[RP TownTalk] csx railroad crossing

[Melissa Avery]

Chris,
thanks for the detailed explanation.
Melissa




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From: chris Benjamin <theemdnut4139 at yahoo.com>
To: towntalk at riverdale-park.org
Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 12:31:36 AM
Subject: [RP TownTalk] csx railroad crossing


greetings, in regards to the recent track repair, i would like to direct your attetion to the gate malfunction at queensbury road, when i was doing my displays at the mark i saw csx signalman at the signal box on lafyette road working in there, but then a marc train and freight passed the gates and they didnt activate, what has happened was there are a network of wires that ground the signal to the gates from the silver shed next to dumm's corner, when the gates is activated, the computers inside tell the main computer that their is a short circuit (that what makes the gates activate) in the system which then drops the gates, many people believe the engineers have control NO!!!!! the new gates are linked by a new digital system. if you remember the old gates, they used to drop when there was heavy weather such as rain and snow, but, this new system works off of sensors and wires to activate and relay info in the rails itself notifying train location and
other info, i was there with the track team, as they worked in the station all the way to new york ave, it is suspected that the BALLAST regulator ( a vehicle that spreads the rocks on the track surface evenly) caused the malfunction and the fact that 70 M.O.W. (maintence of way) cars  and 5 trains were working there all day, was the issue. csx track speed thruogh riverdale is 50 mph freight  55 passenger including amtrak (brunswick line) and that shall be left to CSX for further note on changes to track speed. if the gates malfuction, trains must stop before, and blow four long toots and lay flares out to warn drivers of trains and gates. that goes for ALL train systems, FRA rules do apply, the reason why the gates didnt work is because the track team was still workin and the signalman has to RESET the signal in the computer to be interpretated into the rail itself, that takes 2 hours, because they were dealing with marc trains and a two and a half
mile long heavy freight and the track team all moving at the same times this occured. i hope this answer helps out the resolution to the issue. chris benjamin 


      

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