Re: Was There ABS on UP's San Pedro Branch?
Author: theconductor
Date: 06-04-2012 - 20:50
Bruce Kelly Wrote:
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> Employee timetable in 1988 showed the entire San
> Pedro Branch as yard limits. Employee timetable in
> 1991 showed Downey Rd to SP Xing as yard limits,
> SP Xing to Thenard Conn as TWC, and Thenard Conn
> to East San Pedro as yard limits. No mention of
> ABS or signals other than illuminated switchpoint
> indicators at some horn-activated switches. Does
> the caption say when the photo was taken? WP Geeps
> were the big thing on the San Pedro Branch in
> 1984.
Yard limits has nothing to do with whether or not there are block signals, but I would think the timetable would have mentioned ABS if it were there.