From: nick+usenet@nicksandru.com   
      
   On 08/25/2014 10:00 AM, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   > On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 8:25:16 PM UTC-4, Michael Finfer wrote:   
   >   
   >> There was a period of single track operation today that caused delays   
   >> for a couple of hours afterwards.   
   >   
   > Yes.  In addition to the longer times now on the schedule, there were 15   
   minute delays in both directions on account of single tracking near Secaucus   
   (looked like bridge work).  There was also congestion entering the Hudson   
   tunnels.   
   >   
   > On the inbound side of the tracks, I noticed metal huts about every mile or   
   less.  Are they for a new signal system?  Will the blocks be closer allowing   
   more trains?   
   >   
      
   Amtrak is replacing turnouts in the Swift interlocking (the Montclair   
   junction), just west from the Portal Bridge, that explains some of the   
   delays.   
      
   Between Newark and the tunnels there are junctions and crossovers every   
   few hundred yards - Hudson, Swift, the Secaucus station - and the huts   
   contain the interlocking equipment.   
      
   --   
   Nick   
      
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