Nice touch that English/metric conversion table appendix ii. Who'da thunk of the importance of that? US-DOT always looking out for train crew saphety.

Never got lined the wrong way, but the plant is very long.

Snippy can see that they may have upgraded it with a lot of Corporate Welfare money and have fairly high speeds through there. It was 45 way back when going through CR Tower onto the Southren.

I can see getting well into the RF&P (it's a right stiff knot to take a left and go Richmond way to get over the Southren overpass there), and then taking forever for the bureaucracy to get the dispatcher OOS, pissed, executed, shot, call off the dogs who are headed out to shoot the Slamtrak HAWG, and permission from everybody up to Thanks 0'bama to back up. Then, next stop Manassas. Oh, and the Slamtrak backing-up help isn't exactly stellar as noted earlier this week.

That's one fiasco there Bub.

All the Hawgs I know are anticipating a certain signal in a certain place, I'd really be surprised if the train went down the wrong track for 10 minutes.

We have a place that used to be called Miller, that was redone and is now called Cherry Run. It is where the old WM came across the Potomac and interchanged

with the B&O. In the Chessie merger the WM west of Big Pool was abandoned and torn up, and the main got reconnected to the connection track to Miller wich always was and still is Yard Limits. The signals on the old WM east to Hagerstown were torn out and DTC blocks were instituted.

So, Miller was also the beginning of 4 track (the low grade) track from Miller to West Cumbo that coal trains could use without helper power to get to West Cumbo. The grade on 1 and 2 tracks between Miller and West Cumbo was way too heavy for the average coal train.

All this set up to make this example..

If yer going east and need the low grade track to West Cumbo, you will get an approach limited signal at Sleepy Creek, and then a limited clear at Cherry Run. speed is 40.

if yer going east and are taking the Lurgan Branch to Hagerstown you will get an Approach Medium at Sleepy creek and a medium clear at Cherry run, after you talk to the DS who will give you authority into cherry run yard limits and the dtc blocks to Hagerstown. speed is yard limits !!

So if yer goin east to Hagerstown and you get a approach limited, youre not lined right get ready to stop, call DS.

If yer goin east with a heavy coal train and need the low grade and you get an approach medium, look out he may have ya lined to Hagerstown.

My guess is same thing applies at seminary. And If ya wanna know fer sure ask any VRE crews that were around, they report EVERY delay and the fist thing they ask you is what is your train id, then they repeat it talking to the BOSS back in the train. I used to make crackling noises and pretend like there was something wrong with the mic when theyd ask me...