Thank you, Steve. So would you please explain for a non-railroader the signals
at either end of the passing track at Oregon? The 1967 track chart shows
two-head signals on the main and a single-head signal plus a dwarf on either
end of the siding. Now the photos I've seen never show the dwarf signal.
Bob Herrick
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@...> wrote:
>
> Bob
> Look at Mike Spoors Vol 2 page 47 has a photo of the CTC board for the C&I
> and
> talks about when the CTC was installed. I worked in the Cicero DS Office and
> later Galesburg before it was computerized and we moved to Ft. Worth.
>
> The blank spot in the middle of the panel was Rochelle and controlled by the
> operator under the direction of the DS. In the mid to late 80's Rochelle was
> moved to the DS board so he controlled the entire C&I. It helped to have the
> operator control the traffic at Rochelle as often there would be 2 to 3
> switch
> engines working there both BN and Milw. The only time we could or did make
> meets at Rochelle was when no one would get stopped account the CNW crossing
> was
> Automatic and first come first served but generally the CNW would grab it
> first
> or in later years they would run a switch eng into the circuit to hold the
> signal for a hot pig train. Meets on the C&I were made depending on the
> sidings
> and the hills and we would try and tell the trains where and who they were
> meeting to get good meets. Oregon was not used very often account it was so
> short(before BN extended it). The last day I worked it was an overtime day
> plus
> posting (extra pay) a person just before the computer took it over.
>
> The C&I desk handled the C&I(Aurora to Savanna ) and the double track Rule
> 251(double track Auto Block) Savanna to St. Croix Tower( the op at East Cabin
> handled the traffic from on the IC with the dispatcher handling Galena Jct.)
> Op
> at PDC had a small CTC board and the OP at CX(North Lacrosse) handled the CTC
> Getting into both the south and north ends of the North La Crosse Yard as
> well
> as East Winona(rebuilt to single track after flood in '65 and at Trevino.
> All
> were brought into Galesburg over time.
> Steve in SC
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: "herrick@..." <herrick@...>
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Mon, December 31, 2012 9:19:49 PM
> Subject: [CBQ] Oregon Signals
>
>
> Years ago when I was researching operations at Rochelle, I exchanged emails
> with
> Ron Copher about the signals there. He'd met a guy who was the agent in
> Rochelle
> in the 1947-51 timeframe who said that the operator controlled the signal at
> the
> coal chute board (an absolute signal in both directions) mainly to protect
> passenger trains at the depot. He also had a lockout switch for an eastbound
> move across the C&NW for the same purpose.
>
> Did the operator at Oregon exercise the same control over signals? Also, the
> 1967 Oregon track chart shows that the switches at either end of the passing
> track were "controlled." Were these controlled by the operator or the
> dispatcher?
>
> I also recall John Schmid saying that the "passing track" at Rochelle was not
> used for that purpose, rather, meets were made at Shabonna and Chana.
>
> Was this also true for Oregon, i.e. no meets?
>
> Bob Herrick
>
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