Ken wrote: > > When I commuted on the E-L and PATH, I used to try to ride the first PATH car > to 33rd St. and watch things. There was a sign which had a light over it. > The sign said, "STOP. HIGH WATER." I guess that when the light was on, the > train was supposed to stop. One had to hope that the water was rising very > slowly, since reverse moves were a problem becauseof the lack of two-way > signalling on PATH tracks. It would have taken a dispatcher to issue verbal > orders to each train via radio to get them back out of the underwater tunnel. > I have a diagram, 12-S-0003-70 Rev 53 of 31 Jan 1987 that shows that both uptown tunnels, and the WTC tunnels are signaled in both directions. When work is being done in one tunnel, the trains run both ways in the other. The reverse blocks are much longer 33rd to 9th to Morton to Mid River etc. bob gillis ------------------------------------------------------------ Visit the erielack photopage at http://el-list.railfan.net ------------------------------
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