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In a message dated 12/29/2007 11:40:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

Since the signals were installed well after the 1959 merger, why did  they 
install searchlights on the branch instead of the standard N&W  CPL?  

Ben:
More than anything else, I believe searchlight signals were  installed 
because of scarcity in
position light equipment, so  I've been  told   Could Union Switch & Signal 
have supplied more
position light equipment ? I don't know.  Two years before, N&W  had 
converted the Winston
District from Automatic Block (with 19 short sidings) to traffic control  
(with two signaled sidings;
a third, Philpott, was added later).  The branch to Belews Creek  required 
additional signals also. 
N&W respaced signals on the Norfolk Division and got a dual benefit  -  it 
extended the block
length and the surplus signals went to make traffic control on the Winston  
District a reality.
 
                                                                     Harry 
Bundy



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