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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Tue May 05, 2026 12:54 pm Post subject:

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Information on AMTRAK's CPL signals (the B&O also used colored CPLs, as did their subsidiary SIRT)...............

https://www.railroadsignals.us/signals/pcl/index.htm

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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Tue May 05, 2026 1:01 pm Post subject:

Detailed, "in depth" page on the N&W's CPLs.........

https://www.railroadsignals.us/signals/nwcpl/index.htm

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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Tue May 05, 2026 5:53 pm Post subject:

Northeast Corridor signalling........

https://www.railroadsignals.us/rulebooks/amtraknec/index.htm

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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Tue May 12, 2026 4:08 pm Post subject:

Extension of PRR electrification south of DC...........

On a now-defunct rail discussion forun (where I was a co-moderator) I had started a discussion on what "might have been", had the PRR extended electrification south of DC, and terminating at Atlanta.

Had the PRR extended its wires to Atlanta, there would have been no swap from electric to diesel (or, in earlier years, steam) at DC.

Thus, southbound trains could have been hauled behind GG-1's from New York to Atlanta.

On reality ,it would seem that such a grand undertaking would have been economically unfeasible.

Just an interesting "what if" to ponder..........

"NYO"

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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Thu May 14, 2026 12:13 pm Post subject:

In speaking of electrification, here is a very interesting and detailed page, well worth reading.......

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_electrification

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