Re: New on Jan 4 NTSB update re: Amtrak 501-Not Much New?
Author: B6b
Date: 01-09-2018 - 20:46
tundraboomer Wrote:
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> Joe M. Wrote:
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> > Would it really have hurt them to put in
> > searchlight approach signal?
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> Approach to what? All these suggestions on signals
> and bigger/more signs make absolutely no sense if
> you know anything about railroading operating
> rules. You can't just install signs or signals
> without defining their purpose, meaning, location,
> etc. A "searchlight approach signal" has a
> specific meaning and purpose, and that has
> absolutely nothing to do with permanent speed
> restrictions.
Amen.
Searchlight signals are not allowed with PTC anyway.
Then there is the fact that if you pass a yellow,
you must immediately reduce speed to lees than 30
MPH, prepared to stop before passing the next signal.
SO how much time gets wasted piddling along before
and after the curve in question?