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Eastern Railroad Discussion > Abram's yard remote switcher questionDate: 07/25/17 16:00 Abram's yard remote switcher question Author: VFPNSFAN These are two GP38 high hoods assigned to Abram's yard in King of Prussia, PA. They have yellow strobe lights on the roof which I believe indicate remote operation. What is the actual remote control like? I guess I assume it's a hand held device so a crew member controls it on the ground standing in the vicinity of the motor? Is there a fail safe if the remote looses connection with the motor? TIA for any info.
 Date: 07/25/17 17:33 Re: Abram's yard remote switcher question Author: OHRY It's not hand held at all. The operator wears a vest that a belt pack clips onto. If there is a communication interruption from the belt pack the rco unit will go into penalty until recovered by the operator.
Posted from Android Date: 07/26/17 18:18 Re: Abram's yard remote switcher question Author: VFPNSFAN Does the remote mimic a control stand or is it a much more basic?
Date: 07/26/17 18:22 Re: Abram's yard remote switcher question Author: NSDash9 Here's a link to a photo of a Beltpack unit:
http://www.cattron.com/dnn/Portals/0/BeltpackControllerLR.jpg Chris Toth NSDash9.com Date: 07/26/17 18:43 Re: Abram's yard remote switcher question Author: VFPNSFAN That's interesting, thanks for the responses and info.
Date: 07/26/17 19:31 Re: Abram's yard remote switcher question Author: JLinDE Yes a belt pack. CSX has been using them in Wilsmere for two years at least. But the yard crews that have to cross-over cars between the east and westbound yards (sometimes 4-50 cars) use two man yard crews. Strangely, the two unts assigned rignt now are radial truck equipped AC's. Normally, only one is used. Some day EHH will catch on to this and make it a single SD-40 variant.
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