Lines East may have differed from Lines West in that respect. The C&S
Southern end had green in the middle.
The "keepers of the accounts" of these interesting pieces of information
need to come forward.
K
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen J. Levine" <sjl@p...>
To: <BRHSlist@egroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Signals III
> Karl
>
> Why am I remembering the trilights in Eastern Colorado in the 60's as
having been green, yellow, red. I distinctly noticed them because they were
the exact opposite of a traffic light, something that would catch the eye of
a teenager.
>
> sjl
>
> Karl L Rethwisch wrote:
>
> > <The Q's vertical three color light signals show that the colors, from
the top are arranged yellow, green and red>
> >
> > The above is correct. In 1979, when I went West, to the C&S, its
signals were configured in a like manner. This is probably a direct result
of the influence exerted by the Mother Road on its subsidiaries.
> >
> > I believe a ruling by the governing authority caused all (most)
railroads to reconfigure their signal displays to follow one, universal
pattern. Prior to CTC (Trinidad to Des Moines, NM.) and the installation of
Automatic Switches (poor man's CTC) between Trinidad and Walsenburg the C&S
signals were changed to display the colors as we see them today.
> >
> > Karl
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
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