PRCo PCC 1645.(The Signal Systems DO Fail-Firsthand Knowledge)

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

HRBran99 at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 03/20/2000 5:15:47 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> pghpcc at pacbell.net writes:

> << I knew the operator of 1645 by sight - he said that 1261 looked like a
>  barn coming at him because one never expects such an occurrance!  I
>  believe that the signal system failed or that is what I heard. >>

> As you know, the signal system used on the 49-Arlington/Warrington line,
> coming into and out of the single track before the rebuilding of the line was
> the Nachod system. This system "counted in" cars as they entered single track
> and then "counted out" the cars as they entered the double track again.

	Ths signals on the dinky track worked the same way  --  overhead
*contactor* activated the signalling and counted the cars.

James B. Holland
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