FW: FW: (erielack) Bingo East, etc.

["Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>]

More good stuff from Ed...

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From: MONTGOMERY| ED [mailto:emontgom_@_lan.tjhsst.edu]
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: FW: (erielack) Bingo East, etc.


One addition piece of information.

When the roof caved in on the Nicholson Tunnel, EL started 
running freights on the Erie side again.  By this time a lot of it was 
single tracked.  Apparently the ABS semaphore system was left in 
place on the track that was in service.  I can't remember whether it 
was the east or westbound one.  However train orders had to be 
written for trains running in the opposite direction on that track.  
One of the books I have shows the station at Deposit.  It was 
reopened as a train order office to handle the extra traffic.  EL has 
mounted what looked like grade crossing flasher units rather than 
train order semaphores on the side of the station, one above the 
other at roof level, with probably a red or green lens to advise crews 
of the movement they would be given.  I suppose radio 
communications may not have been that great in that area or EL's 
system wasn't designed to handle track warrents there.   Does 
anyone have further information on this and how trains were moved 
on the Delaware Divison at that time?

Ed

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