Comments on: After slowing down to as much as 25 miles per hour while descending the steep grades of the York Subdivision, CN Q108 picks up speed before joining the Kingston Subdivision. The Liverpool searchlights are still standing tall as of this post, despite its future replacements being in place since the end of last year. I thought I had lost my chance by waiting this long to go back there, so I’m glad I was able to get this shot of them in time.

By: ngineered4u

ngineered4u — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 01:39:00 +0000

Hey Adam, yes the signal dept started working on the replacements on Friday through the whole weekend. I was there Sat/Sun for 12 hrs a day as they did the signal testing.

By: Adam Peltenburg

Adam Peltenburg — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 00:22:54 +0000

Thank you for the heads up! Since it was a washout on Friday, I showed up first thing Saturday and saw the old signal bridge had already been replaced and was nowhere to be seen. You guys sure work fast!

By: ngineered4u

ngineered4u — Fri, 28 May 2021 15:45:25 +0000

Get those searchlight signals asap. I will be over there this weekend protecting the signal gangs that will be removing them and replacing them with the newer LED signals

By: Adam Peltenburg

Adam Peltenburg — Mon, 24 May 2021 19:03:38 +0000

Thank you! I wasn’t aware of the speed limits on this part of the York Sub, though this train was definitely going 25mph over the hotbox detector at mile 7. I noticed trains tended to slow down significantly between here and Beare so I assumed the speed limit was lower.

By: ngineered4u

ngineered4u — Mon, 24 May 2021 13:30:24 +0000

Great shot! Oh the memories Actually the York Sub speed is 50 mph unless there are slow orders in place or the train is carrying dangerous goods. The speed through the turnouts at Liverpool (which is where your photo is shot) and Pickering Jct is 45 mph. Keep up the good work.