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1. [CBQ] Re: Question re; spring switches (score: 1)
Author: "mdeckergwtcnet" <mdecker@gwtc.net>
Date: Mon, 06 May 2013 22:55:01 -0600
Hi Larry....... Yes, they do. The one we had at the West end of the Gillette yard had a regular low level switch stand that you could use to line it if you needed to. The target was red and yellow in
/archives/BRHSLIST/2013-05/msg00078.html (12,338 bytes)

2. [CBQ] Re: Question re; spring switches (score: 1)
Author: William Barber <clipperw@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 09:50:51 -0500
Re: Question re; spring switches "William Jackson" macon249 Mon May 6, 2013 7:53 pm (PDT) . Posted by: William, RRs still use spring switches where the application justifies it. There is one at La Cl
/archives/BRHSLIST/2013-05/msg00084.html (14,689 bytes)

3. Re: [CBQ] Re: Question re; spring switches (score: 1)
Author: William Jackson <macon249@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 11:43:43 -0400
Hi Larry....... Yes, they do. The one we had at the West end of the Gillette yard had a regular low level switch stand that you could use to line it if you needed to. The target was red and yellow i
/archives/BRHSLIST/2013-05/msg00091.html (14,248 bytes)

4. [CBQ] Re: Question re; spring switches (score: 1)
Author: "Larry Graus" <larry.graus@opc.com>
Date: Tue, 07 May 2013 13:55:01 -0600
Thanks to everyone who responded. I would have to believe that a "flying" switch handle could do a lot of damage. LarryG -- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://group
/archives/BRHSLIST/2013-05/msg00093.html (13,503 bytes)

5. [CBQ] Re: Question re; spring switches (score: 1)
Author: "mdeckergwtcnet" <mdecker@gwtc.net>
Date: Tue, 07 May 2013 16:55:01 -0600
Yupper, Bill....... They don't mess with me anymore :>) It sure makes a new conductor nervious when you aren't stopping for the switch at West Caballo or the East end of the Buckskin Siding though :>
/archives/BRHSLIST/2013-05/msg00099.html (13,148 bytes)

6. Re: [CBQ] Re: Question re; spring switches (score: 1)
Author: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 20:19:21 -0700 (PDT)
Railway Age June 15, 1959 talks about "Q's Modified CTC cuts Costs" This was the "poor man" CTC where only one switch and siding were controlled with the other a spring switch. The dispatcher would p
/archives/BRHSLIST/2013-05/msg00104.html (11,361 bytes)

7. [CBQ] Re: Question re; spring switches (score: 1)
Author: "Winton" <wyhog@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 08 May 2013 12:55:01 -0600
I worked over that half-azzed CTC and between Ravenna and Alliance and it was ok as long as only one train in each direction met at a siding. But get TWO trains meeting one at the same siding and yo
/archives/BRHSLIST/2013-05/msg00113.html (16,996 bytes)

8. Re: [CBQ] Re: Question re; spring switches (score: 1)
Author: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 19:36:20 -0700 (PDT)
I worked over that half-azzed CTC and between Ravenna and Alliance and it was ok as long as only one train in each direction met at a siding. But get TWO trains meeting one at the same siding and yo
/archives/BRHSLIST/2013-05/msg00117.html (18,802 bytes)

9. Re: [CBQ] Re: Question re; spring switches (score: 1)
Author: ralph linroth <wcman8@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 19:21:04 -0700 (PDT)
I worked the Quincy LIne starting in 1971 and the 2 things I remember most about the spring switches; 1. It took forever to run at restricted from the approach signal to the switch and to get in the
/archives/BRHSLIST/2013-05/msg00122.html (11,145 bytes)


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