The west switch at Oregon is about 2000 feet west of Devil's Backbone Road,
just beyond the sand plant. It does not extend into the Burlington Road cut. As
Ryan mentioned, the track layout is unusual - the main jogs slightly, and the
siding switch is situated in the middle of the jog. It reminds me of a
lower-case letter "y".
Besides the pot at the west end of Aurora siding, there are still pot signals
at both ends of Sugar Grove, on the UP (CNW)/Del Monte connector at Rochelle,
both ends of Chadwick, both ends of Burke, and eastbound on Main 1 at the
Stockyard signal in Savanna. The west ends of Shabbona and Stratford had their
pot signals replaced within the last year with new mast-mounted searchlights.
Joe LeMay
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "ryan_gash" wrote:
>
> The current east switch at Oregon is about 4-500 feet from the bridge west of
> the road crossing and has the standard two head mast. The only pot signal I
> can recall is at the west end of the Aurora siding, I think there are a
> couple more I'll make a note of any next time I catch a pool turn. At West
> Eola in the east yard there are pots to depart the yard and the running track
> but they only display stop (steady red) or restricting (flashing red).
> Oregon siding is now 10700' long with single head departing signals and a
> double head eastbound signal at the west end, which has a somewhat odd track
> arrangement.
>
> Ryan Gash
>
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