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Re: The ''Chamber of Horrors'' Station To Be Fixed At Last?!? |
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Posted by randyo on Mon May 28 14:59:21 2018, in response to Re: The ''Chamber of Horrors'' Station To Be Fixed At Last?!?, posted by Broadway Lion on Mon May 28 10:15:14 2018. Usually if there was any possibility for expansion, the GRS (and US&S machines for that matter) would have spare spaces and in some cases even spare levers in case new switches and/or signals were added. The old Roosevelt Ave tower on the IND had actual spare levers to control the never installed switches and signals leading to the upper level. By the way, prior to the opening of the 6 Av Line, there was a GRS machine at Lexington Av to control the Xover at that location. Although the machine was removed when 5 Av tower opened, the original model board remained in the old tower for many years and I assume was probably removed when the new signaling was installed. My only question is what happened to the old interlocking machine itself? I can’t think of any location on the IND that opened after 1940 that could have used an interlocking machine only equipped for a diamond Xover. The only possibility I can think of is that considering the timeline, it may have been utilized to control the Xover at Bridge/Jay St on Myrtle which was installed after the Myrtle and Lex els were shortlined to that station. Another mystery is what became of the original Model 2 GRS machine from 6Av/14 St which was no longer needed when the line was extended to 8 Av. The 8 Av machine was a brand new Model 5 like the one at Broad St. I can’t think of any location where the machine could have been installed unless that one was held for use at Bridge/Jay St instead of the one I previously mentioned. |
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