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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by morseman</i> <br /><br />Boy, am I ever getting educated on journal boxes, I appreciate the simple language you are all using, Even I can get a good grasp of the subject. <br /> <br />I mentioned about the hot box detectors on CPR in the rockies, with the flashing lights during the seventies. When traveling with my scanner now on Amtrak I find they are all talking detectors. Are the flashing light detectors obsolete now on CPR and other roads ?????? <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />I'm not sure about the flashing ones...... <br />All dedectors I know of on the CP are talking ones... some will talk to the crew on the engine, some will only talk to the RTC if there is a problem and some will talk to the crew and give the RTC a print-out of the results. <br /> <br />I don't know what good a flashing hotbox detector would be nowadays, because the detector wouldn't know the results of the inspection until the train has passed the detector, and once the train is past the detector there is nobody on the tail end to see if something is flashing. <br /> <br />The only thing I know of that still flashes in this part of the world are "Call boxes" they are used if the RTC wants to get a hold of a line maintainer and he isn't answering his radio, so a light will flash and hopefully the line maintainer or maintenance of way guy will see the light and call up the RTC. <br /> <br />To my knowledge, even those aren't used to often anymore. <br /> <br /> <br />(Mark beat me to it, he's a faster typer.) [:D]
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