I wasn't thinking of the wye switch that was the result of combining the Boonton Line and the Greenwood Lake. I was thinking of the Dl&W era. The wye was something like a "clear medium" signal. There were these Erie-style masts at Mountain View with red position lights on the top and bottom and the signal for the train movement to the next block. Ed - -----Original Message----- From: Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul) [mailto:paultup_@_alcatel-lucent.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 2:01 PM To: EL Mail List Subject: RE: (erielack) Signal question - East Lincoln Park Importance: High NOTE: This message had contained at least one image attachment. To view or download the image(s), click on or cut and paste the following URL into your web browser: http://lists.elhts.org/listthumb.cgi?erielack-01-02-08 mtview.jpg (image/jpeg, 896x938 184305 bytes, BF: 4.56 ppb) > Paul, > > As a dispatcher, you never would line signals up at Mt. > View and not East Lincoln Park either for the siding or the main > track. If the East end of Lincoln Park was clear > (green) for a westbound move up the main track, then the worst you > would get is a clear medium at Mt. View, I believe. > Maybe an approach meduim if no signals were lined at the East end of > Lincoln Park. Thing is I can't remember what was displayed westbound > over the wye switch at Mt. View. > > Here are my drawings of the area that I used when I was a > dispatcher. There are no intermediate signals between Mt. > View and Lincoln Park, just home signals (dispatcher controlled). > > Rich Pennisi Here are Rich's (very useful!) drawings - it was originally sent as a PDF, so I converted it to JPG... Thanks Rich! - Paul The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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