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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
2/4 - Sunday, March 19, 2017

   
Mike Boos pointed out that it looks like there's going to be a very wide MUT on the sides through here.

   
Crossover at Cameron Heights, on Charles.

   
The crossover is set up as trailing-point, meaning if a train wants to get on the "other" track, it has to pass the crossover, then reverse through it. This makes it safer, because in the event of a switch failure you'll never have a condition that could lead to a head-on crash.

With that in mind, the lamps at the left are for a train on the left tracks, about to move through the first switch ("facing point"). "|" means the switch is set straight, "/" means it's set to the right, and "-" means it's not safe to proceed (either because the switch is moving, or there's a fault).

The lamps on the right are simply indicate that the trailing-point switch it is about to move through is either clear ("|") or not clear/set the other way ("-").

   
Looking down Charles, toward Stirling.

   
Finished OCS on Borden!
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RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit - by Canard - 03-22-2017, 08:59 PM
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