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[quote user="jeffhergert"] [quote user="rrnut282"]I will disagree with you on that one.  I live next to NS's New Castle District and it is CTC with ABS intermediate signals.  They regularly call every signal indication.  They will even announce on the road channel "Stopped at the West End of ____ Siding".  I think this is a good idea, as it lets others (trains or track workers) know where trains are AND that they are in control.  As I've travelled, I've noticed that both NS and CSX crews call signals over the radio a lot, on CTC or Track Warrant territory.  Not all crews do this, but a fair majority do.[/quote]   Both of you could be correct.  Just because the crews on the railroad next to you calls signals over the radio dosen't mean every railroad requires calling of signals over the radio.  Even on the same railroad, the requirement could be different depending where you are.  On my area crews are required to call out anything more restrictive than an advance apporach and also to announce when they are stopped at a signal requiring a stop to be made.  I know a different service unit required even the advance approach to be called over the radio.   Jeff      [/quote] This is correct, the CSX and the NS last time I checks both run on NORAC rules.  The BNSF, UP snd most shortline including Amtrak run under GCOR.  The rules books are pretty close, but not all rules are the same.  I have taken trains over the CSX in Indiana and we were reguared to call out all signals, but when operating on the UP or the BNSF we were never required to call the signals.  Different Rules, mean different things, to different people.
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