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AARR, I think you are going to be quite surprised on the current where is it

has started a new topic: Michigan Northern

Tough wind going south to north then east to west

Yes ~Z~, all on the MOT

40.1 miles, 2’30"55’", 2,083cal, 15.9 mph

at one time the crossings were radio keyed to the tratfic signals similar to rural airport lighting

I haven’t been able to ask why yet, but it appears as though NICTD only uses one track circuit per crossing, no island at the crossing itself

The rails are the ground for the 1500V DC so the equipment simply won’t work. So they’re stuck with fixed-length approach circuits. So if Franklin’s circuit was the correct length to the east, trains stopping at 11th street would not foul Franklin but cause the crossing (which is just traffic lights) to stay lined for the railroad

The challenge with grade crossings on electrified territory is that they cannot use the predictor circuits like most railroads do now, which are able to figure out the speed of the train and adjust accordingly using impedance and other fancy track circuit stuff

So departing trains are instructed to depart when the light at Franklin is red, and creep up until they get green, as the circuit knocks down the light for Franklin St

Basically the approach circuit for the crossing is really short, so that the train does not cause the crossing to go off during their station stop, and ends after eastbounds clear

@Jetlink the traffic light thing is for Westbounds at Franklin Street, which if the first street west of the 11th Street stop

LOL

~Z~ wrote: with the weight training, AARR will remain more buff than Joe Satriani.

Westbound Potash Empties by Jonathon Leese, on Flickr

Alex?