Take Siding Signals

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Jimmy,
I have never seen a Take Siding signal.  Can you describe it?  Was it
a light off a PL signal with a lunar white lens, or was it a larger
one with a letter "T" on it?  I've not been able to find out anything
about them.

Thanks,
Ben Blevins
Signal Maintainer


On 8/6/13, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

>      On the Roanoke District we had three sidings, Sampson, Lynnwood &

> Elkton, that had spring switches, on the south end, that had to be

> manually thrown in order to enter the siding. This is in CTC territory.

> If the dispatcher wanted to a northbound train to enter the siding, he

> set up his code. Out in the field, we would get and approach signal,

> then a stop signal at the siding switch and there was also a lunar

> light. If it was flashing "Take Siding", you had permission to line the

> switch into the siding.When the switch was lined for the siding the

> signal would turn to "Diverging Approach". If the lunar light was not

> flashing, you had to call the dispatcher on the phone and he would

> instruct you as to which way to go.

>      Going south in the sidings at Elkton and Stuart's Draft, there was

> a switch to take you straight into storage or spur tracks. The signals

> at the south end of these sidings would indicate Stop. The switches had

> electric locks on them and you had to talk to the dispatcher to get him

> to unlock the switch. When the switch was lined for the spur, the signal

> would turn to Restricting and you could pass the signal. Stuart's Draft

> is still like that today. Sampson & Lynnwood now have power switches and

> of course Elkton has been taken up.

>

> Jimmy Lisle