QUOTE: Originally posted by espeefoamer If the signal had a "G" sign,it was a "grade" signal,meaning an engineer can run the block keeping his train under control,meaning he could stop within 1/2 the distance of line of sight.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Bobby Tennyson Earlier this year, I was out watching trains with a friend, I saw a Norfolk Southern freight train pass a RED signal. The train passed the signal at about 30 mph. I think another train might have got on a secondary siding a few minutes before the other train passed the red signal. I would guess that trains can pass red signals with permission from the dispatcher.
QUOTE: Originally posted by kenneo QUOTE: Originally posted by Bobby Tennyson Earlier this year, I was out watching trains with a friend, I saw a Norfolk Southern freight train pass a RED signal. The train passed the signal at about 30 mph. I think another train might have got on a secondary siding a few minutes before the other train passed the red signal. I would guess that trains can pass red signals with permission from the dispatcher. Your train may have passed a red signal without stopping, but not at any 30 MPH. Were you looking at the train comming at you and the signal pointed your direction was red? If so, I can guarentee that the signal the engineer saw was not red. Or was the signal a multiple head job with a green or yellow over a red. If so, the top signal is for the "main" or non-diverging route and the lower signal is for the diverging route. The signal may also have been "plated" as mentioned above, but your train could not have passed that signal at a speed greater than restricted speed. There are only two conditions that a train can pass "a signal displaying stop indication" without stopping: (1) is a plated signal as provided in the Special Instructions to the Timetable and (2) is a "flashing red" - "proceed without stopping not to exceed restricted speed". At all other times, when a train approaches a signal displaying stop indication, the train must stop. If the signal is an internediate signal (has a number plate), once the train has come to a complete stop, it may proceed past the red signal not to exceed a speed proscribed in the Rules, Special Instructions, Timetable Bullitin, or Dispatchers oral authorization but in no case to exceed restricted speed. If the signal has no number plate or has a triangular plate with the letter "A" on it, the train may not pass the signal without Dispatcher authorization under any circumstance and then, again, not to exceed restricted speed.
QUOTE: Originally posted by squeeze The original post was heading westbound just before the Connellsville yard, and the auto train was eventually headed into a turnout to the yard. It was basically in South Connellsville. Pretty darn foggy that night along the Yough. Thanks for the info on this!