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1. Re: [BRHSlist] Overspeed (score: 1)
Author: "D. Gabe Gabriel" <signaling@r...>
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 00:45:51 -0500
I'm not sure I understood your comment, but, if I understood it correctly, I don't understand... All mechanical speed measuring devices require regular calibration - I am working on what certainly ca
/archives/BRHSLIST/2000-12/msg00108.html (7,450 bytes)

2. Re: [BRHSlist] RE: Railroad track width (score: 1)
Author: "D. Gabe Gabriel" <signaling@r...>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 15:16:15 -0500
It looks to me like the question is the size of the "tracks", not the rail gauge... The standard tie length is what gives us the track width, from edge of tie to edge of tie - 8 ft 6 in However, the
/archives/BRHSLIST/2000-11/msg00189.html (7,586 bytes)

3. Re: [BRHSlist] Stealing the unlock (score: 1)
Author: "D. Gabe Gabriel" <signaling@r...>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 22:22:48 -0400
While not as interesting as the personal experience related by Leo, an important perspective from the "other side"... I haven't heard of anyone doing this since the late '70's... In one area (in NJ,
/archives/BRHSLIST/2000-06/msg00168.html (10,608 bytes)

4. Re: [BRHSlist] Amtrak horns, and storing models (score: 1)
Author: "D. Gabe Gabriel" <signaling@r...>
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 09:01:00 -0400
I don't know anything about plastic, but, I have archived a large number of paper items, and received advice from a couple people on the use of plastics... The first advice was from a seller of mylar
/archives/BRHSLIST/2000-04/msg00034.html (8,147 bytes)

5. OS - Was Suggested Reading (score: 1)
Author: "D. Gabe Gabriel" <signaling@r...>
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 18:13:43 -0500
As someone that has been researching "OS"... (one term of many that I hope to document properly) I would love to hear any facts with primary sources anyone can offer on this... So far, I find that th
/archives/BRHSLIST/2001-12/msg00305.html (9,713 bytes)

6. Re: [BRHSlist] OS - Was Suggested Reading (score: 1)
Author: "D. Gabe Gabriel" <signaling@r...>
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 19:55:04 -0500
I appreciate the point - point well taken, and important. However, in its original use, I'm not sure that it is correct to refer to the rear or the front being at a specific point (which is your poin
/archives/BRHSLIST/2001-12/msg00311.html (9,814 bytes)

7. Re: [BRHSlist] OS - Was Suggested Reading (score: 1)
Author: "D. Gabe Gabriel" <signaling@r...>
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 20:04:47 -0500
And that is my point - OS is not an abbreviation for "train report", that would be "TR". "OS" was used decades before 1938 - so, why? (I have spent more than a few hours looking for documentation on
/archives/BRHSLIST/2001-12/msg00312.html (9,032 bytes)

8. Re: [BRHSlist] OS - Was Suggested Reading (score: 1)
Author: "D. Gabe Gabriel" <signaling@r...>
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 00:13:56 -0500
My point on this is that "on sheet" has been presented by people over the past 30 some years (please let me know if anyone has anything to show this explanation given prior to that) but, has no subst
/archives/BRHSLIST/2001-12/msg00334.html (8,557 bytes)

9. Re: [BRHSlist] Signals (score: 1)
Author: "D. Gabe Gabriel" <signaling@r...>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 21:26:49 -0400
I've been a signal guy for nearly 30 years, and worked on and designed hundreds of searchlight signal installations, and have a feeling you misunderstood... More likely, you are missing the relay - a
/archives/BRHSLIST/2001-09/msg00127.html (7,696 bytes)

10. Re: [BRHSlist] Re: Cantilever signal bridges (score: 1)
Author: "D. Gabe Gabriel" <signaling@r...>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 18:17:35 -0400
locations If this has been brought up, dummy masts should be mentioned - as dummy masts have been installed on even single mast high signals to cover "inside tracks", rather than the expense of brac
/archives/BRHSLIST/2001-07/msg00077.html (8,790 bytes)

11. Re: [BRHSlist] Re: Cantilever signal bridges (score: 1)
Author: "D. Gabe Gabriel" <signaling@r...>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 18:32:46 -0400
A twin cantilever signal installation is called a "bracket mast". Wayside signal installations come in flavors of single mast, bracket mast, cantilever, and bridge (and the variations used to fix to
/archives/BRHSLIST/2001-07/msg00078.html (9,457 bytes)

12. Re: [BRHSlist] Re: Cantilever signal bridges (score: 1)
Author: "D. Gabe Gabriel" <signaling@r...>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 16:58:30 -0400
terms. Ouch! Sorry - I guess I should have said that better... Every year, the updated Signal Manual is provided for sale from the group - The group began in 1890's as RSA (Railway Signal Associatio
/archives/BRHSLIST/2001-07/msg00084.html (9,014 bytes)

13. Re: [BRHSlist] Re: Standard Gauge, and Suspicions Confirmed (score: 1)
Author: "D. Gabe Gabriel" <signaling@r...>
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 01:27:44 -0500
This reply below is incorrect. It is a re-hash of an assumption put forth by others (it's posted on various websites claiming the Brits did this). However, it is incorrect. The British engineers did
/archives/BRHSLIST/2002-02/msg00130.html (8,614 bytes)

14. Re: [BRHSlist] Railroad Abbreviations (score: 1)
Author: "D. Gabe Gabriel" <signaling@r...>
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 18:13:03 -0500
Yes, it's right - these are AAR numbers, and can be found online - sorry I do not have the web address handy for their assgnment list - but, easy to locate via search. (But, this is outside my area o
/archives/BRHSLIST/2002-01/msg00088.html (7,361 bytes)

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