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Posted by
kolechovski
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Tue, Oct 18 2005 10:06 AM
I have a question about horn signals...although I found out earlier what 2 shorts mean, what does one short mean, and what does three shorts mean? I heard these signals during a switching operation.
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Posted by
TomDiehl
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Tue, Oct 18 2005 4:31 PM
A single short for whistle signals doesn't show up in the rule book. It used to indicate track one for switching maneuvers, but I think they've gone to radios now and don't use this.
Three shorts is the back up signal.
Smile, it makes people wonder what you're up to. Chief of Sanitation; Clowntown
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Posted by
Anonymous
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Tue, Oct 18 2005 5:36 PM
It can have to do with leaving yard limits ont he D&RGW.
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Posted by
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Tue, Oct 18 2005 6:02 PM
Another interesting fact about whistles or horns there are usualy 5 of them ;this is to create a dis-harament cord which is to say not melodic; so it will get your attention ;if it was a sweat sounding horn you might think of it as music and ignoor it [}:)][8][xx(][:)][:P]>>>>>glennbob
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Posted by
TomDiehl
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Tue, Oct 18 2005 9:05 PM
Most steam whistles seem very melodic to me. [:D]
Smile, it makes people wonder what you're up to. Chief of Sanitation; Clowntown
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Anonymous
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Tue, Oct 18 2005 10:02 PM
One blast sometimes is a symbol that the breaks are set.. or that the engineer understood the message.. i suppose if it was nite it could be used for some type of protection
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Posted by
csxengineer98
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Wed, Oct 19 2005 5:35 AM
a long and a short is to be blown when running aginst the current of traffic and your passing a train or heading into blinde curves....
csx engineer
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