Paul Lutz asks:
> Question: WRRS offered a somewhat primitive dragging equipment detector
> and it is not clear to me how this would be wired so as to alert the train
> crew of defects. What technology was available in 1938 to support this type
> of installation? a dedicated lineside detector signal of some sort?
> integrated into CTC or ABS systems? Any ideas?
When I worked at Hartsdale tower on the PC (ex PRR) in the early '70s, there
was a dragging equipment detector in Schererville on the Panhandle that
was attached to an indicator in the tower. I don't recall if it was
interlocked with the home signal or not. I don't believe it was.
--
Bob Poortinga (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])
Bloomington, Indiana USA
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