BTW, not much
of anything, is within walking distance of the tracks,
in Wyoming.
John,
That's not far from the truth. We kinda like it that way.
Rick Patterson (a native)
Worland, Wyoming
----- Original Message -----
From: John D. Mitchell, Jr.
To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Digest Number 1842
Mike
In the old days, i.e. years ago, some of the crossings
had a switch key switch, that let you turn the signals
on and off, while you where switching near the
crossing. They were spring loaded, so you had to stand
there and work them. This was, of course before the
motion detection circuits came along. The motion
detection circuits made them obsolete. BTW, not much
of anything, is within walking distance of the tracks,
in Wyoming.
John
--- Mike Decker <mdecker@gwtc.net> wrote:
> Hi Russell:
>
> The key box on the crossing bungalow is to shut the
> gates off if you end up
> stopped right in the "wrong" place. If you get
> stopped with an axle right
> over the "shunt", sometimes the gates won't go up
> even after you sit there
> for quite a while. The gates will go down by
> themselves (usually) when you
> start moving again. The switch used to take a
> switch key, but it's been
> years since I had to walk down and do it, so I can't
> say anymore.
>
> On another topic...usually, you tell the DS if
> you're going to stop
> someplace he's not planning on stopping you...but
> not always :>) It depends
> on what you're planning on doing. I stopped at
> Newcastle last year to say
> "Hi" to the owners of the private car
> "Caritas"...whom I knew. They asked
> how I got the DS to let me stop...I said "I didn't
> ask" :>) At least those
> guys have a place to stop...there aren't very many
> food places within
> walking distance of the track in Wyoming.
>
> Best,
>
> Mike Decker
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> > From: "Russell Strodtz" <vlbg@earthlink.net>
> > Subject: Re: How does a railroad crossing work?
> >
> > At some locations there is a feature that allows
> someone with a
> > switch key to put it into a slot in a metal box
> and activate the
> > crossing. For quite obvious reasons I have never
> heard of any
> > location where the same function will deactivate
> the crossing
> > protection.
> >
>
>
>
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