In my travels, I have noticed that the BNSF has “shunt” marked near signals–and I wonder what the significance of the sign is.
(1) Beware the signalman testing w/ wire and alligator clips.
(2) To the tamper operators and backhoe cowboys: NO TOUCHEE!
(3) To the FRA signal inspector: Right HERE on the schematic, bubba.
Thanks, MC. I had noticed these two or three years ago–thought I would ask, and, at last, I did ask. I presume that other roads have the same possible problems, but do not warn about them. By the way, I wonder if anybody uses crocodile clips these days (I have not even seen an electronic parts catalog in about forty years; I used to drool over such catalogs).
I still use alligator clips on occasion, though there are some “push button” clips that are more common nowadays.
I still use a Simpson Model 230 Volt-Ohm-milliAmmeter (the needle movement kind!) and it came with “Crocodile” clips. Crocodile clips are different from Aligator clips. They are both elogated clips with jagged teeth along the edges, but Aligator clips meet at the end tooth-to-tooth, and Crocodile clips nest one jaw into the other (the teeth overlap).
For some strange reason, all of a sudden I have the urge to watch the History Channels’s “Swamp People.”
I watched the first season, but haven’t seen it since. I miss the good old days when the History Channel actually had history on it.
Jeff
Have to bounce between History and H2 and sometimes Discovery.
I’ve met lots of FAA types like that too. Book learnin’ but no experience. [banghead]