnPHey what is up with the tiny flashing red light at the rear of this CP Train. Is this some kind of new end of train device? I don't see an airbrake hookup either. This is on the CP (ex-MILW) Portage to Madison, WI branch. https://youtu.be/3Rbm1yLve5E?t=298
Short trains - such as the local in the YouTube video are permitted to have a Flashing Red Light - not a EOT connected to the air line. In daylight they could also get by with a Red Flag in the knuckle.
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OK, thanks......learned something new.
Amtrak uses them a lot when moving dead passenger cars/engines.
I have mentioned about getting some for us (for short moves across interlockings or to an iundustry a mile or two down the mainline) instead of having to mess with a regular EOT, but so far no takers.
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A lit marker (not a flag) is required on passenger trains. We use a box with a light made for the purpose.
It hangs on the coupler, much like the smarter EOTDs do.
Clearly this isn't passenger equipment (at least it's not intended to be...)
The one in question appears to be magnetically mounted, which saves crushing it if someone forgets to remove it before coupling...
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Trains beyond yard and non-main track areas must have a marker at the rear. During daylight, that can be a flag or marker on the rear. USOR requires lighted markers 1 hour before sunset until 1 hour after sunrise or when visibility is less than 1/2 mile. This marker is to show that the train is complete. USOR doesn't differentiate between passenger and freight.
About fifty years ago, I saw an interesting marker--a brown paper towel stuck in the coupler at the end of a passengere train. I did not ask why.
Johnny
Amtrack uses them to move dead equipment? Probably get plenty of use then
zugmannAmtrak uses them a lot when moving dead passenger
zardoz zugmann Amtrak uses them a lot when moving dead passenger
zugmann Amtrak uses them a lot when moving dead passenger
Overmod zardoz zugmann Amtrak uses them a lot when moving dead passenger
I trust that Mr. Anderson will not have expanded this "enhanced*" service to other trains before my next trip.
*"enhanced" is newspeak for "degraded."
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