Caretta Branch - Abandoned Signal

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This is the automatic advance (or approach) signal for the home signal a
short block ahead at the junction with the Dry Fork Branch. The nearby
grade crossing (mostly) necessitates the short block and the signal's use
as a hold-out. A Stop and Proceed here indicates a Stop and Stay at the
junction, but allows movement ahead to the home signal without a violation
if the rear can clear the road crossing (hold-out signals usually display
Stop and Stay). In this branch line situation, with a permissive indication
at the junction ahead, a Clear suffices as an Approach Diverging, making
the signal act much like a repeater.

Grant Carpenter


> Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014

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> I have a question regarding this old signal on the Caretta Branch.  Does

anyone know if this was the home signal for the branch's junction with the
Dry Fork Branch main or a distant signal?  Someone had asked me why it only
had aspects for "stop" and "clear".  I thought it would've had more
available aspects than what it shows.  

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> http://www.pbase.com/railfire/image/153050851/original

> http://www.pbase.com/railfire/image/154680221/original

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> Jeff Hawkins

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