[PRCo] Re: Ramsey Hand Signals on PRCo

[Dwight Long]

Ed

If you have in the library “Proceedings of the American Electric Railway Transportation & Traffic Association, Volume 4, look on page 234 where there is a clear explanation of the Ramsey system and how it works.  I tried to copy this off the net but it’s rigged so as to prevent it, and my Instant Print Screen function no longer works on Windows 7 (have to figure out something different to replace it!).

There was also a brochure published by Williamson & Co. of Allegheny, Pa., which had a full description of the system.  Sorry, I don’t know when this was published.

If you don’t have the referred to material, the Ramsey system was in essence a glorified version of the simple signal system West Penn used.  It used a box with a master key, sort of like a switch key, at sidings to set and release the signals, instead of a paddle switch, thus reducing the potential for tampering.  It also had red and green colored lamps with three intermediate signals between sidings.  But electrically it was the West Penn deal.

Hope this helps.

Dwight

From: Edward H. Lybarger 
Sent: Saturday, 10 December, 2011 12:58
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org 
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Ramsey Hand Signals on PRCo
I know nothing of this technology, and there's nothing so far in the PRC
material other than the reference on this map.

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From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org] On Behalf Of Herb
Brannon
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 10:22 AM
To: Pittsburgh Railways Group
Subject: [PRCo] Ramsey Hand Signals on PRCo

The track/signal diagrams show a couple locations using "Ramsey Hand
Signals". Are photos or diagrams available which show  this type of signal
or tell of how they operated on the Pittsburgh Railway system?
--
Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park