Ashby CPL signal

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Agreed. More tracks = more capacity = more trains!

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:21 AM, NW Mailing List
<nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>wrote:


> Here is a photo of the southward bracket signal at old Ashby on the

> Shenandoah line taken a few weeks ago.  Yes, the signal at old Ashby was

> taken down Monday, and the last time I saw it, it was in a dumpster there.

>  The northward colorlight signal is being reused.  The old CPL northward

> home signal was retired last fall to make room for the new double track. It

> went in a dumpster too.

>

> Now, lets look at the bright side, shall we?  This is four miles of NEW

> doubletrack on the Shenandoah line, and the old signals had to leave because

> they weren't needed at this location anymore.  There's a new crossover at

> Success, and Ashby was moved three miles south.  Despite the fact that the

> economy and such is down, the railroad is growing again.  I hear that there

> are plans for even more doubletrack projects and growth.

>

> It's not all bad.

>

> Ben Blevins

>

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> See image at following:

> http://nwhs.org/wiki/tiki-browse_image.php?imageId=36

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