Re: A Puzzle

John West Wrote:
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> I wonder if the maximum authorized speed on any of
> the line to El Paso was 80 or above. Maybe some
> 79, but anything over 79 would have required ATC.
> But ATSF did have a lot of ATC on the transcon and
> speeds of 100 were and perhaps are common. But I
> suspect the El Paso line was more of a major
> branch.
>
> JBWX

To my knowledge John, the only stretches of that routing with even Signals were the segment between Albuquerque and Isleta, and then through the yard at Belen. And I don't think ATS was ever installed on the ABQ-Isleta segment, as we don't have it today, unless it was removed before the time when the FRA would not allow removal of safety systems such as that. The segment from Belen to Isleta was only recently signaled, and that was 2006.