Stop SIGNS for trains??

[frogpipe]

Consider these:

and

Note the horizontal rectangular red signs that say "STOP"

I've never seen such a thing!! Is this unique to the OP&E, or did other railroads use them? Is there a web resource for this and any other signs used for railroads?

(Yes I Googled railroad signs, but all I get are the ones meant to be obeyed by automobiles)

 

[cascaderailroad]

These are on the DLS

 

[Azervich]

I believe their for banking engines, when you bank a consist you detach the banking engine at the stop sign, I built a VR one which is on DLS.

Cheers.

 

[Bhorton]

The UK has lots of those, all with different meanings, including: Stop and wait for permission to continue, Stop and open crossing gates, Stop and switch ground frame, ect.

 

[JCitron]

I've seen this before. There used to be some in Lawrence, MA where the engine lead connects into the yard tracks. When the crew would journey out of the lead, they'd stop at the stop sign and look both ways. I don't know why because they were the only active train on the tracks. The rest were either on the separate main line, or the cars in the actual yard part which were sitting there waiting to be switched. It must be just protocol in this case that dated back to the busier days.

John

 

[frogpipe]

In pic #1 Track 1 (with the stop sign) is the OP&E mainline as it enters the OP&E yard. Track #2 is a passing siding on the SP. Track #3 is the main line on the SP.

So, my guess is that you had to stop your train because the gates wouldn't trigger if a train was on those tracks.

 

[JCitron]

In pic #1 Track 1 (with the stop sign) is the OP&E mainline as it enters the OP&E yard. Track #2 is a passing siding on the SP. Track #3 is the main line on the SP.

So, my guess is that you had to stop your train because the gates wouldn't trigger if a train was on those tracks.

That could be a possibility too with the Lawrence Yard because the yard lead and engine track lead were right there at the Andover Street crossing.

That was quite the place at one time and when I was old enough to bike from Andover, I'd go down there for the day and train watch. There were usually few other retirees up on the footbridge (now gone) with me watching the action. I wouldn't go down there today due to the rather unsavory population that has moved into that area. In the past I used to get cold drinks and snacks from an elderly lady. Her house was right next to the crossing and she saw me watching trains one afternoon. She invited me up on to her porch and I visited for quite some time and had some ice tea and cookies. This became part of the ritual for a very long time.

John

 

[frogpipe]

That's a cool memory! Tho not something most would recommend today. Thanks for sharing it.

 

[SantaFebuff]

Here's a different one I found while browsing Facebook:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/1097057_579619735436555_18006958_o.jpg

Cheers,
Joshua

 

[frogpipe]

Appears to serve the same purpose - Stop and be sure there's no cross traffic.

 

[mhicaso]

CP uses them in a lot of places, and the ones we have are for public crossings. In our case it is always on yard tracks and industrial leads, that way we have more room to switch without affecting the crossing circuit. The other type of stop sign I have seen is for a crossing at grade we have with the CN, both tracks are slow speed industrial leads and there is a four way stop there and we apply the same rules as the road.

 

[Eboy87]

Brighton Park used to have stop signs for cross traffic on the CN. Up until a few years ago when it was resignaled, it was one of the last non-interlocked crossings in the US. Trains would stop until the switch tender said it was ok to proceed. Then there was the time he was asleep and our train (Amtrak) was stuck until they could wake him up...

For those into the technology, there's an interesting article on Wikipedia about the crossing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton_Park_crossing

 

[JCitron]

Brighton Park used to have stop signs for cross traffic on the CN. Up until a few years ago when it was resignaled, it was one of the last non-interlocked crossings in the US. Trains would stop until the switch tender said it was ok to proceed. Then there was the time he was asleep and our train (Amtrak) was stuck until they could wake him up...

For those into the technology, there's an interesting article on Wikipedia about the crossing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton_Park_crossing

That's a cool story. Thank you for sharing it.

Are you sure it wasn't an AI driver who lost his script?

John