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<DIV>I just want to say thank you Chris. And... also...I want everyone in
town to know how much I admire you. This is a young man who should be
honored with resident/citizen of the year! Chris is a strong volunteer in
the community. As you can see he is a good communicator, intelligent
and a caring member of society. I can't say enough nice things about
him. Chris you are a role model for all the young people in town.
Wish we could clone you! Love you, Audrey Bragg</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 5/31/2009 9:24:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
theemdnut4139@yahoo.com writes:</DIV>
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size=2><BR>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<BR>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<BR>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 <BR><BR><BR>
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