Front Yard Signals 7/25/2009
All my signals except the GRS L signal connect to the Cabinet through 3/4" conduits. I only planned on having three signals installed, so when I wanted to add more I installed two underground junction boxes. The US&S H-2 searchlight dwarf has the cabinet because I dont have it connected to the main cabnet yet. The GRS SC is waiting for a much taller mast, the GRS L signal might go or might stay, not sure.
GRS L Signal: This signal is a dwarf signal. It was damaged and replaced after a derailment. I installed a GRS D base on it and put it on a short mast. Something a railroad might do......
GRS MD Signal: This signal was controlled from Carrol Street Tower which was the South Approach to the Municipal Bridge. Originally the dwarf had purple as the lower aspect but was later changed to red. This signal has two 110AC transformers to step down the voltage for the 10Vac 14watt signal bulbs. This was installed around the 1930's and still has the City Of St. Louis property tag on it.
GRS SA Searchlight Signal: This signal came from the St. Louis Municipal bridge. The signal was installed around 1940 and was owned and operated by St. Louis. It was removed in the summer of 2006 by the TRRA Railroad. It was signal number 233 which was controlled from Gratiot Tower.
US&S PL Signal: This signal is the newer US&S position light signal that came from Columbus Ohio. It was never used.
Concrete Elevation Marker: This would be between the ex-NYC tracks and the ex-Wabash tracks just south of Lenox tower. The ex-NYC track had a 1-degree, 0-minute curve that began 47 feet north of Lenox Tower and ended 561 feet south of Lenox Tower or 233 feet north of the old IT overhead bridge. The ex- GM&O track had a parallel track on the west side of the NYC track that had a 1-degree, 10-minute curve. The ex-Wabash track had a 2-degree plus curve going in the opposite direction located in the same vicinity. The concrete marker that you found with "E 3 ¼" on one side and "1° 00" was in all probability a curve marker for the NYC track indicating a 1 degree curve with a super elevation of 3.25 inches.
GRS SC Searchlight Signal: This signal was on the KCS and was at MP 227.9
Griswold Rotation Stopsign: This signal came from the C&NW in Fairfax MI.
Cast Iron END OF BLOCK Sign: Found this in a creek in Sauget Illinois.
US&S H-2 Triple Stack Searchlight Signal: This signal came from Kansas City Terminal.
US&S Subway Signal: This signal came from the Chicago Area and was used on the CTA. This originally was two signals.
Front Yard Signals 7/25/2009
All my signals except the GRS L signal connect to the Cabinet through 3/4" conduits. I only planned on having three signals installed, so when I wanted to add more I installed two underground junction boxes. The US&S H-2 searchlight dwarf has the cabinet because I dont have it connected to the main cabnet yet. The GRS SC is waiting for a much taller mast, the GRS L signal might go or might stay, not sure.
GRS L Signal: This signal is a dwarf signal. It was damaged and replaced after a derailment. I installed a GRS D base on it and put it on a short mast. Something a railroad might do......
GRS MD Signal: This signal was controlled from Carrol Street Tower which was the South Approach to the Municipal Bridge. Originally the dwarf had purple as the lower aspect but was later changed to red. This signal has two 110AC transformers to step down the voltage for the 10Vac 14watt signal bulbs. This was installed around the 1930's and still has the City Of St. Louis property tag on it.
GRS SA Searchlight Signal: This signal came from the St. Louis Municipal bridge. The signal was installed around 1940 and was owned and operated by St. Louis. It was removed in the summer of 2006 by the TRRA Railroad. It was signal number 233 which was controlled from Gratiot Tower.
US&S PL Signal: This signal is the newer US&S position light signal that came from Columbus Ohio. It was never used.
Concrete Elevation Marker: This would be between the ex-NYC tracks and the ex-Wabash tracks just south of Lenox tower. The ex-NYC track had a 1-degree, 0-minute curve that began 47 feet north of Lenox Tower and ended 561 feet south of Lenox Tower or 233 feet north of the old IT overhead bridge. The ex- GM&O track had a parallel track on the west side of the NYC track that had a 1-degree, 10-minute curve. The ex-Wabash track had a 2-degree plus curve going in the opposite direction located in the same vicinity. The concrete marker that you found with "E 3 ¼" on one side and "1° 00" was in all probability a curve marker for the NYC track indicating a 1 degree curve with a super elevation of 3.25 inches.
GRS SC Searchlight Signal: This signal was on the KCS and was at MP 227.9
Griswold Rotation Stopsign: This signal came from the C&NW in Fairfax MI.
Cast Iron END OF BLOCK Sign: Found this in a creek in Sauget Illinois.
US&S H-2 Triple Stack Searchlight Signal: This signal came from Kansas City Terminal.
US&S Subway Signal: This signal came from the Chicago Area and was used on the CTA. This originally was two signals.