QUOTE: Originally posted by zardoz Used to be sequence 15L, beginning 1/4 mile before crossings at grade.
QUOTE: Originally posted by csxengineer98 QUOTE: Originally posted by zardoz Used to be sequence 15L, beginning 1/4 mile before crossings at grade. the distance for the horn has always been the wistle post... unless thier inst one..and then its supost to be about 1/4 mile befor a crossing... depending on the speed of line that is crossing the road... a quarter mile is not long enough to warn people useing the crossing... when they upped the speed limet on my divistion..they allso moved the wistel posts back away from the crossing to give more warning time with the incressed speed... csx engineer
QUOTE: Originally posted by zardoz Used to be sequence 15L, beginning 1/4 mile before crossings. I also have a sign question. On the CP in Wisconsin, there are white diamond-shaped signs with a "S" in the middle of the diamond, placed at various points along the tracks. The sign itself is much higher off the ground than the whistle posts. My guess, based on my limited observations, is that the signs indicate "facing point switch 1/4 mile", but I am not sure. Anybody know?
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QUOTE: Originally posted by jeffhergert [ Regarding the "S", I don't know about the CP, but the Rock Island used white diamond sign with a black "S" for station one mile sign. Jeff "s" = facing point or head-in switch one mile on BNSF & its predecessors mudchicken
QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken UP and others often replaced the W or X with [._..] whistle code on the post vertically.
QUOTE: Originally posted by tree68 _ _ . _
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QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken UP and others often replaced the W or X with [._..] whistle code on the post vertically. Hardly ever see that anymore....Just saw that on the out of service Brighton to Erie UP Branchline north of Denver...
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