Peavine Signals and such

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Living in Batavia, I can sometimes tell when a train is going up  
Batavia Hill,
but cannot see them, until the leaves are down.  Frequency is a couple  
of times a week
I would guess.  I heard they quit running east of East Batavia, but  
will serve the new Finnish
owned plant(Old Ford plant).

All the signals in this region are "Bagged", or covered with canvas  
bags so to speak.

Also the Mileposts are from Cincinnati, not Portsmouth.  I have shot  
video over the years
and we are at 24.5 approach. at Batavia.  Milepost 99(Shot 611 there  
once), is near Rushtown.

Hard to believe the demise of this once interesting line.  Consider 6  
steam passenger trains went through
here until the Cavalier was discontinued in 1957!!!
Greg Scholl
http://www.gregschollvideo.com.
PS...The photos of the signals showed up on my screen as it took me to  
the web site!!!  Others did not!

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> Made it to Cincinnati yesterday and have a couple signal questions  

> (see

> attached pix).  What's up with this "foreign" signal just past C1?   

> Guess

> since the line is now "dark" you need an approach distant to indicate

> you're coming back into signaled territory.  How frequently is this  

> track

> used?  Can somebody identify the device shown in picture 2?  Why is  

> the

> does the first signal out of Clare show "C98"?  Why is this signal  

> and the

> next up on pilings?  What's the purpose of the plate fastened to the  

> ties

> in picture 4?

> Thanks in advance,

> Jim Cochran

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> The "A" on the first signal gives this away as an approach signal  

> (not the

> aspect but "approaching" a controlled signal). It appears it can  

> show all

> three indications, but, the reality is that it may just be fixed at

> "approach" or a train may get a "clear", which indicates the status  

> of the

> next signal and not the block ahead.

>

> I believe that the number system on the Peavine was miles out of  

> Portsmouth

> to Cincinnnati, so , Portsmouth (actually Vera) would be "0" and

> Clare/Cincinnati would be the distance from Vera.

>

> The item between the tracks buried and covered with a plate is part  

> of the

> signalling system and is a resistance coil. I know I'm messing up the

> technical name for it...choke coil perhaps...I know it has to do  

> with the

> resistance factor needed to shut the track circuits. The plate  

> protects the

> coil from damage.

>

> The signals up on pilings is to prevent flooding of relays and  

> such...I

> believe sections of the Peavine were rather flood prone.

>

> Eric at CG Tower

>

>

> On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 7:12 AM, NW Mailing List

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>> Made it to Cincinnati yesterday and have a couple signal questions  

>> (see

>> attached pix).  What's up with this "foreign" signal just past C1?   

>> Guess

>> since the line is now "dark" you need an approach distant to indicate

>> you're coming back into signaled territory.  How frequently is this  

>> track

>> used?  Can somebody identify the device shown in picture 2?  Why is  

>> the

>> does the first signal out of Clare show "C98"?  Why is this signal  

>> and the

>> next up on pilings?  What's the purpose of the plate fastened to  

>> the ties

>> in picture 4?

>> Thanks in advance,

>> Jim Cochran

>>

>> Moderator:

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