John,
In the 1950's the tower operator at Christopher, IL controlled the crossing
signal (I think it was for E Washington St.) with a simple knife switch.
Bob
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From: John D. Mitchell, Jr.
To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 6:48 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
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