SIGNAL PROBLEMS AND SAND ON RAILS

[HRBran99 at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/12/00 1:42:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
pghpcc at pacbell.net writes:


> twould be interesting to see if the Rule Book specified
> about activating Nachod's.  

There are three pages devoted to the Nachod Type C signal. It does specify 
how to pass the contactors and where to stop the car and what to look for, 
however, does not mention anything about speed. The speed, of course, would 
be covered under the speed directives.

There are 31 pages devoted to operation through all the various types of 
signal systems.

<<I tried operating at
5-mph thru special overhead turnouts and it is so incredibly slow that
movement is barely perceptible from inside.   I am not arguing the Rule -
just recognizing a reality.>>

We were always told by the training instructors (when I was a student 
operator all the PCC car training instructors were former PRCo. men) that 5 
MPH was the normal pace a person walked on a level, clear sidewalk.

<<But they were also exceeding the 5-mph rule thru the turnout
from the main into the loop  --  right in front of the inspectors on
duty here!!>>

It probably depended on which Route Foreman was on duty. Normally, the least 
thing which was not exactly according to the rules was questioned. On time I 
pulled up to the inbound stop (in front of the Route Foremans window) on a 
Rt. 35 car and the switch you are referring to snapped over to allow me to 
take the curve around the admin. building. I was going straight into the 
tunnel, so I got out with the switch iron and set the point to go straight. 
The Route Foreman came out and wanted to know if I had my hand on the 'track 
switch' button. Normally they questioned everything out of the ordinary.

HrB

 
    
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