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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by BellmoreBob</i> <br /><br />I understand this happened at a passing siding. Did this location once have full double track? Was this switch guarded by automatic block, or were the signals turned off sometime as an economy move? Thanks. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Well, in case you were wondering new power laws did come into effect, which stated when the train runs over the circuit to turn on the signal, an electric zap would be sent to a gerbal in the signal which would make it run around a wheel and the electricity generated by this action would light the signal. <br /> <br />It jsut so happened that the Gerbal Died yesturday of heart related causes, and although the electrical current made it, the gerbal was dead, and he didn't turn the wheel, so there was no light displayed. <br /> <br />Bark the Gerbal will be missed saddly by many people, he did in his secondyear of Up service. <br /> <br />
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