<HTML><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 11/12/00 1:42:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, <BR>pghpcc@pacbell.net writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">twould be interesting to see if the Rule Book specified
<BR>about activating Nachod's. Does it specify, Herb??</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR>There are three pages devoted to the Nachod Type C signal. It does specify <BR>how to pass the contactors and where to stop the car and what to look for, <BR>however, does not mention anything about speed. The speed, of course, would <BR>be covered under the speed directives.
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<BR>There are 31 pages devoted to operation through all the various types of <BR>signal systems.
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<BR><<I tried operating at
<BR>5-mph thru special overhead turnouts and it is so incredibly slow that
<BR>movement is barely perceptible from inside. I am not arguing the Rule -
<BR>just recognizing a reality.>>
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<BR>We were always told by the training instructors (when I was a student <BR>operator all the PCC car training instructors were former PRCo. men) that 5 <BR>MPH was the normal pace a person walked on a level, clear sidewalk.
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<BR><<But they were also exceeding the 5-mph rule thru the turnout
<BR>from the main into the loop -- right in front of the inspectors on
<BR>duty here!!>>
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<BR>It probably depended on which Route Foreman was on duty. Normally, the least <BR>thing which was not exactly according to the rules was questioned. On time I <BR>pulled up to the inbound stop (in front of the Route Foremans window) on a <BR>Rt. 35 car and the switch you are referring to snapped over to allow me to <BR>take the curve around the admin. building. I was going straight into the <BR>tunnel, so I got out with the switch iron and set the point to go straight. <BR>The Route Foreman came out and wanted to know if I had my hand on the 'track <BR>switch' button. Normally they questioned everything out of the ordinary.
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