Brad,
The signal department is in the process of extending the CTC limits out to
the "new signal bridge" you saw. The increase in west bound traffic on the"
Peavine" Barstow sub and with a few trains changing crews at Savanna. We
sometimes have 6 or 7 trains waiting to go east at Savanna. The quote "bridge
board" located under the Sabulal highway bridge at Savanna is just an block
signal without a number plate which to the operating department makes it a
absolute signal (stop and stay). The signal is a hold over from the passenger
days being a absolute signal. It prevented a freight train from following say
the east bound builder #32 right down to the depot and sitting behind the rear
passenger car. The signal is also the approach signal for the old Milwaukee
Road crossing now the ICE. I have seen similar signal setups like Savanna at
several places in the Midwest on the former Q.
Ron Copher
ex CB&Q,ex BN,
currently BNSF engr.
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