From: finfer@optonline.net   
      
   On 10/9/2014 1:20 PM, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   > On Thursday, October 9, 2014 12:49:15 PM UTC-4, John Levine wrote:   
   >   
   >> I expect it's the same ballast that they installed in 1910, with the   
   >> rails and ties replaced as needed.  Have any of the tunnels been   
   >> closed for more than a few overnight hours since they were opened?  I   
   >> don't think so.   
   >   
   > I think the ballast was lowered in the 1930s to install the overhead   
   catenary.  From pictures it seems like a very tight fit, even though the   
   tunnels were supposedly designed to allow future installation of catenary.   
   >   
   > FWIW, the tunnel and station signal heads are the same as installed in   
   1910.  I would suspect that the innards have been replaced.   
   >   
   > Our Penna Sta tourguide told us that if a train passes a double red, it is a   
   major screw up and messes up many train movements.   
   >   
      
   A stop signal violation is very serious.  Everything stops while the   
   incident is investigated, and the crew involved is taken out of service   
   on the spot.   
      
   Michael Finfer   
   Bridgewater, NJ   
      
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