RE: (erielack) CNJ\EL pool trains, New connection?

["Schuyler Larrabee" <schuyler.larrabee_@_verizon.net>]

OK, this is a guess, but C for "Clearance?"    As in a fouling point?  If you're past this point you
may foul the movement on the other track?

SGL 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org 
> [mailto:erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org] On Behalf Of Michael DeCarlo
> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 1:37 AM
> To: EL List
> Subject: (erielack) CNJ\EL pool trains, New connection?
> 
> I have another question dealing with these run through trains.
> 
> I have a John Durant photo on my desktop of the "New 
> Connection" where it meets the EL main. The photographer is 
> facing east. There is a westbound EL train on the East bound 
> track stopped right near the top of the new ramp.
> There is a second WB train on the ramp with both CNJ and EL 
> power. The dwarf signals at the top of new connection ramp 
> are covered in burlap bags and the dirt near the ramp is 
> freshly turned so, This must have been from the time new 
> connection was first built.
> 
> Here's my question. Between the EB EL track and the new 
> connection ramp there is a white sign with a "C" cut out of 
> it. In the pic, the "C" is backwards so, The only way to see 
> this sign properly is if a WB EL train is running on the EB 
> track (the sign would be on the left hand side) Or a train 
> coming up the new ramp (in this case the sign is on the 
> right) What does this sign mean? Was it for trains on the EL 
> main or the new connection?
> 
> If you do a Yahoo image search for EL3647, You can get a 
> thumbnail of the pic I'm talking about. I can not find a full 
> size image online any more.
> 
> Thanks,
> MDC
> 
> 
> 
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