Re: [CBQ] Westbound Signal At Oregon, IL

["Jack Schroeder" <jack@highlandwebworks.com>]

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Jack Schroeder
817 485-1922
jack@highlandwebworks.com
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On 12/26/2022 8:48 PM, Tom Mack via groups.io wrote:

>       
>       I was going through some photos and comparing them to the signal
>       diagram chart recently posted and found an interesting oddity at
>       Oregon, IL. Trains coming westbound off of the Rock River bridge
>       had what the track and signal charts show as a two signal head
>       diverging route signal. That makes sense as there is a controlled
>       siding at Oregon. But in photos from the station area, the signal
>       always appeared to have only a single signal head. An example of
>       this can be found on the BRHS website here (look at the signal to
>       the left of the trailing GP30). That's a bit confusing.
>       
>       http://www.burlingtonroute.org/members_only/secured/photo_management/search/viewer.php?S=yes&photo_num=102290 
>       
>       Well, I ran across a photo taken from the cab of a locomotive on a
>       westbound train on the Rock River bridge coming into Savanna that
>       clearly shows that the signal has only one searchlight signal head
>       on it, but there is clearly a dwarf signal on the ground at the
>       same signal location. In the photo I have the signal on the pole
>       is green and the dwarf is red, which is expected for a train not
>       taking the diverging route siding. That's a pretty cool modeling
>       item - single head signal with a dwarf on the ground!
>       
>       Anyone recall anyplace else the Q might have done this? Anyone
>       know why they wouldn't have just gone with two searchlights on the
>       pole?
>       
>       -- 
>       Tom Mack
>       Cincinnati, OH
>       
>

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