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It appears that PTC is in use between CP Taylor and 21st Street.

Thanks for the update.

From the ATCS list: Driving by the crossing at 9th street and College Ave (on the Marion branch in Goshen) I saw some work being done. There is a brand new shack there. There is also what looks like a new signal tower laying on the ground looking like it's about to be installed. I'm guessing maybe t...

Thanks for the link. I will check this out in detail.

I tried to see if anything else was available, but I get blocked. Do you have any access to any other drawings?

There is a new control point 116th Street at B509.20 on Main 1 with a single switch to the west, but the screen shows "no track" for the spur.

We have been seeing a new NS ATCS address pop up occasionally over the past few days and it could be for the NS view at Tolleston. Has anyone been by there in the past few days to note any NS signal crews working there?

I was just playing back some logs and I noticed that as soon as the TK's drop out for EB moves, the approach blocks at N State Line come on, so I am going to tie the east approach blocks at Burnham to AWA and BWA at N State Line. Thanks for all of the help with decoding. I will hopefully upload a ne...

Thanks for the details. What is confusing to me is that a friend who had view-only access to the NS screen has watched the CSSB trains go through and they show the "normal" progress with approach indications on both sides as well as the TK (OS) section.

I have posted the updated kit for the NS Chicago District, but I still have not been able to figure out the data in terms of ATCS handling, as the bit patterns are not normal for train movements. If anyone has suggestions, I would like to see them. Has anyone been by 110th Street recently? I wonder ...

Let me check with a potential source for the schedules in the area

One would think that an error like that would have been caught at drawing check time or at least by the maintainers. It could be that they are indeed trying to do things on the cheap (software is free, as they say). To me, if there were separate signals, they would have been 6 and 8, as the numbers ...

There should be three separate individual signal/stop pairs based on the drawing - 4, 6, and 8. One would think that 2E and 2N would each have their own Clear bit with a shared Stop bit. I suppose that one could program the 6 signals to both show Clear from a single bit if the routes didn't conflict...

Did you see any data or only a baseline message? I see it in my database, but without data.

Only 7 days to complete the cutover. It does look like NS is not getting (or else is ignoring) the new #6 switch and the approach block on #5 siding.

Right - until further notice means forever. BNSF is also quick (one day normally); I am spoiled too.

I think I have most of the patterns figured out, but I just need them to "get out of the way".

IHB standard practice (what do they have, only 2 maintainers for testing?). It does look like the NS side is done and the IHB TK pattern is the same as before. The lock bit for the new #6 switch (to the #5 siding) is active, but not the Normal or Reverse bits (at least as of overnight logs).

Finally. So far, the NS view of Hohman has not changed as far as NS bits go, but lots of new bits from IHB changes. I am expecting the usual 4-5 days to complete the cutover.

Awesome - thanks in advance for the help.

So it's up and running already then? Nice.

Good point - let's hope you are right.