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Re: Last "Armstrong" Interlocking in USA Retired 5/2/2010
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 05-06-2010 - 12:22

Jim Fitzgerald Wrote:
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> That may be true for Class 1, but there are many
> armstrong switches existing on tourist railroads
> all over the USA. Sadly the last ones I saw
> operated were on the McCloud, and all that track
> has been torn up since then.

Apparently you're not clear on what an "Armstrong" Interlocking is, so here's an example: [www.towers.txrrhistory.com]

I can't speak for tourist railroads, but there are (were) no interlocking plants of any kind on the McCloud.

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  Last "Armstrong" Interlocking in USA Retired 5/2/2010 OPRRMS 05-05-2010 - 16:08
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  Re: Last "Armstrong" Interlocking in USA Retired 5/2/2010 Track Walker 05-06-2010 - 13:31
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