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There again, it makes sense.  All the relays and associated electronics, signal masts, ladders, etc. were all US&S, except for the GRS searchlights and the GRS SWCC's.  
   
  Ben Blevins
  

NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
      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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