I recently had the pleasure of spending an afternoon train watching in Fremont, Nebraska, with a friend. Here is a switching job we saw along Main Street. Share:
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Archive of posts filed under the Operations category.
Sharing the road
Typically, while my wife is away for an evening, my son will request that we “watch trains.” We have two ways of doing this, pulling out documentary VHS tapes highlighting the glory days of steam or trans-continental train rides, or going to YouTube. Last night he wanted YouTube–to which I happily agreed–and the first video [...]
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Crossing Safety and Fail-safe
A friend of mine recently asked, in response to the Railroad Crossing post, why unused crossings are labeled with EXEMPT instead of just being removed. It all goes back to fail-safe. First, the purpose of the exempt sign is to notify buses and semi-trucks they are not required to stop at the crossing as it [...]
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