socalwb909
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-It is present day and or can be. I'm going to give the ability to run anything you want on it. Not much has changed to the pass since the end of 2008, except for freeway improvements.
-Thank you.
-Joe
Bakersfield To San Bernardino
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montanawestren
meh..
how did you get those BNSF 50 crossing put together?
MTW
MTW
The Mojave Sub included with TS 12 was made by socalwb909 (Joe) and this was his thread for it.
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socalwb909
Photo Creator
-Its still a work in progress and going to be for a while.
-No, thats Mojave Sub.
-I'm not going to do that because the trip from barstow to mojave i think is rather boring. Tho it still can be easily done.
-By following the tutorials on BOAT's website.
-I did not know this :hehe:
j/k-Yea thats the only thing I don't like about the yarn roads. If streadway would take the meshes, drop them down some and re-export them, it would solve that problem.
-Everyone else thanks for the comments!
-Joe
Hello Joe. After looking at Pentrex videos of Cajon Pass many times, I'm rather curious as to what the security fence/fences and overhead lights at Summit are for. Could it have something to do with the line going through a prohibited area? I reckon you would be the right person to ask, as you obviously are very familiar with the Pass.
Eddie232
Eddie232
socalwb909
Photo Creator
-I honestly cant say. I know it wasn't like that till prob. mid to late 90's though. Its most likely security for something, cause it is the main artery for intermodal traffic across the states, as far as reaching Chicago. Summit was also the spot where they would cut helpers off when one would need a push up the west side of the pass and also on the east side from Victorville to summit. So as I see it, it is a busy spot so maybe they just bumped up the security. (I'll have to look this up later)
-Joe
You're right Joe the fencing happened in the mid 90's. I can't remember the exact date but I do remember reading about it. There was a freight runaway that happened due to a loss of air pressure. They tried to blame it on foamers disconnecting or shutting off an air valve while the train was stopped at the summit. But it came out later that the FRED was not functioning properly when they left Barstow.
I live a long way a way from the scene of the action but I think I heard that after the runaway it was compulsory for all westbound trains to stop at summit and do an air test. As a result they were worried about theft from containers as the word got around that trains would be stationary there. Can't guarantee it - but that is what I heard.
UPRails834
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February 1996. Actually there wasn't a loss of air pressure per say. There was a blockage in the train line which did not allow the air to reach the entire length of the train. It was never fully determined what caused the blockage. If someone had of disconnected an air hose then the train would of went into emergency. If someone had shut off an angle cock (air valve) then the train would not have been able to move because the brakes would not have released (this train had stopped at Summit before the runaway). So it was neither of those two. Also the cause was not that the FRED wasn't functioning properly. What was determined was that the FRED wasn't activated for two-way operation when the train left Barstow. If it had of been then an emergency brake application could have been applied at the rear of the train (via the FRED) but at the time that was not a requirement and only some FRED's at the time had that function. Nowadays it is a FRA requirement to have that type of FRED in heavy grade territory and the two-way emergency function has to be tested before leaving an initial terminal. Again the actual cause for the runaway was never fully determined and only a speculation was given.
But as was said the fencing and lights were erected for fear of someone tampering with a train stopped at Summit.