02-01-2017, 09:25 PM
If you look at some of the existing heavy rail signals, you'll notice a teeny, tiny (relative to the size of the box) white light that flashes when the lights and bells are ringing. This light points down the track so the engineer knows that the signals are working from a distance. If the lights are not working, then it is up to the engineer to reduce their speed accordingly and to take the necessary precautions to make sure that they are able to safely cross the tracks. In the worst case, the train would stop, the conductor would dismount the train and stop traffic before the engineer began to move the train through the crossing. I'm not sure what the protocol would be if the signals stopped working while the LRT was in service. Would the LRV have to wait for a police officer or some other GrandLinq official to stop the road traffic before proceeding?