Whatizzit

[SERRANO-HIGHBALL]

I saw this new sign the other day...anyone know whatitzfor??? S-H

[VictorValleyRailfan]

It's a whistle sign. It's supposed to remind the engineer to blow the whistle/horn at the specific area.

[SERRANO-HIGHBALL]

(10-08-2010 08:55 PM)VictorValleyRailfan Wrote:  It's a whistle sign. It's supposed to remind the engineer to blow the whistle/horn at the specific area.

OK Thanks! never seen this one before..that makes sense.. its in front of the tunnels. S-H

[Myfordbrowning]

Usually the number under the W indicated the number of crossings.

Cliff

[VictorValleyRailfan]

(10-08-2010 09:06 PM)SERRANO-HIGHBALL Wrote:  

(10-08-2010 08:55 PM)VictorValleyRailfan Wrote:  It's a whistle sign. It's supposed to remind the engineer to blow the whistle/horn at the specific area.

OK Thanks! never seen this one before..that makes sense.. its in front of the tunnels. S-H

It may be a new sign, but the "W" symbol itself has been around for a long time.

[SERRANO-HIGHBALL]

(10-08-2010 10:19 PM)Myfordbrowning Wrote:  Usually the number under the W indicated the number of crossings.

Cliff

aaahhh I get it now '4' would be the number of tunnels ahead in this case. Are they required to hit the horn before a tunnel now? S-H

[roee]

(10-08-2010 07:57 PM)SERRANO-HIGHBALL Wrote:  I saw this new sign the other day...anyone know whatitzfor??? S-H

Was this on the UP or on the BNSF? UP uses X signs for crossings, and the W is for where they want the engineer to sound the whistle, such as a bridge with close clearance or tunnels. It is to warn roadway works that a train is coming and to get to the clear, to give them a bit of extra warning.

The BNSF just uses the W sign for everything.

And the number below means that there is that many crossings or the such less than 1/4 of a mile apart since the sign is to be 1/4 mile in approach of the crossing.

[SERRANO-HIGHBALL]

(10-09-2010 06:13 AM)roee Wrote:  

(10-08-2010 07:57 PM)SERRANO-HIGHBALL Wrote:  I saw this new sign the other day...anyone know whatitzfor??? S-H

Was this on the UP or on the BNSF? UP uses X signs for crossings, and the W is for where they want the engineer to sound the whistle, such as a bridge with close clearance or tunnels. It is to warn roadway works that a train is coming and to get to the clear, to give them a bit of extra warning.

The BNSF just uses the W sign for everything.

And the number below means that there is that many crossings or the such less than 1/4 of a mile apart since the sign is to be 1/4 mile in approach of the crossing.

Its a UP sign, on the northbound approach of tunnel #8,#7,#6,#5 on the Cuesta grade. S-H

[lajry]

(10-08-2010 11:11 PM)VictorValleyRailfan Wrote:  

(10-08-2010 09:06 PM)SERRANO-HIGHBALL Wrote:  

(10-08-2010 08:55 PM)VictorValleyRailfan Wrote:  It's a whistle sign. It's supposed to remind the engineer to blow the whistle/horn at the specific area.

OK Thanks! never seen this one before..that makes sense.. its in front of the tunnels. S-H

It may be a new sign, but the "W" symbol itself has been around for a long time.

The W has been the sign for whistling long before Moby d*** was a minnow AND WAY before everyone started saying horn for whistle!

[VictorValleyRailfan]

(10-09-2010 09:00 PM)lajry Wrote:  

(10-08-2010 11:11 PM)VictorValleyRailfan Wrote:  

(10-08-2010 09:06 PM)SERRANO-HIGHBALL Wrote:  

(10-08-2010 08:55 PM)VictorValleyRailfan Wrote:  It's a whistle sign. It's supposed to remind the engineer to blow the whistle/horn at the specific area.

OK Thanks! never seen this one before..that makes sense.. its in front of the tunnels. S-H

It may be a new sign, but the "W" symbol itself has been around for a long time.

The W has been the sign for whistling long before Moby d*** was a minnow AND WAY before everyone started saying horn for whistle!

I thought so.