Haselsmasher
New Member
New member here. I'm really glad to have found this site. I have a question re signals and how railroad companies implement the following.
Background: I live along a BNSF line in northern CO. The track is about a 1/10 of a mile from my house - and I have clear line of sight to the tracks. We live at the mid-way point of a 2 mile stretch that has no street crossings in that stretch. So we never get horns being blown when trains are close by.
The city is currently constructing a bike path that will go under the track. There is work going on on both sides of the track as they dig the tunnel. During this construction the train blows it's horn as it approaches the construction area. They do so only during weekdays - nights and weekends they don't blow it in this area.
So how do the engineers know to do this? Are signs put up along the track? Or is there some sort of "notice to engineers"? Some other method?
I'm simply curious. I've always been kind of fascinated by "operations" - be they railroads or airports or whatever. I've lived on these tracks for over 20 years and as time goes by I enjoy the trains going by more and more.
Thanks.
Jim
Background: I live along a BNSF line in northern CO. The track is about a 1/10 of a mile from my house - and I have clear line of sight to the tracks. We live at the mid-way point of a 2 mile stretch that has no street crossings in that stretch. So we never get horns being blown when trains are close by.
The city is currently constructing a bike path that will go under the track. There is work going on on both sides of the track as they dig the tunnel. During this construction the train blows it's horn as it approaches the construction area. They do so only during weekdays - nights and weekends they don't blow it in this area.
So how do the engineers know to do this? Are signs put up along the track? Or is there some sort of "notice to engineers"? Some other method?
I'm simply curious. I've always been kind of fascinated by "operations" - be they railroads or airports or whatever. I've lived on these tracks for over 20 years and as time goes by I enjoy the trains going by more and more.
Thanks.
Jim