| Posted by Dom on June 8, 2007 | |
Would someone explain the traffic signal system here? One green light one way and 3 colors the other? Thank you.
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Green means go, but a red train might make you stop. THE HARD WAY! LOL
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| Posted by CalMike415 on June 9, 2007 | |
This appears to be a one-way street based on the vehicles parked on either side of the street. They are all facing the photographer. That makes the green light even more perplexing. Perhaps the green light is for rail traffic? Is the train backing up in this photo having just cleared the intersection? Maybe that is why the truck is beginning to enter the intersection.
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That one green light in either direction is for the railroad use only...tells train crew all clear through street trackage, that all signals are lined up for them only...no cross vehical traffic unitl train is out of the block.
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| Posted by CalMike415 on June 9, 2007 | |
It appears that the cab may be empty of crew members. I definitely suspect the train is in reverse-remote mode. The pedestrians have a walk signal so it appears the vehicles in the intersection shouldn't be there. A fine example of grid-lock.
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The Louisville Turn has just entered the CSX Hoosier Subdivision (former Monon) as train Z490. Train is moving (southbound) toward the photographer. The timetable speed is 8 MPH, for obvious reasons.
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| Posted by bob bunting on June 9, 2007 | |
There's light reflecting on the engineer's window. If you look close enough there appears to be a person in the seat, but no one in the firemans seat.
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Monon Railroad used to have green lights at crossings. The lights would be lit green continuously if no trains were approaching, and would go dark when a train was approaching, much the opposite of the red flasing lights we see today. Not sure if these lights are on the same setup, but they look very similar to the ones around Borden, Indiana on a few private crossings.
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