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Re: UP collision in Kansas this morning.
Author: Dr Dreg
Date: 07-16-2013 - 15:14
Mark Wrote:
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> That line is littered with Distant Signals
> preceding the ABS/manual interlocking islands.
>
> The control points at Hays, and the distant
> signals, are relatively new. Leave it to Omaha
> logic to spend the cash on distant signals instead
> of regular ABS block signals to protect the
> mainline switches in town. I'm told the distant
> signal on the approach to Hays K291 was located
> 1500 feet west of the misaligned switch. How hard
> would it have been to move that signal east and
> make it a regular ABS block signal?
Yep! You guys have all the answers.
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> That line is littered with Distant Signals
> preceding the ABS/manual interlocking islands.
>
> The control points at Hays, and the distant
> signals, are relatively new. Leave it to Omaha
> logic to spend the cash on distant signals instead
> of regular ABS block signals to protect the
> mainline switches in town. I'm told the distant
> signal on the approach to Hays K291 was located
> 1500 feet west of the misaligned switch. How hard
> would it have been to move that signal east and
> make it a regular ABS block signal?
Yep! You guys have all the answers.
