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This is what I get for hitting "reply" without checking where it's going. 
This was meant for the list, not just Paul. Apologies to Paul for the double 
hit.

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- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Beckett" <tabeckett_@_stny.rr.com>
To: "Paul R. Tupaczewski" <paultup_@_optonline.net>
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: (erielack) Odd signal


> The signal in the photo is just east of Hiawatha Rd in Owego. It is still 
> in service. There was one just like it at 233-1, immediately across the 
> tracks. It was removed in the early 90s. 233-1 had the distinction of 
> being the "home" signal for the Campville defect detector at MP 230.45, 
> and would go to "stop" with a light underneath reading "hotbox" if the 
> detector was tripped. The "distant" signal for the detector is at 231-1, 
> which would display an "approach" indication if the detector was tripped 
> before the train reached it. 231-1 is still in service, minus the "hotbox" 
> sign. It is the same type signal.
>
> There are lots of these signals still in service on the Tier. Between 
> Binghamton and Waverly, off the top of my head:
>
> 221-2, 223-1, 226-1 and -2, 231-1, 234-1 236-2(I think, I'll have to go 
> look), 242-1 and -2, 245-2, 247-2, 249-1 and -2, 251-1 and -2, possibly 
> others, but those are the ones that come to mind immediately. The signals 
> at 245, 247, 249, and 251 replaced semaphores since NS took over the line; 
> the signals at 242 replaced semaphores at one of the few remaining places 
> where they were side by side. This was done by CR about 1992. There is one 
> semaphore remaining, it is 224-2, just west of the NY 17 C(W Main St) 
> bridge in Endicott.
>
> There are numerous signals of this type between Binghamton and Deposit, I 
> can't remember the numbers.
>
> Tom B(reporting from Campville)
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paul R. Tupaczewski" <paultup_@_optonline.net>
> To: <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 11:40 PM
> Subject: (erielack) Odd signal
>
>
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>>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> Was going through some more photos today, and found an EL freight
>> train passing the signal in the attached image.  The image is somewhere 
>> in
>> New York's Southern Tier, I believe. How many of these
>> triangle-shaped-indication signal heads did they have? Were these the 
>> only
>> ones? (there's another on the opposite side of the track, facing the 
>> other
>> way)
>>
>> - Paul 



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