Craig Tambo Wrote:
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> > > > KRK Wrote:
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> > > > > It was considered an "SN" Tower but was
> > > staffed
> > > > by
> > > > > SP Towermen.
> > > > >
> > > > > KRK
> > > >
> > > > KRK, do you know who staffed Clinton,
> Melrose
> > > and
> > > > Stonehurst?
> > >
> > > The Tower at CLINTON which most of you
> > railfans
> > > have probably never seen before, was
> controlled
> > by
> > > the Southern Pacific. CLINTON Tower contained
> a
> > > 24-Lever, GRS electric Interlocking machine.
> > It
> > > had control of 15 Signals as well as 14
> > Derails
> > > and Switches..
> > > Originally, it was Mechanical. It lasted
> from
> > > 1909 to 1941...
> > >
> > > The Tower at MELROSE was controlled by the
> > > Western Pacific and was Mechanical in nature.
> > > May have been changed over to electric
> > > interlocking--but not sure.
> > >
> >
> > Interesting. Thanks.
> >
> > > Stonehurst Tower: NEVER heard of such a
> > Tower,
> > > ever !
> >
> > What method of operation existed at Stonehurst
> > prior to WP's installation of TCS?
> Even after TCS was installed, Stonehurst was an
> automatic interlocking (as was Radum and Lyoth).
> I've heard that automatic interlockings aren't
> supposed to exist within CTC/TCS, but in thses
> cases they did. (Some years ago, I had an Amtrak
> rules instructor flatly tell me it was
> "impossible" for automatic interlockings to exist
> within CTC/TCS, and discounted my assertion that I
> had personal experience with such situations.)
> I've always assumed that it was a case of WP
> avoiding the expense of replacing these when TCS
> was installed.
> Here's my question--was the SP/WP crossing at Oak
> Street ever signalled? In my time, there were just
> gates, with derails on the SP side, the WP being
> unsignalled at that point.

Ditto for me. Non-block territory and Yard Limits between Chestnut Jct. and Clinton.