CPL signals and how they operate

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Harry,

     We were lucky at the Huron, OH docks. Our old W&LE tracks ducked 
under the Lake Shore mains. We had one of the yard crew drive to the one 
highway crossing of River Road and flag it so we could shove blind to 
fill the "fast plant" with empties to be loaded with ore coming down the 
lake. To keep things simple, those 50 car cuts were handled with no air.

     WJPowers

On 1/26/2020 3:04 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List wrote:
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> I very much doubt any part of the the NYC interlocking logic knew or 
> cared that on our side, the signals were modified PL signals (they 
> were not standard N&W CPLs -
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> Apparently no one knew or cared how cuts of coal crossed the Central's 
> New York-Chicago
> main line.  Arriving coal was stored south of the NYC main, then 
> shoved across  the Central to
> the Lake when needed. Approaching the diamond in a curve the movement 
> was controlled by
> a trainman hanging on the side of the lead load  using a hose 
> extension to the train line.
> That was 50 years ago.  Maybe radio communications helped.          
>  Harry Bundy
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