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   Message 1,966 of 3,261   
   Adam H. Kerman to Stephen Sprunk   
   Re: Home signal--flashing green over red   
   22 Dec 15 04:53:22   
   
   From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Stephen Sprunk  wrote:   
   >On 21-Dec-15 12:23, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
      
   >>Would anyone know the specific indication of the following signal:   
      
   >>At an interlocking, a flashing green light over a red light.   
      
   >That's Limited Clear on a dwarf signal;   
      
   Whose dwarf signal? Amtrak uses proprietary signals approaching Chicago   
   Union Station and no, they were not the same signals that Pennsy had used   
   on the Panhandle and Ft.W. They may be proprietary approaching every   
   major passenger terminal. Not sure where else there'd be dwarf signals.   
      
   >on a regular signal, it would be red over flashing green.  NORAC has no   
   >flashing green over red aspect on a regular signal. . . .   
      
   Yeah, hancock confused me. He needs to tell us EXACTLY where he saw it.   
      
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