Is NS using some kind of new signal? I have not seen any around close to me, but out in Vermilion, Oh there is a signal, that is a square, probably 18" on a side,lights are LED's that flash either a red "X" or a green "X". They are next to grade crossings and very near regular signals. Oh yeah, they are mounted on poles about 15 to 18 feet tall. This signal also happens to be at a 'no whistle' grade crossing. Any one tell me what these are for?
NS Signals
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norfolksouthern37
what's a normal map?
this lets the train crew know if the automatic horn is working at the crossings.
norfolksouthern37
what's a normal map?
well i dont know then, sometimes crossings with fixed horns have signals that tell the train crew if the safety devices are working.
These automatic horns are the result of 'Quiet Zones' in towns where the horn of a train blowing for a railroad crossing irriatates people living (and more than likely sleeping) near the tracks. I guess these automatic horns are set to a lower volume than that of a locomotive's horn, so that people living over a mile away won't hear the train blowing for a railroad crossing. I know this for a fact because I can occasionally hear a locomotive blowing for a railroad crossing that's over a mile away. I used Google Earth to find out the distance from me to the nearest railroad crossing and found that there's one about 1.12 miles away and one's about 1.52 miles away. There's one problem with the one that's 1.12 miles away: it's on the other side of a 'small mountain' from my house. The other one has no mountains between my house and the one that's 1.52 miles away, so that's probably that's the railroad crossing that I hear the train blowing for. I believe that this provides a basic understanding in what these automatic horns are used for.