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Herb Kelsey

November 30, 2021 06:18PM

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A couple of points: The flanger doesn't plow snow, it cuts ice, clearing out the flangeway for the flanges on the wheels. And the sign doesn't rotate bit goes up and down. If the engineer can see the flag he knows the flanger is up. If he can't see the flag then he knows it is down, riding on the rails and cutting ice. As pointed out above, it needs to be lifted at crossings and switches. Similar shaped and painted signs along the right of way warn the engineer of approaching obstacles.

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487 and new red flag	Jim Gross	November 29, 2021 04:32PM
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Re: 487 and new red flag	cdaspit	November 30, 2021 12:36PM
Re: 487 and new red flag	Jim Gross	November 30, 2021 04:27PM
Re: 487 and new red flag	Herb Kelsey	November 30, 2021 06:18PM
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489's new red flag, multi uses	davidtltc	December 01, 2021 06:15PM
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