fkrock Wrote:
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> Back when SP operated the San Francisco-San Jose
> commute service, the late afternoon trains had to
> run up on red signals just before they turned
> yellow to maintain schedules. Officials would jam
> the signal mechanism so the signal would not turn
> yellow. The train could not stop in time when the
> signal did not turn yellow. So the engineer would
> get disciplined for running a red signal. This
> tale was told to me by a long time SP engineer.

An operating official who would pulled a test like that at fleet time, would soon find ones self as TM in Alturas or Tucumcari. Too many SP officials riding the commutes who would scream to the VPO about it.