dwarf signals NS in multiple parts (part 1)

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Jimmy,
My reason for posting is that I am hoping someone on the list is that
person and will set me straight.  Or at least knows an NS employee who has
the information.
Thanks,
Jim Cochran

On Sat, Jun 22, 2024 at 7:20 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
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> Jim,
> May I suggest that you contact someone that can explain this signal and
> its operation to you instead of guessing about it.
> This is a new one to me as I suspect there has been a lot that has changed
> since I left the property!
>
> Jimmy Lisle
>
>
> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
>
>
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> Date: 6/21/24 8:24 PM (GMT-05:00)
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> Subject: dwarf signals NS in multiple parts (part 1)
>
> As many of you may recall from our last exciting episode, my
> preliminary conclusion was that at least one of the functions of the NS
> dwarves was to indicate the state of its associated switch with green
> indicating "normal", red indicating "not set" or "changing" and amber
> indicating "reversed".
> Well as I captured my next set of shots, I started to question part of my
> earlier hypothesis.
> In the attached sequence you will see the dwarf displaying amber (
> indicating reversed) and the switchman approaching the control panel.  The
> next shot shows the dwarf still displaying amber and the switchman
> preparing to push the switch that will switch the switch :^)  The next shot
> shows the switchman walking away after having activated the switch to
> change to normal position, so the switch should have been in the process of
> changing states at this point.  Note that it is entirely dark instead of
> red as I previously would have expected, so perhaps "no lights lit" is used
> to indicate that the signal is in an unknown state (someone in the know,
> let us know).  the final shot of this sequence shows the signal having
> achieved the normal position and the dwarf displaying green as expected.
> But wait, there's more.  Stay tuned for the next episode.
> Jim Cochran
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