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Re: Concord West - Availability of Accident Report



(snip)
>
> That's how it is supposed to be, but the issue was whether or not that's
> what the driver saw. If he only saw one signal displaying medium caution
> (green over yellow) he could have presumed the next signal would be at
least
> main line caution (green over red), or another medium caution, not turnout
> (yellow over yellow, or yellow over red).
>
> I'm not qualified for working a train on the down relief road in the up
> direction, so I can't comment on whether trains turning out off the up
main
> see two medium cautions before the home/starter that protects the
high-speed
> turnout over on the down main.

No they don't.  Up trains turning out from the up main to the down relief
get only
one medium caution (green over yellow) prior to the high speed crossover at
Concord West

(snip)

Gary Marshall