Safetran Yellow is ORANGE!!!

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Jimmy,
I noticed that fact from the beginning.  You are 100 percent accurate, it is indeed orange.  And no, they do not penetrate the fog the same way that the US&S "no violet" Yellow roundels do.
 
Now, for the Troutville signal you mentioned, that problem should be easily corrected by a signal maintainer.  The lower arm is obviously off target, and needs to be adjusted.  This is easily done.  All arms have a sighter built into them.  Not only that, but the light beam is also easily adjustable for a close range observation, or a far distant one.  All this is adjustable, which is supposted to be part of the "advantage" of these new signals.
 
When they put up these things on the Bristol Line in 97 I talked to a few of the guys on the signal gang and they showed me what all these new signals can do.  Actually, some of the new ideas are pretty smart.  There's some signals that the whole arm assembly can be lowered to the ground to adjust it or do maintainence without the need for a ladder or cherry picker.  
 
Of course, I'm partial to the old signals.  "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"
 
Ben Blevins

nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:
Has anyone else noticed that the new Safetran yellow lights aren't yellow? They are ORANGE! Say what you want, but they are not the fog piercing cadmium yellow they once were. We have mentioned this fact at the safety workshop, but it has fallen on deaf ears. 

You should see the "Advance Approach" signal at Troutville! In the daylight, the top "Approach" can be easily seen, but the bottom remains as if it is hidden until you get very close to the signal. This is not the way to run a RR people!!!
Jimmy Lisle ________________________________________
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