Tracks out of service

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Tracks out of service

Post by gedunk » Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:27 am

It's been a while since these lit up!

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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by cabman701 » Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:03 pm

If memory serves me correctly... we discussed those signals before. I believe they are now in signal heaven.
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by Brian556 » Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:04 pm

Interesting that they are turned to the side, never seen that before. My guesses are that somebody had to move a house through the crossing, it could had been done just to prevent them from being struck by high loads, or to visually signify that the track is out of service.
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by Robert_Gift » Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:23 pm

Wonder if you shunt the rails the signals will operate!

I hate to see this.
I looked at the other area where the track crossed a road.
No signals and only marks in the pavement which appears to be over the rails.

Would be interesting to knowhen the lastrain was there.
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Post by gedunk » Wed Oct 13, 2010 12:40 pm

According to the FRA, this was once a C&NW crossing. You have to go back to 1981 to find any mention of it bieng used. Its number was 175576M. It's now officially closed on the FRA site.
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by Robert_Gift » Wed Oct 13, 2010 12:54 pm

gedunk wrote:According to the FRA, this was once a C&NW crossing. You have to go back to 1981 to find any mention of it bieng used. Its number was 175576M. It's now officially closed on the FRA site.
I'm told a crossing can be abandoned, (not used) for years before it is finally deactivated.

One evening after dark in Riverside, CA, I found a wig-wag signal on a track which had been taken up several blocks away.
When I shunted the rails with a piece of scrap metal, it operated!
Started up squeaking and took three or four swings to build up momentum to where its arc was enough to ring its bell.
I savored it running for a minute or two until I saw a vehicle approaching in the distance.

When I supposed that that was the firstime in decades that it operated, a signal maintainer said it was probably regularly tested.
He indicated that even though there could never be a train, until the crossing is officially designated as closed, power to the signals must be left on and the signals must be periodically checked.
Same with the siding crossing I operated at midnight in Santa Fe Springs, CA.
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by Smjh1979 » Wed Oct 13, 2010 1:31 pm

That's exactly what happened to the Blythe Spur of the AZ&CA railroad from Rice to Ripley, CA. According to the data filed, the line used to get 4 daily trains, but was cut back to about 2 times per month in 2007, and finally sat dormant for years before they put in the request to abandon the line. I think the rule is that no traffic can be operated on the line for a minimum of 2 years to qualify to be abandoned from what I've read up on.
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by Smjh1979 » Thu Oct 14, 2010 10:55 pm

I've wanted that one on the site on the longest time... :Cry1:
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