Is it legal to run locomotives without cab signals
as the controlling engine in cab signal territory? Isn't
the 90 mph speed limits based on the idea that ALL trains
will be equipped with cab signals, ATC or ATS?
Wes Leatherock
wleath@s...
On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, JOHN J. OLSON & DEBBIE NIESS wrote:
> Not to mention the fact that it was also 90 MPH territory. I'll bet the
> GP-7's were hard pressed to make time with passenger trains on that segment
> of track and those traction motors must have really been screaming at
> Redlined Max. RPM's!
>
> John Olson
> Jim's Junction
> Billings, Mt.
> >Ed Pavlovic <epav1@w...> wrote:
>
> > Considering the fact that a GP7 without cab signals might possibly be
> assigned,
> > what was the Q's policy towards operating passenger trains without cab
> > signal
> > equipped units. Just asking because the C&I from the east side of Savanna to
> > Aurora was cab signal territory.
> >
> > Ed Pavlovic
> >
> >
> > Ed DeRouin wrote:
> >
> >> While pondering the appearance of these
> >> trains, don't overlook the possible assignment of a GP7. Although 243 and
> >> 244 were equipped with Cab Signals, any geep with a functional boiler, in
> >> cooler weather, could be assigned. The E unit fleet could be spread only so
> >> far.
> >>
> >> Photos of geeps on Galesburg locals 2 and 15 have also also been published.
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