Dr Zarkoff Wrote:
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> CTC goes by several abbreviations, and this has to
> do with copyright issues for the CTC acronym and
> one railroad trying to be different from its
> competitors. So if that CSX subdivision has "TC",
> standing for "traffic control" with CPs (control
> points), then it has what is generally referred to
> as "CTC". The Western Pacific used to refer to CTC
> as "TCS" or "traffic control system".
>
> It's never been definitely clarified whether the
> CSX train was on a defined siding or just some
> storage track and whether the track had a
> hand-throw switch or a power swtich which had been
> placed in hand-throw because of the signal
> suspension.
>
> The absence of signals on either side of the
> switch tends to idicate that the track was just a
> storage track (and that the switch was a
> hand-throw, most likely with an electric switch
> lock -- which would have been disabled on account
> of the signal suspension).

On the track chart, the track is called SILICA STG (stands for Silica Storage) and has handthrown switches at both ends.