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Signals not active
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 10:51 pm
by illinoistrains
Came across this picture from Illinois and the crossing (A quad. crossing) doesn't appear to be active.
http://railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=360743&nseq=0
Re: Signals not active
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 9:34 am
by cabman701
I know the reason for that! I saw this work being done last weekend on my way home from Chicago.
They are upgrading the track north of Lincoln right now. That of course is a ballast train and the caption indicates the train is dumping rock. That crossing is being manually flagged which is why there is a car parked close to it.
You can also see a brown outhouse just past the crossing for the workers to use. And the white vehicle you see down the road past the crossing is a Union Pacific bus used to shuttle the workers to the worksite. I presume they are staying at a hotel in Lincoln.
Re: Signals not active
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 9:55 am
by illinoistrains
cabman701 wrote:
I know the reason for that! I saw this work being done last weekend on my way home from Chicago.
They are upgrading the track north of Lincoln right now. That of course is a ballast train and the caption indicates the train is dumping rock. That crossing is being manually flagged which is why there is a car parked close to it.
You can also see a brown outhouse just past the crossing for the workers to use. And the white vehicle you see down the road past the crossing is a Union Pacific bus used to shuttle the workers to the worksite. I presume they are staying at a hotel in Lincoln.
Ok, that makes sense now.
